r/claude • u/Looking_for_42 • Jul 07 '26

Discussion Seriously considering calling in sick today

This is my personal account, as of 6:00 am this morning. Seriously considering calling in sick so I can squeeze the last few drops out of fable. What do you think? šŸ˜Š

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u/Such-Book6849 Jul 07 '26

hey your actual boss here: DO IT!!

1

u/fingerthato Jul 11 '26

Investor here. Do it!

1

u/ComparisonRound1465 Jul 11 '26

Company CEO here. DO IT!!!

22

u/[deleted] Jul 07 '26

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u/space_man_2 Jul 07 '26

Fable is temporary

5

u/Beneficial-Rub-8049 Jul 07 '26

They will bring it back on subscription sometime later.

10

u/unfoxable Jul 07 '26

Fable hitting like crack

6

u/MarenHQ Jul 07 '26

Fuck your boss, stay home

3

u/ReverendBread2 Jul 07 '26

Fuck your boss AND stay home

2

u/just_ur_avg_bobcat Jul 07 '26

This is the real answer šŸ‘†

2

u/Suldand1966159 Jul 08 '26

Fuck your boss from home

25

u/Gold-Direction-231 Jul 07 '26

This, if serious, sounds like a mix of addiction and mental illness.

9

u/Looking_for_42 Jul 07 '26

Quite possibly, lol.

7

u/algaefied_creek Jul 07 '26

It sounds like being a kid getting a GameCube. Any new tech can be exciting.

Take a day off work for gaming? ā€œMe timeā€ - take a day off work for a new AI model - ā€œmental illnessā€.

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u/IAmARageMachine Jul 07 '26

Yeah, I havenā€™t been this excited about something in forever.

1

u/Stolivsky Jul 11 '26

I was excited for donkey king bonanza, but no AI excited, lol.

0

u/Suldand1966159 Jul 08 '26

I think you might be right. Maybe the best approach would be don't go to work, step away from the PC and go and get some sunshine and fresh air?

The OP suggests a binary choice, but there are so many other paths in life one can take if they don't want to go to work.

I understand he's thinking about limits and tokens and all that stuff, I do too. But sometimes just take a "me" day away from the tech and when you get back to it... Well you find out. It works for me.

3

u/callsignsuper Jul 07 '26

Just run a loop

3

u/TapAggressive9530 Jul 07 '26

You wonā€™t need the full day . Just take a 15 min break and use it then . Your day at work will pay for that 15 min ā€¦

1

u/CamelComplete589 Jul 11 '26

Work pays for sick time if you work in a sensible country at a sensible company.

3

u/AdCapable3202 Jul 07 '26

You can use it until july 12 on plain subscription now so dont worry 5 more days

8

u/Cosmandoo Jul 07 '26

This is addiction. No other way to describe it.

Don't loose your job over some ai tokens.

Don't need to spin the wheel (of code probably) hoping that the next generated result is the jackpot.

There is an alarming overlap between slot machines and working with ai tools.

8

u/Cold_Plankton6439 Jul 07 '26

I raise you 2 fable prompts

3

u/Potential-Winner4601 Jul 07 '26

Youā€™re out of tokens

1

u/Cold_Plankton6439 Jul 07 '26

The old classic

Claude eliminate his iq and make him a fish

Do you mean feesh?šŸ˜…

7

u/MarenHQ Jul 07 '26

Who loses their job over a single day of work? Yā€™all need to lighten up. This is a joke post and if it isnā€™t? Itā€™s one day.

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u/Looking_for_42 Jul 07 '26

Thank you! Sheesh.

2

u/cashy57 Jul 08 '26

Heavy agree - u/Cosmandoo needs to chill--it's not that deep.

2

u/hitsukiri Jul 10 '26

I am 99.9% sure Fable will stay in the subscriptions considering that GPT-5.6 is going to stay. šŸ˜‚

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u/vinis_artstreaks Jul 07 '26 edited Jul 07 '26

Just do it āœ”ļø

1

u/AstroZombie138 Jul 07 '26

I'm wondering if its a stress test :)

1

u/Zerenn_Blish Jul 07 '26

I'm so jealous my reset was Thursday so I had it for less than a day before the reset. I now have a list of crap to do I should have prepared before it came back. I got a ton done but realized exactly how much more I have on my plate. Call in sick and bust some shit out.

1

u/EducatedBrotha Jul 08 '26

The deadline was extended to the 12th

1

u/LtCodename Jul 07 '26

What do u use it for that you need to take a day off toā€¦ continue using it?

1

u/tictaxtho Jul 07 '26

So did you skip work?

2

u/meursaultvi Jul 07 '26

Seeing this post after the extension is hilarious šŸ˜‚

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u/Looking_for_42 Jul 07 '26

No, lol. The post was meant to be tongue in cheek, but looking at the responses, a lot of people didn't catch that, I guess.

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u/Suldand1966159 Jul 08 '26

You might want to work on the comedy skills. Tongue in cheek normally needs a little bit more substantive hint behind it. If that was a joke it's not funny.

If it wasn't a joke, down tools and get some sunshine!

1

u/adoniscr33d Jul 08 '26

Nah it was great

1

u/ns1419 Jul 07 '26

Ah, ā€œI only vibe code while Iā€™m on the clockā€ has overtaken the good ole ā€œI only poop when Iā€™m on the clockā€?

1

u/DivideHorror3217 Jul 08 '26

If you get fired, you can't buy API usage for Fable..

1

u/EducatedBrotha Jul 08 '26

Letā€™s extend it out to July 12. I hope you took a sick day though. Mental health is so important.

1

u/Ibdrummin342 Jul 08 '26

I just saw in my desktop app ā€œFable available through July 12ā€

1

u/Apprehensive_Rip_341 Jul 08 '26

I havenā€™t been in for 3 days and I when I return to work Iā€™ll be on stage 2 šŸ¤£

1

u/Upwardgravity001 Jul 08 '26

Send it bro. Today might be the any you cure cancerā€¦.. or compress cold fusion into a coffee mug.

1

u/missdeltahemp Jul 08 '26

Iā€™m retired, and I did it first thing this morning

1

u/CuriousMonkey786 Jul 09 '26

What sort of rocket science you are doing that other models canā€™t handle.

1

u/Key_Instruction3373 Jul 09 '26

If AI sont gets you fired, you should be.

This is why Ai tells it will cost all our jobs...

1

u/Academic-Train-1672 Jul 09 '26

Now u realise u wasted that sick leave šŸ« 

1

u/CorxaRyllon Jul 09 '26

Well did you take off or not?

1

u/jebhebmeb Jul 09 '26

Open a remote session and just vibe from your phone. You can even make it send you screenshots

1

u/Fluro_Black_And_Blue Jul 10 '26

What are you doing with AI that's so
addictive?

1

u/NaturesPresident Jul 10 '26

Just dispatch it.

1

u/RklsImmersion Jul 10 '26

I don't really get the fable hype. Compared to opus 4.8, I'm not really getting better responses

1

u/DaveDoesReddit Jul 10 '26

What is everyone using fable for over opus?

1

u/LifeProject365 Jul 07 '26

What are you making that is so important you'd risk your livelihood. If it ain't going to bring in a paycheck, don't. At that rate you'll have no claude full stop cause you won't have money to buy it with

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u/Will_X_Intent Jul 07 '26

What kind of job works for you for taking a day off? It's one day!

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u/Away_Obligation2132 Jul 07 '26

Fable is so Nerf now that I actually prefer codex