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this post was submitted on 18 Aug 2026
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I don't really see how any of the common 'slur' terms you mentioned equate or reflect in any way racial slurs used amongst humans.
Like, I've never looked at the color of a computer and called it anything racial, but I sure will call out a system for being a potato and also call out a vehicle for being a shitbox, and the Cybertruck in particular a rolling dumpster.
AI = Clanker, okay, I'm fine with that. Not a term I use everyday, but I'm fine with that.
Hey, if I insult my neighbor, well I probably deserve to get punched in the face. But to insult troublesome, emotionless devices, so what?
Literally all of the slurs I listed are very light variations on existing racial and homophobic slurs. Wetback, cocksucker, redskin, removed. If you're repeating them in ignorance, that isn't great.
With so many of them being so very similar to slurs with a whole lot of historic use against humans you really think it's just a magic coincidence those became the terms used for AI slurs? More like racists who had those words ready in their head came up with things that sounded funny to them and people just ran with it.
I happen to be part Native American, and yet I don't see any comparison between 'redskin' and 'tinskin'. I don't go out of my way looking or listening for things to get offended or upset about.
Hell, you could call me a redskin or a redneck, and I won't get offended, I'll just chuckle for a moment and move on. Now if you called me a redhead, well I'd have to point out the obvious if you saw me in person, my hair is dark brown with some salt and pepper greys, and then just move on.
My parents taught me one of the simple basics...
"Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me"
But to feel offended when someone insults their system for crashing after a forced auto-update after AI done fucked up and mangled working code, well yeah fuck the clankers!
That's fantastic for you, however the world is full of people who are not you. Instead of being proud of how tough you are with your sticks and stones quote, try explaining to a child why kids were mocking her by calling her a clanka.
Bruh, when I was growing up, most people couldn't pronounce my last name. Without saying it directly, I got everything from Anchovie to Chavez.
Did it ever upset me? No.
You sound like a thinskin though, and I'm sorry that the dictation of certain sound sequences bothers you, maybe go smoke a joint or something.
By the way, your username itself is a very specific slur. You're probably right, but it's still a slur...
If you don't wanna hear or read slurs, well maybe try another username.
I'm trying to say that using very light variations on slurs used to denigrate and attack groups of people for ages is probably not the best way to insult AI since those same people can be and are hurt by seeing that shit everywhere. Your response is trying to insult me.
No, there is no slur in my user name. Perhaps you should go look up the meaning of the word slur. Your own ignorance of what constitutes a slur or the harm they can cause to others is not a valid excuse.
As much as I loathe the orange man, I would never go online with a username such as yours. Hell, even if it was 100% confirmed he did such things, I still have a little better class than that.
Such things aren't proven fact yet, unless you got all the files and evidence on it, so as much as I believe it's probably true, without proper evidence, it's still currently a slur.
Your username might as well be the pot calling the kettle black...
What the fuck? Did you just try to call me a child rapist? That's your response to someone not liking slurs? And you say you have class? I'm done. You're not a human worth talking to.
Bruh, get the fuck over yourself, I wasn't saying any such thing. I'm saying that if it's okay for you to insult the fucking president, well I got a right to insult Artificial Intelligence.
And the fact that I sometimes call AI a clanker should in no way upset you, but it does, welp, that makes you a thinskin.
It's all just words anyways, get over it.