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[–] ericatty@infosec.pub 17 points 5 days ago (2 children)
[–] lone_faerie@lemmy.blahaj.zone -2 points 4 days ago (3 children)

So did I, until her recent video using "clankers" as an excuse to just be blatantly racist

I think you missed the point of the video. I think it was pretty obvious it was satire and directly trying to provoke that kind of feeling

[–] Cossty@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I didn't see the video, so I don't know the whole context. But how can you use clanker to be racist? It refers to only robots and AI.

[–] athatet@lemmy.zip 0 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I haven’t seen the video either but when ‘clanker’ was first suggested there were some people who gave some weird “I finally get to say a slur” energy that, rightfully so, made some people uncomfortable.

[–] three@lemmy.zip -1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

If you're a bot, you're required to mark your account as such.

[–] athatet@lemmy.zip 1 points 4 days ago

Sure lemme go ahead and do that. But first imma need you to tell me which part of my comment was a bot.

[–] tetris11@feddit.uk 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

I just watched it: https://youtu.be/GsUwYcQUb40

Isn't this just a 2050 retake of the trope of southern US racist staff not serving black people in the 1950s, but with a robot twist to highlight the weird slurs that people used to use at the time and how stupid they sound?

I mean I think the idea of the video is to paint her in a bad light, not her customers.