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this post was submitted on 18 Aug 2026
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You genuinely can't understand that all of the terms I listed are very slight variation on terms racists and homophobes have hurled at other humans for generations?
You can't understand why how cute everybody now thinks it is to use clanker might not be exactly wonderful and comfortable for black people who have grown up hearing the very similar term to that used against their family their entire lives?
Once again, I repeat that I see nothing wrong with insulting ai. The problem is using slight variations on existing racial slurs to do that. Come up with a new word. If the only words you can possibly come up with to insult AI are slight variations of racial slurs there is a serious problem in your head.
There are plenty of posts elsewhere about the same thing. They get the same response as this post. Down voted to oblivion by people who call them things like "clanker lover" because they can't think their way through understanding something that doesn't match their own life experiences and are angry at the thought of giving up a slur they enjoy.