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January 23, 2020 03:51 pm PST

Microsoft employs a giant plush Clippy whose performer has a large Clippy tattoo

@radmint tweeted a photo from her Microsoft New Employee orientation in which she is posed with a "celebrity Clippy"; the eagle-eyed Kristen Seversky noted that the forearm of the actor in the Clippy suit is adorned with a seemingly permanent, very prominent Clippy tattoo.

From the Wikipedia entry for "Office Assistant", AKA Clippy: "The default assistant Clippit has been heavily mocked in popular culture, being parodied, appearing in memes, and even being made fun of by Microsoft themselves from 2001 onwards."

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