The 'Torment Nexus' meme originated from a viral tweet by Alex Blechman in 2021, satirizing the tendency of the tech industry to create products that science fiction specifically warned against. The tweet describes a fictional author writing a book titled 'Don’t Create the Torment Nexus,' only for a real-world tech company to announce they have finally built it. It serves as a sharp critique of 'accidental' dystopias, where creators ignore the moral or philosophical warnings of speculative fiction in favor of technical innovation. It is widely used to mock developments in AI, VR, and surveillance tech that mirror cautionary tales from literature and film.