Americans love a comeback story. We lift the obscure to mega-stardom only to cheer their downfall, then, years later, herald their âredemption.â Take Mike Tysonâthe incredibly talented yet profoundly flawed boxer experienced the highest of highs and the ultimate lows. Now, Kid Dynamite is a beloved celebrity shilling weed gummies.
Microsoftâs virtual assistant Clippit, or Clippy as it’s commonly known, hasnât had quite the arc that Tysonâs lived, but Clippy was, for a long time, a much-maligned feature of Microsoftâs Office suite. Introduced in 1997, at a time of mass home PC adoption, Clippy only wanted to help folks write a resume or a letter, but consumers weren’t having it. Microsoft eventually removed the feature, starting with Office XP, but Clippy returned after the Redmond-based tech giant proposed bringing back the assistant as a paperclip emoji.
