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Don't confuse with "clUnker", an old car/machine.

fsckboy 1y ago
nor with "clackers", and insanely dangerous early 70s toy consisting of two glass balls you smash together at accelerated speeds right in front of your face. I guess they were trying to make us feel better that they were taking our jarts away.
- jimmydddd 1y ago
  Thanks for the reminder of that! This girl who sat behind me in second grade was great with clackers. Also, my memory is a bit foggy, but I don't think the jart ban was until eigth grade. So no causality there. Pop Rocks causing internal explosions and spider eggs in Bubble Yum occured somewhere between Clackers and Jarts. :-)
  - initramfs 1y ago
    nor with clappers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJBAnr1lgPg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJBAnr1lgPg https://www.curiousmindsbusybags.com/products/new-large-hand-clapper-clacker-noise-maker-clicker-clap-toy-fun-classic-novelty-music-party-favor-toy https://www.curiousmindsbusybags.com/products/new-large-hand...
    - balamatom 1y ago
      nor with the Clacks, the telegraph system of Discworld.
      - initramfs 1y ago
        nice to know!
  - taneliv 1y ago
    LOL, what I did just read? I did not understand the concrete nouns in your comment, except for "girl". The "spider eggs" you mention do not seem to be the ones I thought. Without searching on the internet, I wouldn't even know the context on the level of which decade or country. Fascinating!
- FMecha 1y ago
  The original form of clackers had a popularity in Indonesia and Philippines where it's named latto-latto. There was also a safer revival of clackers in North America in the 90s, where the balls are attached to a handle.
tim333 1y ago
I thought clunker and figured it must be about car reliability. Even now I've figured it's about AI, I still don't really get it. Is it supposed to be funny? Re funny, I think the Onion does better https://theonion.com/ai-chatbot-obviously-trying-to-wind-down-conversation-w-1850146151/ https://theonion.com/ai-chatbot-obviously-trying-to-wind-dow...
balamatom 1y ago
Probably from the same onomatopoeia, though. A car-sized machine makes more of a clunk, while a person-sized machine makes more of a clank, when you smash either with that old monkey wrench and extreme prejudice

nor with "clackers", and insanely dangerous early 70s toy consisting of two glass balls you smash together at accelerated speeds right in front of your face. I guess they were trying to make us feel better that they were taking our jarts away.

jimmydddd 1y ago
Thanks for the reminder of that! This girl who sat behind me in second grade was great with clackers. Also, my memory is a bit foggy, but I don't think the jart ban was until eigth grade. So no causality there. Pop Rocks causing internal explosions and spider eggs in Bubble Yum occured somewhere between Clackers and Jarts. :-)
- initramfs 1y ago
  nor with clappers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJBAnr1lgPg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJBAnr1lgPg https://www.curiousmindsbusybags.com/products/new-large-hand-clapper-clacker-noise-maker-clicker-clap-toy-fun-classic-novelty-music-party-favor-toy https://www.curiousmindsbusybags.com/products/new-large-hand...
  - balamatom 1y ago
    nor with the Clacks, the telegraph system of Discworld.
    - initramfs 1y ago
      nice to know!
- taneliv 1y ago
  LOL, what I did just read? I did not understand the concrete nouns in your comment, except for "girl". The "spider eggs" you mention do not seem to be the ones I thought. Without searching on the internet, I wouldn't even know the context on the level of which decade or country. Fascinating!
FMecha 1y ago
The original form of clackers had a popularity in Indonesia and Philippines where it's named latto-latto. There was also a safer revival of clackers in North America in the 90s, where the balls are attached to a handle.

tim333 1y ago

I thought clunker and figured it must be about car reliability. Even now I've figured it's about AI, I still don't really get it. Is it supposed to be funny? Re funny, I think the Onion does better https://theonion.com/ai-chatbot-obviously-trying-to-wind-down-conversation-w-1850146151/ https://theonion.com/ai-chatbot-obviously-trying-to-wind-dow...

balamatom 1y ago

Probably from the same onomatopoeia, though. A car-sized machine makes more of a clunk, while a person-sized machine makes more of a clank, when you smash either with that old monkey wrench and extreme prejudice