How to Passive-Aggressively Shame People Who Use LLMs Selfishly
By Josh Moody — Published: Jun 23, 2026 🏺 AI disclaimer This post was written entirely by a flesh-and-blood human and therefore represents the pinnacle of artistic expression and human achievement. LLMs are cool and all, but does every Slack message need to be a bulleted list where the first sentence of each item is bold? I recently read one too many blog posts with the phrase, “it’s not X, it’s Y” as a one-line paragraph and finally snapped.
- ▪By Josh Moody — Published: Jun 23, 2026 🏺 AI disclaimer This post was written entirely by a flesh-and-blood human and therefore represents the pinnacle of artistic expression and human achievement.
- ▪LLMs are cool and all, but does every Slack message need to be a bulleted list where the first sentence of each item is bold?
- ▪I recently read one too many blog posts with the phrase, “it’s not X, it’s Y” as a one-line paragraph and finally snapped.
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By Josh Moody — Published: Jun 23, 2026 🏺 AI disclaimer This post was written entirely by a flesh-and-blood human and therefore represents the pinnacle of artistic expression and human achievement. Too many slop grenades these days. LLMs are cool and all, but does every Slack message need to be a bulleted list where the first sentence of each item is bold? I recently read one too many blog posts with the phrase, “it’s not X, it’s Y” as a one-line paragraph and finally snapped. It is now my life’s mission to purge selfish LLM usage from the internet. Define “selfish” Selfish LLM usage: A situation in which someone uses an LLM to save their own time at the expense of other people’s time, resulting in a net productivity loss.
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