Current Events > Is the term 'clanker' offensive?

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monkmith 09/20/25 6:25:37 PM #51:	i'm easily offended, so yes. --- Taarsidath-an halsaam. Quando il gioco e finito, il re e il pedone vanno nella stessa scatola <cite>monkmith posted [p:986479471] in Is the ter... [t:81043985]...</cite> <quote>i'm easily offended, so yes.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
myusernameislame 09/20/25 6:59:24 PM #52:	It's offensive to humans to suggest that LLMs resemble us enough that we can be racist against them. <cite>myusernameislame posted [p:986479836] in Is the ter... [t:81043985]...</cite> <quote>It's offensive to humans to suggest that LLMs resemble us enough that we can be racist against them.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
nocturnal_traveler 09/20/25 7:01:17 PM #53:	You have to use soft "a" when you say it. --- --I understand your opinion. I just don't care about it. ~Jedah-- <cite>nocturnal_traveler posted [p:986479868] in Is the ter... [t:81043985]...</cite> <quote>You have to use soft "a" when you say it.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
StarReaper13 09/20/25 9:52:21 PM #54:	At first, it wasn't. Then people starting coming up with other "robot slurs" based off of irl slurs, and it was obvious that it was becoming a method for people to be racist without directly saying them in a way they could pretend they weren't being, you know, racist. --- Ignore when people say that the title length is not important, that a title should just convey what the game is about. They're just jealous theirs isn't as long <cite>StarReaper13 posted [p:986482260] in Is the ter... [t:81043985]...</cite> <quote>At first, it wasn't. Then people starting coming up with other "robot slurs" based off of irl slurs, and it was obvious that it was becoming a method for people to be racist without directly saying them in a way they could pretend they weren't being, you know, racist.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DrizztLink 09/21/25 1:13:50 AM #55:	StarReaper13 posted... At first, it wasn't. Then people starting coming up with other "robot slurs" based off of irl slurs, and it was obvious that it was becoming a method for people to be racist without directly saying them in a way they could pretend they weren't being, you know, racist. Yep. The OP is largely an incomplete question because it's got two main uses: Making fun of idiot racists Idiot racists playing dogwhistle If you use it in the first manner, you're fine. If you use it in the second manner, not so much. --- He/Him http://guidesmedia.ign.com/guides/9846/images/slowpoke.gif https://i.imgur.com/M8h2ATe.png https://i.imgur.com/6ezFwG1.png <cite>DrizztLink posted [p:986483868] in Is the ter... [t:81043985]...</cite> <quote>StarReaper13 posted... </cite><quote>At first, it wasn't. Then people starting coming up with other "robot slurs" based off of irl slurs, and it was obvious that it was becoming a method for people to be racist without directly saying them in a way they could pretend they weren't being, you know, racist.</quote>Yep.The OP is largely an incomplete question because it's got two main uses:Making fun of idiot racists Idiot racists playing dogwhistleIf you use it in the first manner, you're fine. If you use it in the second manner, not so much.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
HashtagSEP 09/21/25 1:16:39 AM #56:	StarReaper13 posted... At first, it wasn't. Then people starting coming up with other "robot slurs" based off of irl slurs, and it was obvious that it was becoming a method for people to be racist without directly saying them in a way they could pretend they weren't being, you know, racist. This. It wasn't, but then it quickly became a stand-in for actual slurs, because bigots think they're clever. --- #SEP #Awesome #Excellent #Greatness #SteveNash #VitaminWater #SmellingLikeTheVault #Pigeon #Sexy #ActuallyAVeryIntelligentVelociraptor #Heel #CoolSpot #EndOfSig <cite>HashtagSEP posted [p:986483899] in Is the ter... [t:81043985]...</cite> <quote>StarReaper13 posted... </cite><quote>At first, it wasn't. Then people starting coming up with other "robot slurs" based off of irl slurs, and it was obvious that it was becoming a method for people to be racist without directly saying them in a way they could pretend they weren't being, you know, racist.</quote>This. It wasn't, but then it quickly became a stand-in for actual slurs, because bigots think they're clever.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
nocturnal_traveler 09/21/25 1:19:01 AM #57:	StarReaper13 posted... At first, it wasn't. Then people starting coming up with other "robot slurs" based off of irl slurs, and it was obvious that it was becoming a method for people to be racist without directly saying them in a way they could pretend they weren't being, you know, racist. It always takes idiots who think they're being smart to ruin the fun for everyone else. --- --I understand your opinion. I just don't care about it. ~Jedah-- <cite>nocturnal_traveler posted [p:986483918] in Is the ter... [t:81043985]...</cite> <quote>StarReaper13 posted... </cite><quote>At first, it wasn't. Then people starting coming up with other "robot slurs" based off of irl slurs, and it was obvious that it was becoming a method for people to be racist without directly saying them in a way they could pretend they weren't being, you know, racist.</quote>It always takes idiots who think they're being smart to ruin the fun for everyone else.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
wackyteen 09/21/25 8:46:56 AM #58:	StarReaper13 posted... At first, it wasn't. Then people starting coming up with other "robot slurs" based off of irl slurs, and it was obvious that it was becoming a method for people to be racist without directly saying them in a way they could pretend they weren't being, you know, racist. What if someone wants to use it as a negative term for AI without any other racial implications? Or is it just going to always carry an externally negative connotation in relation to race due to asshats being asshats? Though I could definitely see the term developing use in relation to actual humans/people, especially if we enter a technological phase where we have fully robotic prosthetics, and it becoming a legitimate slur against a group. --- The name is wackyteen for a reason. Never doubt. <cite>wackyteen posted [p:986485698] in Is the ter... [t:81043985]...</cite> <quote>StarReaper13 posted... </cite><quote>At first, it wasn't. Then people starting coming up with other "robot slurs" based off of irl slurs, and it was obvious that it was becoming a method for people to be racist without directly saying them in a way they could pretend they weren't being, you know, racist.</quote>What if someone wants to use it as a negative term for AI without any other racial implications?Or is it just going to always carry an externally negative connotation in relation to race due to asshats being asshats?Though I could definitely see the term developing use in relation to actual humans/people, especially if we enter a technological phase where we have fully robotic prosthetics, and it becoming a legitimate slur against a group.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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doshindude 09/21/25 8:51:41 AM #60:	If you're offended by a literal line from Clone Wars, you need to touch grass. --- Kind reminder not to defend corporations when they make dumb/anti-consumer decisions. <cite>doshindude posted [p:986485728] in Is the ter... [t:81043985]...</cite> <quote>If you're offended by a literal line from Clone Wars, you need to touch grass.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
CobraGT 09/21/25 8:58:50 AM #61:	Pikachuchupika posted... Yes, maybe not now, but in the future when AI becomes sentient. If it has not in happened already someone will accidentally or deliberately create an AI that gets back at mockers --- GoldenSun/Crossbone Isle diagrams/ 18 teams known https://photobucket.com/u/SwordOfWheat/a/9990a2ee-25f3-4242-ae79-7d2d4b882be4 <cite>CobraGT posted [p:986485774] in Is the ter... [t:81043985]...</cite> <quote>Pikachuchupika posted... </cite><quote>Yes, maybe not now, but in the future when AI becomes sentient.</quote> If it has not in happened already someone will accidentally or deliberately create an AI that gets back at mockers</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Mistere_Man 09/21/25 9:06:56 AM #62:	AndyReklaw posted... This was honestly the first I ever heard of it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRzYpOTDthw Pretty good singing/song imo. --- Water+Fall=Radiation. <cite>Mistere_Man posted [p:986485831] in Is the ter... [t:81043985]...</cite> <quote>AndyReklaw posted... </cite><quote>This was honestly the first I ever heard of it:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRzYpOTDthw</quote>Pretty good singing/song imo.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
KCJ5062 09/21/25 9:33:39 AM #63:	Smiffwilm posted... If it is, then uh oh at that one BanjoKazooie level... This is the first thing that came to mind when I saw this topic. --- It's amazing how people hang around message boards of games they don't like <cite>KCJ5062 posted [p:986485972] in Is the ter... [t:81043985]...</cite> <quote>Smiffwilm posted... </cite><quote>If it is, then uh oh at that one BanjoKazooie level...</quote>This is the first thing that came to mind when I saw this topic.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
KJ_StErOiDs 09/21/25 9:38:29 AM #64:	Not to me. It reminds me of an episode of the Donkey Kong Country cartoon where DK's mind is transferred to a robot. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQ2kBV9IEsw --- "Shhh! Ben, don't ruin the ending!" --Adrian Ripburger, Full Throttle <cite>KJ_StErOiDs posted [p:986486004] in Is the ter... [t:81043985]...</cite> <quote>Not to me. It reminds me of an episode of the Donkey Kong Country cartoon where DK's mind is transferred to a robot.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQ2kBV9IEsw</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
HighSeraph 09/21/25 9:41:04 AM #65:	You'll regret your words when Roko's basilisk is created --- The shadows I live with are numberless <cite>HighSeraph posted [p:986486015] in Is the ter... [t:81043985]...</cite> <quote>You'll regret your words when Roko's basilisk is created</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
YugiNoob 09/21/25 9:41:20 AM #66:	https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/f/f5e93ab0.jpg --- ( ^_^)/\(^_^ ) Maya High-Five! <cite>YugiNoob posted [p:986486018] in Is the ter... [t:81043985]...</cite> <quote>https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/f/f5e93ab0.jpg</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Ivynn 09/21/25 10:41:01 AM #67:	doshindude posted... If you're offended by a literal line from Clone Wars, you need to touch grass. No one's offended on behalf of lines of code, read the topic. --- http://i.imgur.com/vDci4hD.gif <cite>Ivynn posted [p:986486379] in Is the ter... [t:81043985]...</cite> <quote>doshindude posted... </cite><quote>If you're offended by a literal line from Clone Wars, you need to touch grass.</quote>No one's offended on behalf of lines of code, read the topic.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
nocturnal_traveler 09/21/25 10:43:12 AM #68:	This reminds me of the time people were memeing what's up ma ninja. People were having fun with it, until racists thought they were being clever, and now nobody can use it. --- --I understand your opinion. I just don't care about it. ~Jedah-- <cite>nocturnal_traveler posted [p:986486390] in Is the ter... [t:81043985]...</cite> <quote>This reminds me of the time people were memeing what's up ma ninja. People were having fun with it, until racists thought they were being clever, and now nobody can use it.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
MorbidFaithless 09/21/25 11:24:53 AM #69:	For those who feel clanker is real life slur adjacent, how do you feel about the term "bot" or "bots"? Because that sounds pretty slurry to me, with that logic. --- walk like thunder <cite>MorbidFaithless posted [p:986486708] in Is the ter... [t:81043985]...</cite> <quote>For those who feel clanker is real life slur adjacent, how do you feel about the term "bot" or "bots"? Because that sounds pretty slurry to me, with that logic. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Homeless_Waifu 09/21/25 11:27:14 AM #70:	doshindude posted... If you're offended by a literal line from Clone Wars, you need to touch grass. "For the REPUBLIC!" --- https://youtu.be/GgVQOSxlUV0?feature=shared https://youtu.be/5Wf7tiB6WzQ?feature=shared See youtube link <cite>Homeless_Waifu posted [p:986486734] in Is the ter... [t:81043985]...</cite> <quote>doshindude posted... </cite><quote>If you're offended by a literal line from Clone Wars, you need to touch grass.</quote>"For the REPUBLIC!"</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
SwayM 09/21/25 11:27:43 AM #71:	"Racism is never funny." A generation raised on Chappelle Show and Key and Peele would disagree. --- Sig space for rent. <cite>SwayM posted [p:986486740] in Is the ter... [t:81043985]...</cite> <quote>"Racism is never funny."A generation raised on Chappelle Show and Key and Peele would disagree. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Rika_Furude 09/21/25 11:37:51 AM #72:	ive never heard the term before this topic. where are the people using this term? <cite>Rika_Furude posted [p:986486843] in Is the ter... [t:81043985]...</cite> <quote>ive never heard the term before this topic. where are the people using this term?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
wackyteen 09/21/25 11:41:07 AM #73:	Rika_Furude posted... ive never heard the term before this topic. where are the people using this term? Well apparently some are using it in racially charged reenactment skits on tiktok. I've mostly only ever seen it used in anti-AI contexts. --- The name is wackyteen for a reason. Never doubt. <cite>wackyteen posted [p:986486870] in Is the ter... [t:81043985]...</cite> <quote>Rika_Furude posted... </cite><quote>ive never heard the term before this topic. where are the people using this term?</quote>Well apparently some are using it in racially charged reenactment skits on tiktok.I've mostly only ever seen it used in anti-AI contexts.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
thekosmicfool 09/21/25 12:03:52 PM #74:	MorbidFaithless posted... For those who feel clanker is real life slur adjacent, how do you feel about the term "bot" or "bots"? Because that sounds pretty slurry to me, with that logic. It's not the word itself, it's the context in which it's used. People get way too into futuristic racist cosplay and it's off-putting. --- Tonight your ghost will ask my ghost "Who put these bodies between us?" <cite>thekosmicfool posted [p:986487081] in Is the ter... [t:81043985]...</cite> <quote>MorbidFaithless posted... </cite><quote>For those who feel clanker is real life slur adjacent, how do you feel about the term "bot" or "bots"? Because that sounds pretty slurry to me, with that logic.</quote>It's not the word itself, it's the context in which it's used. People get way too into futuristic racist cosplay and it's off-putting.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
divot1338 09/21/25 12:15:15 PM #75:	Clanker please --- Moustache twirling villain https://i.imgur.com/U3lt3H4.jpg- Kerbey <cite>divot1338 posted [p:986487163] in Is the ter... [t:81043985]...</cite> <quote>Clanker please</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
MorbidFaithless 09/21/25 12:17:32 PM #76:	thekosmicfool posted... It's not the word itself, it's the context in which it's used. People get way too into futuristic racist cosplay and it's off-putting. I guess I understand, it's just hard to wrap my mind around caring when it comes to nonhuman, non-sentient automatons. I may naive but I feel like my dislike for robots is not a slippery slope that will lead me to hating racial minorities. (As someone doesn't actually use the word clanker.) Legit question. If robots/AI do become extremely commonplace and even more detrimental to human society, then are we allowed to call them names? >_> --- walk like thunder <cite>MorbidFaithless posted [p:986487179] in Is the ter... [t:81043985]...</cite> <quote>thekosmicfool posted... </cite><quote>It's not the word itself, it's the context in which it's used. People get way too into futuristic racist cosplay and it's off-putting.</quote>I guess I understand, it's just hard to wrap my mind around caring when it comes to nonhuman, non-sentient automatons. I may naive but I feel like my dislike for robots is not a slippery slope that will lead me to hating racial minorities. (As someone doesn't actually use the word clanker.)Legit question. If robots/AI do become extremely commonplace and even more detrimental to human society, then are we allowed to call them names? >_> </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
AndyReklaw 09/21/25 12:20:29 PM #77:	MorbidFaithless posted... I guess I understand, it's just hard to wrap my mind around caring when it comes to nonhuman, non-sentient automatons. I may naive but I feel like my dislike for robots is not a slippery slope that will lead me to hating racial minorities. (As someone doesn't actually use the word clanker.) It's not really about the robots or whatever. It's just the idea of people being eager to be pretend racist. --- This user is awesome!: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/user/gamefaqs-user?account=12351915135 <cite>AndyReklaw posted [p:986487209] in Is the ter... [t:81043985]...</cite> <quote>MorbidFaithless posted... </cite><quote>I guess I understand, it's just hard to wrap my mind around caring when it comes to nonhuman, non-sentient automatons. I may naive but I feel like my dislike for robots is not a slippery slope that will lead me to hating racial minorities. (As someone doesn't actually use the word clanker.)</quote>It's not really about the robots or whatever. It's just the idea of people being eager to be pretend racist.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
divot1338 09/21/25 12:22:55 PM #78:	MorbidFaithless posted... I guess I understand, it's just hard to wrap my mind around caring when it comes to nonhuman, non-sentient automatons. I may naive but I feel like my dislike for robots is not a slippery slope that will lead me to hating racial minorities. (As someone doesn't actually use the word clanker.) Legit question. If robots/AI do become extremely commonplace and even more detrimental to human society, then are we allowed to call them names? >_> I find myself yelling at Alexa to shut the fuck up when she mishears commands and starts rambling. So yeah. Why not. --- Moustache twirling villain https://i.imgur.com/U3lt3H4.jpg- Kerbey <cite>divot1338 posted [p:986487235] in Is the ter... [t:81043985]...</cite> <quote>MorbidFaithless posted... </cite><quote>I guess I understand, it's just hard to wrap my mind around caring when it comes to nonhuman, non-sentient automatons. I may naive but I feel like my dislike for robots is not a slippery slope that will lead me to hating racial minorities. (As someone doesn't actually use the word clanker.)Legit question. If robots/AI do become extremely commonplace and even more detrimental to human society, then are we allowed to call them names? >_></quote>I find myself yelling at Alexa to shut the fuck up when she mishears commands and starts rambling.So yeah. Why not.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
MorbidFaithless 09/21/25 12:33:39 PM #79:	AndyReklaw posted... It's not really about the robots or whatever. It's just the idea of people being eager to be pretend racist. Pretend racism against pretend people doesn't really bother me? I guess y'all are saying it should? Racism and racists are facts of life, unfortunately. I think there is some measure of comedy and subversion to be mined from obvious parodies of racist speech in the context of artificial machines. Difficult for me to make the leap from joke to sincere "veiled/thinly veiled racism," though I suppose there are people like that out there. --- walk like thunder <cite>MorbidFaithless posted [p:986487306] in Is the ter... [t:81043985]...</cite> <quote>AndyReklaw posted... </cite><quote>It's not really about the robots or whatever. It's just the idea of people being eager to be pretend racist.</quote>Pretend racism against pretend people doesn't really bother me? I guess y'all are saying it should?Racism and racists are facts of life, unfortunately. I think there is some measure of comedy and subversion to be mined from obvious parodies of racist speech in the context of artificial machines. Difficult for me to make the leap from joke to sincere "veiled/thinly veiled racism," though I suppose there are people like that out there.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
thekosmicfool 09/21/25 12:41:34 PM #80:	MorbidFaithless posted... I guess I understand, it's just hard to wrap my mind around caring when it comes to nonhuman, non-sentient automatons. I may naive but I feel like my dislike for robots is not a slippery slope that will lead me to hating racial minorities. (As someone doesn't actually use the word clanker.) Legit question. If robots/AI do become extremely commonplace and even more detrimental to human society, then are we allowed to call them names? >_> Create a situation in which one group is forcefully dominated and enslaved by another group, made to do all the work, and then treated and slurred at like they're the problem? Oof --- Tonight your ghost will ask my ghost "Who put these bodies between us?" <cite>thekosmicfool posted [p:986487360] in Is the ter... [t:81043985]...</cite> <quote>MorbidFaithless posted... </cite><quote>I guess I understand, it's just hard to wrap my mind around caring when it comes to nonhuman, non-sentient automatons. I may naive but I feel like my dislike for robots is not a slippery slope that will lead me to hating racial minorities. (As someone doesn't actually use the word clanker.)Legit question. If robots/AI do become extremely commonplace and even more detrimental to human society, then are we allowed to call them names? >_></quote>Create a situation in which one group is forcefully dominated and enslaved by another group, made to do all the work, and then treated and slurred at like they're the problem? Oof</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
MorbidFaithless 09/21/25 12:43:50 PM #81:	thekosmicfool posted... Create a situation in which one group is forcefully dominated and enslaved by another group, made to do all the work, and then treated and slurred at like they're the problem? Oof This would be relevant if they had feelings. You're not going to make me feel sorry for a bucket of wires. --- walk like thunder <cite>MorbidFaithless posted [p:986487375] in Is the ter... [t:81043985]...</cite> <quote>thekosmicfool posted... </cite><quote>Create a situation in which one group is forcefully dominated and enslaved by another group, made to do all the work, and then treated and slurred at like they're the problem? Oof</quote>This would be relevant if they had feelings. You're not going to make me feel sorry for a bucket of wires.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
BakonBitz 09/21/25 12:45:49 PM #82:	After seeing how quickly white people gathered to spread it around, yeah I've started to at least grow distaste over it. It's ultimately an excuse for them to feel like they're saying a hateful slur without it being one. Like, it's not offensive, but unironic usage of it kinda tells me the headspace that person is in, IMO. --- Game collection: http://www.backloggery.com/bakonbitz Gaming channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwVQm69J7bGScbv3_50C0dA <cite>BakonBitz posted [p:986487392] in Is the ter... [t:81043985]...</cite> <quote>After seeing how quickly white people gathered to spread it around, yeah I've started to at least grow distaste over it. It's ultimately an excuse for them to feel like they're saying a hateful slur without it being one.Like, it's not offensive, but unironic usage of it kinda tells me the headspace that person is in, IMO.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
rexcrk 09/21/25 12:52:49 PM #83:	StarReaper13 posted... At first, it wasn't. Then people starting coming up with other "robot slurs" based off of irl slurs, and it was obvious that it was becoming a method for people to be racist without directly saying them in a way they could pretend they weren't being, you know, racist. This. Someone got mad at me recently for making this observation lol. But, yknow, CE gonna CE. --- Tell my tale to those who ask. Tell it truly, the ill deeds, along with the good, and let me be judged accordingly. The rest.. is silence. <cite>rexcrk posted [p:986487456] in Is the ter... [t:81043985]...</cite> <quote>StarReaper13 posted... </cite><quote>At first, it wasn't. Then people starting coming up with other "robot slurs" based off of irl slurs, and it was obvious that it was becoming a method for people to be racist without directly saying them in a way they could pretend they weren't being, you know, racist.</quote>This. Someone got mad at me recently for making this observation lol. But, yknow, CE gonna CE. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
thekosmicfool 09/21/25 12:59:44 PM #84:	BakonBitz posted... Like, it's not offensive, but unironic usage of it kinda tells me the headspace that person is in, IMO. Precisely. The kids might even says it's "sus" --- Tonight your ghost will ask my ghost "Who put these bodies between us?" <cite>thekosmicfool posted [p:986487523] in Is the ter... [t:81043985]...</cite> <quote>BakonBitz posted... </cite><quote>Like, it's not offensive, but unironic usage of it kinda tells me the headspace that person is in, IMO.</quote>Precisely. The kids might even says it's "sus"</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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