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Pro@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days ago

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

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Pro@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days ago
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    We already have “clankers” thanks to Clone Wars. What more do we need?

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

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

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