Torment Nexus
(Internet slang) An invention that is based on (or evocative of) a human-made horror or existential threat from a science fiction story, while ignoring or idealizing the dystopian consequences that th
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Born ~2021 · 1 year of recorded useSeen in the wild
I'm sorry I just want the story to put my character in the torment nexus again
AI won’t make college obsolete, but it *will* make college a luxury; elites will continue to send their children to college, while the hoi polloi receive job training via torment nexus.
One day I will be let out of the torment nexus.
i almost pulled the trigger on a torment nexus wired / tired list post which i can bet includes most of the words you're thinking about with this one ☝️ might just thin out my feeds to just mutuals for the summer
Look if it gets them to stop working on the torment nexus for a few weeks im all for it
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(Internet slang) An invention that is based on (or evocative of) a human-made horror or existential threat from a science fiction story, while ignoring or idealizing the dystopian consequences that the story depicts.
“I'm sorry I just want the story to put my character in the torment nexus again”
— Bluesky· May 2026“AI won’t make college obsolete, but it *will* make college a luxury; elites will continue to send their children to college, while the hoi polloi receive job training via torment nexus.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“One day I will be let out of the torment nexus.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“i almost pulled the trigger on a torment nexus wired / tired list post which i can bet includes most of the words you're thinking about with this one ☝️ might just thin out my feeds to just mutuals for the summer”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Look if it gets them to stop working on the torment nexus for a few weeks im all for it”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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