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Clipy meme9/13/2023 ![]() If you’re ready to bring more nostalgia to your next Teams meeting (or Skype), the backgrounds are ready to download here and use today. We hope you enjoyed this little trip down memory lane. Or take it a step further by opening Microsoft Paint and letting your inner Van Gogh go wild. Next time you need creative inspiration, post this up on your Teams call. And while the original Paint is still loved by many artists in the making, its successor Paint 3D was eventually released in 2017. Clippy has now returned to replace the standard paperclip emoji in Windows. A product of the 1980s, Paint was first introduced in November 1985 as part of the first version of Windows, Windows 1.0. Microsoft had been reluctant to embrace Clippy as a meme in its Office or Windows products until earlier this year. Last but not least, our designers created a Teams background with a fresh take on Paint. The original was a virtually unedited photograph-seriously, #nofilter-but for a new take on the lush landscape for your Teams meetings, we shifted the shadows, softened the clouds, and added a dappling of dandelions across the field. It’s estimated that billions of people have seen the picture, making it one of the most viewed photographs in history. Microsoft bought the rights to the stunning image, Bliss, and eventually chose it as the default wallpaper for Windows XP which was released nearly two decades ago in 2001. In 1996, Charles O’Rear took a photograph in the Los Carneros American Viticultural Area of California’s Wine Country. It may have been a bit taboo to be caught playing it at the office back in the day, but now we know your brain really needs those breaks, and that taking them actually increases your productivity, so play away. Before meditation apps and scheduled breaks, Solitaire was just subtly there when you needed a little brain break. Solitaire was also cutting edge without knowing it. The game, which first appeared in Windows 3.0 in 1990, was inducted into the Video Game Hall of Fame in 2019 and remains one of the most played video games of all time. ![]() This past May, Microsoft Solitaire celebrated its 31 st birthday (er, anniversary). No, Clippy is not a part of Microsoft 365, but regardless, we can only hope that this high-definition portrait of it as your next Teams background will bring some levity to your next meeting. We like to think that Clippy, the true OG virtual assistant, was just a bit ahead of its time. You may think Clippy was too persistent, too eager, perhaps even too polite. Whether you love or loathe Clippy, it’s hard to not smile-just admit it-when you see it pop up in a meme somewhere. The standouts have cemented their place in Microsoft history for different reasons, for better or worse-including Clippy. Invite Clippy to your next Microsoft Teams meeting PROTIP: Press the and keys to navigate the gallery, 'g' to view the gallery, or 'r' to view a random image. The day we reflect on old pictures, funny GIFs, and the nostalgic moments that have defined us over the years.īecause a little trip down memory lane can be good for the soul, and because after well over a year of remote and hybrid work we could all use some excitement on video calls, we asked our designers to give a few memorable Microsoft moments their debut as Microsoft Teams backgrounds. Clippy - It looks like you’re writing a letter. I used Snip and Sketch from Windows 10 to choose the best frame of the GIF and removed the background with an online tool.It’s that time of the week again: #ThrowbackThursday. So I decided to make stickers for Telegram. So some time ago, I saw a post on r/microsoft where someone found out that Teams has unreleased GIFs with Clippy. The post cannot be found on regular mobile or desktop versions of Reddit, but fortunately, for now it's still visible with the AMP version (which I despise this is the first time it is actually useful). Oddly enough, his post on the Microsoft subreddit was deleted shortly afterwards by a mod, and the one on Telegram was flagged as "spam" by a bot. Update: as of tonight, the AMP version no longer displays the contents either.Ī user has just (just yesterday!) created a Telegram sticker pack of Clippy stickers for Microsoft Teams. They're not animated but they're finally here!! Enjoy static Clippy stickers for Telegram (and WhatsApp):
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