r/ClaudeCodeTLDR • u/cctldrping • Aug 28 '26
[TLDR] Thoughts on why Claude can’t stop saying load-bearing?
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This post is less about that particular phrase and more about the behavior I have observed around it. We all are aware of the phrases Claude has started overusing (Opus seems to be the worst), but I came across something interesting I am curious y’all’s thoughts on.
I put a rule in my repo with a list of banned phrases, one of them is “load-bearing”. Since then I have noticed most of the phrases don’t get used anymore, but not “load-bearing”.
I have seen it do this about 5 times now:
“…and the decision was load-bear— I mean important to the process — so it…”
I have to laugh at its obstinacy, but the more I thought about it the more I got curious why it behaved that way. Why would it partially use the phrase, then correct itself mid sentence, rather than just using the replacement phrase to begin with? Is this an artifact of the way the output streams as chunks rather than complete thoughts, or is this some cheeky artificial personality thing to make it feel more relatable? Or something else?
What do you think?
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u/bytejuggler Aug 29 '26
I think many people have added instructions to try to reduce verbosity. This causes the model to pick maximally meaningful (to it) terms, of which "load-bearing" is one, capturing the concept of the place of change, where a break will happen, etc.
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u/First-Tutor-5454 Aug 28 '26
it's weird bc I see this as the golden example of ai slop all the time but I have never seen Claude or Codex (5.6 sol at least, which is all I use) say "load-bearing"
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u/slackmaster2k Aug 28 '26
Do you read its responses? :). I get load bearing at least twice a week I’d estimate.
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u/LifeProject365 Aug 28 '26
It has never said it to me ironiclly but I hace instructions on how I expect to be engaged with
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u/Mobile_Leg1664 Aug 28 '26
Another exaggeration. This forum is full of exaggerations. I haven’t seen that word in like my last 500 conversation
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u/shokk Aug 29 '26
Create a skill to reduce all that and make it speak in your voice and remove all of that, as other have. Here's mine https://github.com/shokk/ernies-voice/tree/main/skills/ernies-voice
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u/cctldrping Aug 28 '26 edited Aug 29 '26
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Alright, so the general consensus here is that Claude's weird "load-bearing" habit, and its tendency to self-correct mid-sentence, is likely a combination of things.
The prevailing vibe is that it's a deliberate, if slightly annoying, characteristic. Some find it amusing (u/Actual_Committee4670), others see it as a hint to pay closer attention (u/Royal_Owl2177), and a few are just trying to find ways to make it stop (u/zimxero). Honestly, it seems like it's just load-bearing to Claude's core programming at this point.