• peoplebeproblems@midwest.social
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      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.

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        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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          You should be happy. Mine does a different thing every time, no matter the setting…

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      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.

    • thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org
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      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