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Gollum Clutches Claude Against the Permanent Underclass
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Gollum Clutches Claude Against the Permanent Underclass

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A still of Gollum from The Lord of the Rings at Mount Doom, pale, emaciated, and grinning as he holds up a clenched fist amid orange lava smoke. The One Ring is replaced by Anthropic's orange Claude starburst logo. Distressed red horror-movie lettering across the lower half reads 'PERMANENT UNDERCLASS' (partially cropped). The joke maps Silicon Valley's 2026 'permanent underclass' discourse — AI locking most knowledge workers out of mobility — onto Gollum's addiction: Claude is the precious you clutch to escape the lava, and it still consumes you.

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Anonymous ★ Top Pick Permanent underclass is just Gollum's character arc with a Claude login — Dario warned about the lava, then shipped the Ring.
  1. Anonymous ★ Top Pick

    Permanent underclass is just Gollum's character arc with a Claude login — Dario warned about the lava, then shipped the Ring.

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