Clankers Die on Christmas

Post by whywhywhywhy » Tue, Sep 09, 2025, 10:34 AM UTC

taneq wrote: post #176

Does anyone else find it just a little disturbing how hard a certain subset of the population is leaning into this? Like they've finally found a group of people that they're allowed to hate. And let's be clear here, they're personifying this tech. Nobody bothers to hate a word processor or a 3D printer.

Post by [deleted] » Tue, Sep 09, 2025, 10:54 AM UTC

discomrobertul8 wrote: post #165

serf wrote: post #76

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it's known in my circles too, but it's one of those words known as a cringe-inducer. like 'broligarchy' or 'trad'. but going off of other social trends like this that probably means it's mega popular and about to be the next over-used phrases across the universe.

I only know "trad" in the climbing sense - what's the new slang meaning?

Post by MangoToupe » Tue, Sep 09, 2025, 11:01 AM UTC

bloqs wrote: post #168

MangoToupe wrote: post #63

I must admit I’m a little unnerved with how gleefully people enjoy using a fake slur. I realize it doesn’t harm anyone but I just don’t get the appeal.

derogatory names are a standard form of human communication. You use them too

Post by jennyholzer » Tue, Sep 09, 2025, 11:05 AM UTC

epiccoleman wrote: post #115

totallymike wrote: post #82

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Citations eight and nine amuse me. I readily and merrily agree with the articles that deriving slurs from existing racist or homophobic slurs is a problem, and the use of these terms in fashions that mirror actual racial stereotypes (e.g. "clanka") is pretty gross. That said, I think that asking people to treat ChatGPT with "kindness and respect" is patently embarrassing. We don't ask people to be nice to their phone…

> I think that asking people to treat ChatGPT with "kindness and respect" is patently embarrassing. We don't ask people to be nice to their phone's autocorrect, or to Siri, or to the forks in their silverware drawer, because that's stupid. > ChatGPT deserves no more or less empathy than a fork does. I agree completely that ChatGPT deserves zero empathy. It can't feel, it can't care, it can't be hurt by your rudeness.…

Post by sidrag22 » Tue, Sep 09, 2025, 11:16 AM UTC

curtisblaine wrote: post #152

sidrag22 wrote: post #88

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i agree, sounds strange and like something that should have never caught on at all. the moral argument of this being a derogatory term aside, it doesn't even seem to capture that well and sounds so out of place. another that comes to mind is "toasters" from Battlestar Gallactica. both terms to me just feel weird and "written".

Moral? They're... programs