This clippy white-washing is annoying as hell. Just like clipppy was.

1970-01-01 · 2025-11-29T21:16:06 1764450966

100% this. Clippy was killed by Microsoft for a reason: it was a UI gimmick. The team that made it just wanted to show actions were in-progress.

brabel · 2025-11-30T09:46:33 1764495993

Wait is whitewashing now synonymous with “washing something bad to make it look good”?? Seems pretty racist to me to use it that way.

willio58 · 2025-11-30T15:45:30 1764517530

Whitewashing isn’t limited to the context you think it is: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/whitewash