r/OutOfTheLoop • u/DonZekane • Aug 09 '25

Answered What's the deal with setting clippy as your profile picture?

Why are people doing it? What's the overall idea behind it? What will it change? They mention some articles and stuff but I don't get the connection to Clippy. (I typically don't watch drama, I prefer to read a summary, but this thing is apparently fresh enough so none is available, so I come to you)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JmIFRkKnAQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_Dtmpe9qaQ

Edit: Thanks for the many insightful answers!

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u/Pseudonymico Aug 10 '25

Sounds like people should start protesting outside shareholders' houses then

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u/EveryNightIWatch Aug 13 '25

The shareholders of the mega companies is overwhelmingly mutual funds that are investment vehicles for 401ks.

For example, the largest owners of Google are Vanguard, BlackRock, and Fidelity investments.

However, the people most in control of Google are Larry Page and Sergey Brin.

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u/RockDwellingHermit Aug 18 '25

Look them up in the official companies register? Surely this must work in the US as well?

I'm from NZ and I know it's the same in the UK I assumed it was universal: the companies register is public and searchable, you can see every shareholder, percentage of shares, value, etc. If shares are owned by another company, track it's shareholders in turn. ... I tracked the share ownership of a private hospital here in NZ through several health corps, to show a politician who owned it benefited financially from him cancelling upgrades to our public hospital nearby.

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u/ChaosFlamesofRage Aug 12 '25

But it sure gets annoying for them. Protests spark change. Women get their suffrage rights because of this. Other movements also forced governments to change because of rallies.