>I’m curious if that matters if humans are never going to even read this code?
If by never even read you don't include attaching a debugger to solve an issue. 1,000 global mutable variables would make debugging anything an absolute nightmare.
It's a useful term, just like "clickbait" was 10 to 15 years ago (and still is). Trying to police other people calling it slop is reminiscent of Microsoft autobanning anyone using the term "Microslop" on their Discord, it's idiotic language policing and I'm not going to do it, simple as.
You are also assuming one prompt, and then arguing against your assumptions with zero evidence. It is lazy arm chair criticism.