Observed arrival · 2026-08-31
stfuopus.lol — The Apology Tax Calculator
An interactive calculator that turns AI token usage, cached context, turns, and apology phrases into a mock “grovel tax.”
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The calculator exposes separate inputs for prompt context size, grovel severity, apology count, and additional turns, then records the result in a receipts-style ledger. Its displayed formula combines output-token charges with cache-read and turn costs, and one example totals $143.10 across 42 turns and 18 detected grovels. The page also links to a GitHub destination and presents five seeded failure scenarios, including a shell-scripting post-mortem whose repository-destruction figures are claims made by the site.
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