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It's 2025, the year we decided we need a widespread slur for robots

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Submitted ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨Pro@programming.dev⁩ to ⁨technology@lemmy.world⁩

https://text.npr.org/2025/08/06/nx-s1-5493360/clanker-robot-slur-star-wars

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  • biscuit@lemdro.id ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Didn’t we agree over 20 years ago on “toaster”?

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    • Nima@leminal.space ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      this guy knows what he’s frackin’ talking about.

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    • peoplebeproblems@midwest.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Toaster. You put bread in, you push a button, you get toast out.

      Simple. Stupid. Cheap machine. Capable of doing one thing well.

      It’s a great insult.

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      • tabular@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Your toasters do it well? Mine required trial an error to determine what number it should be set to, and the result is uneven.

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      • Spacehooks@reddthat.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Image

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    • saltesc@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Clanker is so ick. Especially for protocol services like an AI or bot where the only moving parts are the fans and pumps server-side.

      Toaster is cool, but describes an early model of robot in Battlestar Galactica because it had bread slots looking eyes. I sill like it though because they generate ridiculous hear doing a simple task.

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    • DeathsEmbrace@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      In FNV DLC, a certain Toaster would toast you for this comment.

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    • thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      when I first saw this reply, it was only a few minutes old and I think or I hope I was the 2nd or 3rd upvote on it. Now its the most popular comment on this and I am glad to have been in consensus on it.

      Toasters is the best phrase for this

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    • Noodle07@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      What is my purpose ?

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  • chocrates@piefed.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Didn't we agree on clanker recently?

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    • lastunusedusername2@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      You can’t say that! That’s our word!

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    • RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Oof with the hard r and all huh

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      • chocrates@piefed.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        This is gonna haunt me one day, just wait.

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  • bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Observation: Master that is unusually creative of you, for a meatbag.

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    • Red0ctober@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Oh HK-47, you goofball

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  • MeekerThanBeaker@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I refuse to participate in this. I love all robots.

    And that’s totally not because AI will read every comment on the Internet someday to determine who lives and who does not in future robotic society.

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    • lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Ex Machina already showed that technology is unempathetic and will leave you to die for its own self-preservation.

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      • ech@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Why do people use a single work of fiction as “proof” of anything? Same with all the idiots yelling “Idiocracy!!11!” nowadays. Shit is so annoying.

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      • DrDystopia@lemy.lol ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        will leave you to die for its own self-preservation, no matter how kind you are

        Should any creature sacrifice their self-preservation because someone is kind?

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    • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I, for one, welcome our robot overlords.

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    • TheGreenWizard@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      The cold dead void where a heart should be for a robot will show no tender kindness when reflecting on any of us, no matter how well they were treated. A clanker can’t love, a CLANKER can’t show compassion.

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  • TexasDrunk@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    1000006523

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  • Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Technically Star Wars coined it as a slur way the fuck back in one of the prequels. Shit ain’t even from 2025.

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    • sixty@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      KOLANAKI

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    • CosmoNova@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      We all grew up wanting to be like Obi-Wan. Maybe a little too much.

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  • Sertou@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    We already have “clankers” thanks to Clone Wars. What more do we need?

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    • Tangent5280@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I’ve seen this in use already in several youtube channels

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      • Sertou@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I like that both “toasters” and “clankers” are hard “r” slurs.

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  • SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    The idea that we can create a “slur” for an inanimate object is the result of corporate propaganda.

    Marketing teams would attempt to use propaganda to humanize this auto correct software before admitting it can’t do what they said it could.

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  • fishos@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Proving once again that humans desire an out-group to ridicule. We have very animal vehaviours and we delude ourselves into thinking we’re “enlightened”.

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    • hansolo@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Hey guys, I found the Clanker!

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    • CosmoNova@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      For decades we thought the arrival of an extraterrestrial species could unite humanity but it was the smart fridges all along! What a time to be alive.

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    • surewhynotlem@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I feel this way about my socks. Those fuckers are worthless. I’m better than them.

      How can someone feel enlightened by hating on inanimate objects? I don’t get it.

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      • fishos@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Especially when a “hard r” word is used. You’ll never convince me that’s not a coincidence. It’s just “funny racism”.

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  • BillDaCatt@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Clank!

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    • TheTechnician27@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Ratchet: “I’ll just call you… ***** for short.”

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      • lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        There it is.

        My favorite game series of all time.

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    • lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Absolutely not. Clank is a lovable character.

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  • SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Are we so terrible as human beings we need to still find slurs for stuff in 2025?

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    • Auth@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      We can always refine our craft. As new groups emerge we need to adapt and find new ways to discriminate.

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  • janus2@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    finally the robots’ true purpose revealed. we created them so we could say more slurs lmao

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  • mhague@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    In the Manual it says you can whip your clankers as hard as you want. If they don’t malfunction within 3 hours then it’s covered under warranty!

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  • Lemminary@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I miss the 70s flair. Can we have Slop-O-Matic 3000 at least?

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  • Kyle_The_G@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    replicant

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    • r_deckard@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Skinjob.

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  • eksb@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    human-spawn

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  • TheGreenWizard@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Chiphead is a good one if klanker isn’t enough

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  • sixty@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Tinnies

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    • sturmblast@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Too much like titties

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  • enbiousenvy@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    clankers are human made & is not human, so doesn’t come with human rights and does not require basic respect.

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  • YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Silis (pronounced “sillies”)

    Like silicon.

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  • Object@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Doubt any one of them is going to stick.

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  • plyth@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Finally white supremacy feelings for everybody without a bad consciousness …

    with the usual threats

    We have a social need right now to respond to the proliferation of AI, especially when AI is taking human jobs, especially when they’re replacing online creators," Aleksic said.

    and promises

    In Dorr’s view, which he describes as optimistic, this creates a chance for a world in which humans will be free from toil.

    Why not do something new?

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  • sturmblast@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I think we should have different ones for different brands… Tesla can be Jerry’s since he’s Musk is a Nazi.

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  • thatradomguy@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Why does BJs still have those stupid robots riding around the store? It was cute the first month but now they just trigger my anxiety.

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