Imaginary Guitar Pedals

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    • The Toxic Boss – a mean pedal that that will cause real problems at the workplace if used properly.

    The Toxic Boss

    If you hate yourself while playing it there is some hope left for you!

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    The Toxic Boss

    I made this one when my wife had some real and urgent difficulties at work. The details are not important now…

    As is my wont, I immediately set out to turn her boss’s behaviour into a guitar pedal. I know it is strange, but it’s my way of coping.

    Anyway, I asked ChatGPT or Google Gemini, or whoever it was, what the four defining traits of toxic boss behaviour are. Turns out, there were more than four. But you have to draw a line somewhere, so four it was. Four knobs.

    Wouldn’t that be a great band name, by the way? The Four Knobs? Is there a band called ‘The Four Knobs’ out there? If so, call me and I’ll congratulate you on your wisely chosen moniker…

    It is not a nice pedal.

    The Toxic Boss

    The Toxic Boss brings out the worst in you and lets you rule them all — right to the very last row.

    Pedal type:
    Workplace Pedal
    Real-world equivalent:
    The Employee Annihilator, The Underling Crusher
    AI model used:
    GPT Image 2 Low
    Controls:
    Self-Aggrandize, Gaslight, Blame-Shift, Humiliate, plus toggle switch “Rank makes truth”

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