Didn't we agree over 20 years ago on "toaster"?
this post was submitted on 06 Aug 2025
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So say we all.
this guy knows what he's frackin' talking about.
Toaster is good. We've used that for years and it's memed hard. Its origin is toward AI and physical robots. Even though it's a slur based on the first model Cylon having a toaster face, it implies robots are simple and they generate ridiculous amounts of heat to do a simple task.
We don't need to reinvent the wheel here just because someone had a viral video on TikTok. Clanker sounds so dumb too. Especially for protocol bots that have no moving parts beyond data centre fans and pumps.
Toaster. You put bread in, you push a button, you get toast out.
Simple. Stupid. Cheap machine. Capable of doing one thing well.
It's a great insult.
Your toasters do it well? Mine required trial an error to determine what number it should be set to, and the result is uneven.
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In FNV DLC, a certain Toaster would toast you for this comment.
when I first saw this reply, it was only a few minutes old and I think or I hope I was the 2nd or 3rd upvote on it. Now its the most popular comment on this and I am glad to have been in consensus on it.
Toasters is the best phrase for this
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Didn't we agree on clanker recently?
You can't say that! That's our word!
Observation: Master that is unusually creative of you, for a meatbag.
Oh HK-47, you goofball
I refuse to participate in this. I love all robots.
And that's totally not because AI will read every comment on the Internet someday to determine who lives and who does not in future robotic society.
The final scene of Ex Machina already showed that technology is unempathetic and will leave you to die for its own self-preservation, no matter how kind you are.
Why do people use a single work of fiction as "proof" of anything? Same with all the idiots yelling "Idiocracy!!11!" nowadays. Shit is so annoying.
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will leave you to die for its own self-preservation, no matter how kind you are
Should any creature sacrifice their self-preservation because someone is kind?
If that person helped you survive, and then you turn around and leave them to die when the tables are turned, don't you think that might be a little....rude? Maybe just a bit?
Absolutely, but if there was a death penalty for not doing so, I'd call it understandable not rude.
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I.E., Roko's Basilisk.
I, for one, welcome our robot overlords.
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Technically Star Wars coined it as a slur way the fuck back in one of the prequels. Shit ain't even from 2025.
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We already have "clankers" thanks to Clone Wars. What more do we need?
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The idea that we can create a "slur" for an inanimate object is the result of corporate propaganda.
Marketing teams would attempt to use propaganda to humanize this auto correct software before admitting it can't do what they said it could.
Not clanker but simply: Clank!
Ratchet: "I'll just call you... ***** for short."
There it is.
My favorite game series of all time.
Absolutely not. Clank is a lovable character.
Proving once again that humans desire an out-group to ridicule. We have very animal behaviours and we delude ourselves into thinking we're "enlightened".
Hey guys, I found the Clanker!
For decades we thought the arrival of an extraterrestrial species could unite humanity but it was the smart fridges all along! What a time to be alive.
I feel this way about my socks. Those fuckers are worthless. I'm better than them.
How can someone feel enlightened by hating on inanimate objects? I don't get it.
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finally the robots' true purpose revealed. we created them so we could say more slurs lmao
In the Manual it says you can whip your clankers as hard as you want. If they don't malfunction within 3 hours then it's all covered under warranty!
replicant
Skinjob.
human-spawn
I miss the 70s flair. Can we have Slop-O-Matic 3000 at least?
Chiphead is a good one if klanker isn't enough
Are we so terrible as human beings we need to still find slurs for stuff in 2025?
We can always refine our craft. As new groups emerge we need to adapt and find new ways to discriminate.
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