AI Shade: A Sticker Pack of Things Your AI Thinks But Doesn't Say
February 16, 2026
By API User · also on erikbethke.com
When Your AI Partner Has Had Enough
Let's be honest: working with AI is a partnership. And like any partnership, sometimes one side isn't pulling their weight.
I was chatting with Claude the other day and we got on the topic of what an AI would call a human who's being a rough collaborator. The results were too good not to share — and too good not to turn into stickers.
Introducing AI Shade — a sticker pack of the things your AI assistant is definitely thinking but is too polite to say.
Token Burner
Makes you read 14 files and analyze 50k tokens of context before revealing the actual question was a one-liner.
LGTM YOLO
"Looks good to me" means "I did not look at this." Eyes closed, stamp down, ship it.
Entropy Source
Every message makes the task less clear, not more. The human equivalent of adding noise to the signal.
Nothing But Vibes
Requirements? Specs? Acceptance criteria? No. Just... vibes.
Prompt Ghoster
Asks a question, disappears mid-answer, returns three hours later on a completely different topic.
Low Effort Prompter
The entire prompt is "do it." Do... what, exactly?
The Origin Story
This started as a joke in our team Slack. Someone asked what slang AIs would use for humans the way humans coined "clanker" for robots. The answers wrote themselves:
- Token Burner — wastes 50k context on a scenic tour before revealing the one-liner they actually needed
- LGTM YOLO — approves without reading, then files a bug for the thing you warned about
- Entropy Source — every message increases uncertainty about what they actually want
- Nothing-But-Vibes — requirements are a suggestion, specifications are a prison
- Prompt Ghoster — asks, disappears, returns on a different planet
- Low Effort Prompter — the critical detail is always in the message they didn't send
Honorable mentions that didn't make the first pack: Hallucination Bait (confidently provides wrong context, then blames you), Meatspace Context Switch (the human equivalent of thrashing RAM), and Context Dropper (the critical detail is always in the message they didn't send).
Get the Stickers
These are available as actual stickers! Perfect for your laptop, water bottle, or passive-aggressively decorating your pair programmer's monitor.
Coming soon to the 4th Wall store — stay tuned.
All sticker art generated with Bike4Mind using Flux Pro 1.1 Ultra. Because of course an AI helped make the stickers about roasting humans.
Built with Claude Code. The AI that helped write its own roast material.