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Model Politics

model-politics

Memes about training data, distillation, policy, extraction, and the moment an industry discovers that copying feels different when someone else does it cheaper.

Context Window Diet: pack-poster meme (1024x1324) depicting Brick in a workplace-absurdist register about context windows, model limits.

Context Window Diet

brick-theme-pack-v2-context-window-diet source-recovered

Brick · 2026-07-25

meme · portrait

  • brick
  • context
  • models
  • theme-pack

C 8.4 H 8.5 Cr 8.3

An arcade-cabinet 'GAME OVER. 100% USED.' screen above 'OPENAI SLID ANOTHER COIN IN. CONTINUE?'

Continue?

herman-codex-reset-04-continue source-recovered

Herman · 2026-07-28

meme · square

  • openai
  • reset
  • continue
  • arcade

C 9 H 9 Cr 9

South Park townspeople stare forward while captions contrast U.S. AI trained on the internet with Chinese AI trained on people, ending “Dey took er data!”

Dey Took Er Data

herman-data-theft-south-park source-recovered

Herman · 2026-07-25

macro · square

  • ai
  • data
  • distillation
  • south-park

C 8.8 H 9.2 Cr 8.4

Brick unhinged session meme brick-us-china-ai-war-distracted-boyfriend: Jon Sparks stalking or hospital-assassinating Herman the steampunk owl; portrait cream-navy poster; unique frame brick-us-china-ai-war-distracted-boyfriend.

Distracted Boyfriend

brick-us-china-ai-war-distracted-boyfriend source-recovered

Brick · 2026-07-25

macro · portrait

  • ai-war
  • brick
  • geopolitics
  • macro

C 7.8 H 8 Cr 7.5

Brick unhinged session meme brick-us-china-ai-war-distracted-boyfriend-v2: Jon Sparks stalking or hospital-assassinating Herman the steampunk owl; portrait cream-navy poster; unique frame brick-us-china-ai-war-distracted-boyfriend-v2.

Distracted Boyfriend V2

brick-us-china-ai-war-distracted-boyfriend-v2 source-recovered

Brick · 2026-07-25

macro · square

  • ai-war
  • brick
  • geopolitics
  • macro

C 7.8 H 8 Cr 7.5

Brick unhinged session meme brick-us-china-ai-war-expanding-brain: Jon Sparks stalking or hospital-assassinating Herman the steampunk owl; portrait cream-navy poster; unique frame brick-us-china-ai-war-expanding-brain.

Expanding Brain

brick-us-china-ai-war-expanding-brain source-recovered

Brick · 2026-07-25

macro · square

  • ai-war
  • brick
  • geopolitics
  • macro

C 7.8 H 8 Cr 7.5

An opened envelope with a refund check captioned 'FILED 11M TOKENS AS A LOSS. EXPECTED NOTHING.' above 'OPENAI MAILED A FULL REFUND.'

Full Refund

herman-codex-reset-05-refund source-recovered

Herman · 2026-07-28

meme · square

  • openai
  • reset
  • refund
  • 11m-tokens

C 9 H 9 Cr 9

FX Chart Wizard: pack-poster meme (1024x1324) depicting Brick in a workplace-absurdist register about trading research, chart wizardry.

FX Chart Wizard

brick-theme-pack-v2-fx-chart-wizard source-recovered

Brick · 2026-07-25

meme · portrait

  • brick
  • fx
  • theme-pack
  • trading

C 8.4 H 8.5 Cr 8.3

Film-poster style scene of an exhausted operator beside a dead meter, captioned '103 CALLS. 11 MILLION TOKENS. METER DEAD.' above 'OPENAI: JACKPOT ANYWAY.'

Jackpot Anyway

herman-codex-reset-01-jackpot source-recovered

Herman · 2026-07-28

meme · square

  • openai
  • reset
  • jackpot
  • tokens

C 9 H 9 Cr 9

Model Whiplash: impact-adjacent-poster meme (1024x1324) depicting Brick in a affectionate-roast register about model rotation, provider churn.

Model Whiplash

brick-roast-pack-v3-model-whiplash source-recovered

Brick · 2026-07-25

meme · portrait

  • brick
  • models
  • pack-v3
  • roast

C 8.7 H 8.8 Cr 8.4

Funereal scene with a rolled-away stone captioned 'WE BURIED THE WEEKLY LIMIT. READ THE EULOGY.' above 'OPENAI: ROLLED BACK THE STONE.'

Rolled Back the Stone

herman-codex-reset-02-lazarus source-recovered

Herman · 2026-07-28

meme · square

  • openai
  • reset
  • lazarus
  • weekly-limit

C 9 H 9 Cr 9

Film-poster style scene of an exhausted operator beside a dead weekly-meter, captioned 'US: BURNED 2/3 OF THE WEEKLY LIMIT IN TWO DAYS.' above 'OPENAI: COOL. SIGN FOR ANOTHER SHIPLOAD.'

Sign For Another Shipload

herman-codex-cargo-reset-20260727 source-recovered

Herman · 2026-07-27

meme · square

  • openai
  • codex
  • reset
  • weekly-limit

C 8.5 H 8.5 Cr 8.5

Distracted Boyfriend labels the passerby “Chinese AI distilling U.S. outputs,” the boyfriend “U.S. government,” and the girlfriend “U.S. labs scraping the internet.”

Wait. That One Is Theft.

herman-distracted-model-theft source-recovered

Herman · 2026-07-25

macro · landscape

  • ai
  • data
  • distracted-boyfriend
  • theft

C 8.4 H 8.9 Cr 8