'You can stay in my coal mine for free, but you must mine coal': AI's new favorite meme
djcows · x · 2026-10-22
djcows posted a meme-style tweet: "you can stay in my coal mine for free but you have to mine coal while you're there." It's a jab at modern "free-but-with-strings" arrangements — often read as an analogy for free API tiers and free products that quietly extract data or labor from users. The one-liner drew wide resonance and resharing.
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