The 'give me one brutally honest reason you'd fire me' AI prompt is going viral, and results are hilariously specific
pronoialover · reddit · 2026-09-06
A Reddit user shared a viral prompt: have your AI play your boss and give exactly ONE reason for firing you based on your chat history — oddly specific, brutally honest, and funny — plus the cover story it would tell other employees.
One standout result: the AI terminated an employee for her "extraordinary and completely unsustainable tendency to turn every ordinary life event into a full-scale research project," from over-engineered trip itineraries to inventing mythologies for flat rocks. The official statement: "She left to pursue other opportunities — specifically turning every mundane experience into an elaborate side quest, and frankly, we don't have the budget for that anymore."
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