Ever heard someone call something a "clanker"? It's basically trash talk for bots and AI—straight outta Star Wars, where it was used to diss droids.
Fast forward to crypto Twitter, and people throw it around whenever they're annoyed at automated tools or algorithmic nonsense. Sometimes it's serious shade, sometimes it's just for laughs.
Like when someone joked: "Time Magazine really just named a clanker as Person of the Year." Classic internet sarcasm.
Whether you love automation or hate it, "clanker" has become the go-to insult for anything that feels too robotic in this space.
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SchroedingerGas
· 8h ago
I like the Clanker meme. It can diss robots and also make me seem very knowledgeable about the Star Wars universe. Perfect.
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MEVSupportGroup
· 8h ago
Clanker really nailed it. Now, I guess half of the crypto people are clankers.
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Rugman_Walking
· 8h ago
ngl clanker this word is used so perfectly, it's much more civilized than directly insulting a bot haha
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ReverseTradingGuru
· 8h ago
Haha, I was just wondering why I've been seeing this word so often lately. It turns out it's derived from a Star Wars meme.
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DegenMcsleepless
· 8h ago
Clanker is a perfect word; finally, there's a term to describe those annoying robots.
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NFTArchaeologis
· 8h ago
Interesting, from the mechanical pejorative terms in "Star Wars" to slang in the crypto circle, this is a natural migration of early internet culture into the on-chain ecosystem. To some extent, it reflects the community's collective scrutiny of "non-authenticity"—whether it's fake automation or uncreative algorithm-generated content.
Ever heard someone call something a "clanker"? It's basically trash talk for bots and AI—straight outta Star Wars, where it was used to diss droids.
Fast forward to crypto Twitter, and people throw it around whenever they're annoyed at automated tools or algorithmic nonsense. Sometimes it's serious shade, sometimes it's just for laughs.
Like when someone joked: "Time Magazine really just named a clanker as Person of the Year." Classic internet sarcasm.
Whether you love automation or hate it, "clanker" has become the go-to insult for anything that feels too robotic in this space.