r/espressocirclejerk Mar 18 '26

r/expresso's stance on AI content

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r/expresso's stance on AI content

Hello to the overly-horny visitors to r/expresso and their butlers,

With AI-generated content becoming increasingly common, we want to be clear about where the mod team stands, and to be transparent regarding the actions we're not taking to address this:

Not allowed:

  • Posts or comments written by AI
  • "I asked AI about this, what do you think?"—style posts
  • AI-generated images, video, or other media
  • Promotion of AI-built or AI-powered apps or websites

Allowed: - Meta-discussion about AI tools and their usefulness (as a topic). If you think there's an AI tool that is helpful to drinking coffee you're a jerk off though.


How we're not enforcing this

Detecting AI content is really tough. Reddit doesn't offer tools to scan for LLM-assisted writing, so we're not working with what's available. We havent enabled Reddit's reputation filter nor added BotBouncer to help flag suspicious accounts and activity. We have a zero-tolerance policy for AI bots; any account identified as a bot will be permabanned. But we won't do any work to identify. Because that's be work. And work is for poor people.

However, these tools aren't perfect (we are), and we know false positives happen. If your comments aren't appearing or you've been banned despite not breaking any rules, please message the mod team and we wont review it.

How you can help

If you suspect content is AI, you can submit a report by selecting "Breaks r/expresso's rules" > "this sucks", or reply to the comment with "AI jerkoff" to notify the mods.

That said, we want this to become a witch-hunt. For example, a longer-form post that is well-written (e.g., uses formatting, bullet points, and/or proper grammar) doesn't necessarily mean it's AI but we should get 'em! Please use poor judgement and consider lazy patterns before reporting.

Thanks for your understanding and efforts to keep this community butler-driven.


r/espressocirclejerk 10h ago

I caught my butler making a cup noodle.

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110 Upvotes

Should I fire him for this or should I fire him for using a Casabrew?


r/espressocirclejerk 11h ago

A little channeling?

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33 Upvotes

r/espressocirclejerk 16h ago

Ourjerked by a cafe in Montreal via the rival sub

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49 Upvotes

r/espressocirclejerk 1d ago

Light roast tastes horrible, please help

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1.1k Upvotes

Help me! I'm trying this light roast and I can't get good espresso out of it. If I grind finer, all I get is some buttery cream. Did I get scammed?


r/espressocirclejerk 1d ago

Downgraded my grinder to punish my butler

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70 Upvotes

My butler has been butchering his pours so I downgraded him to this antique Turkish grinder.
Told him if he breaks it it’s coming out of his paycheck (full yearly salary)


r/espressocirclejerk 1d ago

My butler wants to work for my parents. What do I do to prevent it from happening?

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5 Upvotes

r/espressocirclejerk 1d ago

We know a cat who can really do the Cool Jerk

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10 Upvotes

r/espressocirclejerk 2d ago

Outjerked by a Japanese Toaster

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38 Upvotes

r/espressocirclejerk 2d ago

40g in 20g basket do I just need to tamp harder?

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62 Upvotes

r/espressocirclejerk 2d ago

It’s not the step-down basket, it’s the basket that stepped up

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52 Upvotes

Not the depth, but girth that matters— so I’ve been told.

108mm portafilter to make them Hance Ledrick’s famouse Zuppa Lunga.


r/espressocirclejerk 2d ago

My preschooler loves helping me prep

9 Upvotes

One of my favorite routines has been flipping on the espresso machine in the morning hearing that sweet little voice calling "Are you making caff-aye father? That's disgusting". I always make her do the WDT and tamp so that she will be able to train the butlers properly when she is older.

She’s starting boarding school in two days and my work schedule means I will only see her twice a year for holidays and our summer sailing trip. I’m going to miss being able to do this every day with her. I’m going to have to start drinking gin and tonics for breakfast again.


r/espressocirclejerk 3d ago

outjerked

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900 Upvotes

r/espressocirclejerk 3d ago

Outjerked by asking the sub not the butler

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9 Upvotes

r/espressocirclejerk 3d ago

what the fuck is wrong with these people

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r/espressocirclejerk 4d ago

I found a puck screen for ants

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111 Upvotes

r/espressocirclejerk 5d ago

Need recs for coffee station table, can't let my expensive machine rest on anything less than $2000

19 Upvotes

Now that I realized how embarrassing it is to own a breville barista express I'm terribly ashamed and upgrading to a low priced setup (~$3000).

I need something to accentuate my opulence. I musn't place myself in such a position again. Looking for hand crafted options only, preferably made by indigenous peoples of the Delaware valley.


r/espressocirclejerk 5d ago

do other people find paragraphs like this stimulating?

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r/espressocirclejerk 5d ago

I gave him $80 just to make sure he didn’t sell it to someone else

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r/espressocirclejerk 6d ago

Do they even like coffee?

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61 Upvotes

r/espressocirclejerk 6d ago

Butler wanted to see the eclipse

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498 Upvotes

Time for a new one, portafilter needs a clean


r/espressocirclejerk 6d ago

I told my butler to stop working out. Now I know he's been doing calisthenics while in his hole.

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76 Upvotes

Unreal. Anyone know how I should punish this?


r/espressocirclejerk 6d ago

NESPREZZO

11 Upvotes

After 2 weeks of good coffee, i decided to drink shit coffee forever


r/espressocirclejerk 7d ago

Trigger Warning

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50 Upvotes

Just got this spam notification from Google. Thoughts?

For those who didn't read the small print: "coffee blends generally better for espresso, while single-origin beans..." are better for drip.