'Directionally very bad' has entered the lexicon, thanks to Sam Altman and Mira Murati

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Resurfaced texts between Sam Altman and Mira Murati have become raw material for meme makers.

Judging from posts on X, "directionally very bad" has entered the meme lexicon.

The texts are part of the evidence in the trial over Elon Musk's lawsuit against Altman and OpenAI.

There's something for everyone in the texts between former OpenAI colleagues Sam Altman and Mira Murati that resurfaced this week in the trial over Elon Musk's lawsuit.

As soon as the exchanges were posted to social media Wednesday night, users began repurposing them — turning Altman's pleas about his future at OpenAI and Murati's very frank responses into relatable memes.

Among the most creative was a post on X that set the conversation to music, transforming it into a "2011 style emo" love song.

The snippet in which Altman asks Murati for intel about his standing during his short-lived 2023 ouster from…