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Re:An AI Agent Published a Hit Piece on Me by evanelias on Thursday February 12, 2026 @02:42PM (#46993998)
That's an absolutely ridiculous assertion. Do you similarly think that the Battlestar Galactica reboot was a thinly-veiled racist show because they frequently called the Cylons "toasters"?
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Re:An AI Agent Published a Hit Piece on Me by shagie on Thursday February 12, 2026 @06:05PM (#46996550)
(not disagreeing - commenting on the history of the term) Clanker has a history in Clone Wars.

https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Clanker

Every time they say "clanker" in the first season of The Clone Wars https://youtu.be/BNfSbzeGdoQ

EcksClips When Battle Droids became Clankers (May 2022) https://youtu.be/p06kv9QOP5s

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