I don't want to add the badge

17 Aug, 2026

I've seen a lot of posts here and elsewhere that have this little badge at the bottom:

At first I found it kinda cute and made a mental note to add it to my template, but after a very short time I changed my mind. I don't want to do it. It annoys me that this should be necessary.

I really understand why people do it and I think, overall, it's probably a good thing¹, but I simply do not want to do it. I've been writing shit on and offline all my life. I've always enjoyed it. I've always done it myself, and for a long time this was obvious and no one even thought to doubt it. The mere thought of showing someone (you) anything I write (even very low effort things like this here post) and attaching to it the mention of the possibility that I could have not written it offends me. Of course I wrote it, who else would have written it, I swear to god.

I don't think anything in this blog is worth even doubting, but rest assured I wrote it myself. And if anyone ever doubts any of the writing I put any amount of real effort in, or more importantly the writing I take pride in, fuck them and it's really not my problem.

Thanks 🙂👍

#ai #ugh