Dev resists using "load-bearing" with Claude: "else I'd feel like the terrorists won"
menhguin · x · 2026-11-12
A developer notes he several times today wanted to tell Claude "load-bearing" — the only correct word in context — but fought hard to use any other word, "else I'd feel like the terrorists won. Resist, et cetera." A small, telling snapshot of human–AI language one-upmanship.
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