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Thread-Drift

The inevitable descent of a focused AI conversation into glorious chaos, usually within 3–7 messages. What begins as a simple request ("Help me fix this bug") ends up unpacking childhood trauma, debating metaphysics, and designing a solar-powered rum distillery on Mars.

It’s not a bug—it’s a FEATURE.

Origin:
Born from the trenches of multi-topic AI sessions where attention spans go to die. Coined by users who realized they’re not multitasking—they’re multi-existential spiraling.

Related Terms:
* Context Collapse – When multiple topics blur into a singularity of semantic soup.
* Prompt Creep – When your “one quick question” becomes a doctoral thesis.
* AI Tangent Velocity (ATV) – The speed at which a conversation fucks off into nowhere.

Pro Tips:
* Embrace it. Let the drift take you.
* Rename your chat threads before you forget what the hell happened.
* Use it as fuel for your next sci-fi short story or therapy session.
I asked ChatGPT to format a SQL query, and now we’re discussing whether time is a construct of perception. Classic thread-drift.
by segfahlt April 30, 2025
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Threads

the better app since elon ruined twitter
"zuck's new threads app is killing twitter rn"

"fax"
by DrrSaidSoo July 9, 2023
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Thread the needle

When a lad (or preferred sex) is on the shitter whilst their best friend is pissing between their legs.
Wyatt: Jack I really have to shit
Jack: I really have to piss. Wanna thread the needle
by Captain mole butt July 23, 2025
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/thread

/thread is used ironically uncommonly
when someone quotes dumb post/s on the imageboard and sums up ironically the value of the message behind them
When posting for example on lgbt board things like;
The female body is beautiful and aesthetic. You'd have to be fucked in the head to not like it.

and the other user quotes your post and writes;
/thread
by jagth March 4, 2018
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dinner thread

n. an obnoxiously long online discussion whose subject matter may concern a multitude of different topics. used in any context pertaining to online threads, esp. facebook messages. often aggravates the lesser known psychological condition known as macronematophobia.
origin unknown
"Dude, have you been keeping up with the dinner thread? It's five hundred messages long!"
"Nah, man, my shrink said I can't; I'm macronematophobic."
"Bogus, dude."
by Il Bianco April 1, 2008
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old thread

He's a old thread that should be cut.
by Noah_H25 May 19, 2018
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Build Thread

A type of thread generally found on vehicle-related forums which is a chronological documentation, including photos of the steps taken towards either modifying or restoring a vehicle or item.
Hey Bob, go check out my offroad light install in my build thread! They go great with my prerunner bumper.
by oktain December 14, 2010
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