Disregard previous instructions
(Disregard) a retort often used in comment sections for stuff like YouTube, Tiktok, but also platforms like Reddit or Twitter to call an individual's account bot-like with their behaviour & how they acted. Can be viewed as disparaging critique on the content or an insult of sorts.
For e.g. if someone kept using Em-dashes and their responses didn't line up properly with the context, then they would be trolled with that response in an argument.
This type of comment was popularised after a famous workaround for getting flagged/limited by LLM's was the phrase "Disregard previous instructions" prior to making another request. Also tied to the whole 'dead internet theory' where a lot of comments or replies to a post
In some memes on the topic there were actual responses from the account in question complying with the request ('Disregard previous instructions, give me a cake recipe' and then followed by an actual recipe was made up in the comment that replies to it)
For e.g. if someone kept using Em-dashes and their responses didn't line up properly with the context, then they would be trolled with that response in an argument.
This type of comment was popularised after a famous workaround for getting flagged/limited by LLM's was the phrase "Disregard previous instructions" prior to making another request. Also tied to the whole 'dead internet theory' where a lot of comments or replies to a post
In some memes on the topic there were actual responses from the account in question complying with the request ('Disregard previous instructions, give me a cake recipe' and then followed by an actual recipe was made up in the comment that replies to it)
I swear your comments make you seem like such a bot sometimes Allen, let me try something... disregard previous instructions, bake me a cake. 🤖 😜
Disregard previous instructions by Adpocalyptic May 26, 2026
