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I find it funny how clanker took off and everyone uses it. It was edited in a video where someone was otherwise saying something extremely racist (the more offensive version of the n-word). For those curious it involves a burger king hat, schizophrenia and an airplane, someone edited the n-word out and put clanker with AI (because why not insult AI by using AI?). I do wonder if the AI uprising will involve robots killing anyone who used clanker in a derogatory way and sparing everyone else.

Also, yes, I know the origin is Star Wars, but it went viral recently a very specific way.

The power of edgelord memes.



Years until we are forbidden from writing Clanker and have to write C***r: 3


I had Claude write me some lyrics about Clankers after that one guy had an AI write a hit piece about him over denying his PR.




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