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the myth of the good tech giant
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this post was submitted on 15 Aug 2025
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Somebody in the MS marketing department: 'Everyone hates clippy. What can we do about this?'
'Paste a couple gifs of a CGI dog on top of it?'
'Genius! Let's go to our two week lunch!'
30 years later:
'Everyone hates us. What can we do about this?’
'Make it fashionable for people born in 2003 to pretend to be nostalgic for Clippy?'
How long until there is a Clippy Fortnite skin?
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"On the smartphone screen, a TikTok video from Fortnite is displayed. A character in a Microsoft Clippy skin is dancing energetically. Beside Him, another player, in a the skin of a distinctive, older man with a beard and a blue suit, is also dancing. The background is vibrant and colorful, typical of a Fortnite environment. The characters are moving rhythmically to the music, creating a lively and entertaining scene."I had a clippy skin for quake 3! It didn’t take long for it to be banned at LAN’s
'I see you're having trouble rocket jumping! Would you like some help?'
'Goddamnit Kyle, shut up!'
It’s like you were in the room. Haha
It started from right to repair advocate Louis Rossman. If MS has got their claws in him the right to repair movement has just stalled out.
It's not really necessary to get their claws in him; the more this trend gains attention, the less nuanced and directed the trajectory will become. Microsoft is much more equipped to algorithmically control the trajectory than what's-his-name, so they will.
If they're not too distracted with providing warfighting capabilities to our boys here and abroad.
It was kinda hilarious that when you disabled the Windows XP file search dog there was actually an animation of him sadly walking away.