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Re:An AI Agent Published a Hit Piece on Me by pmg101 on Thursday February 12, 2026 @02:40PM (#46993967)
This is a deranged take. Lots of slurs end in "er" because they describe someone who does something - for example, a wanker, one who wanks. Or a tosser, one who tosses. Or a clanker, one who clanks.

The fact that the N word doesn't even follow this pattern tells you it's a totally unrelated slur.

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Re:An AI Agent Published a Hit Piece on Me by mikkupikku on Friday February 13, 2026 @06:25AM (#47001535)
It's less of a deranged take when you have the additional context of a bunch of people on tiktok/etc promoting this slur by acting out 1950s themes skits where they kick "clankers" out of their dinner or similar obvious allusions to traditional racism.

Anyway, it's not really a big deal. Sacred cows are and should always be permissible to joke about.

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