Why Clip Art Was Everywhere Until It Wasn't [video]

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gr33nq

Brings me back to the days of going to dgl.microsoft.com in Internet Explorer to explore the library of Clip Art graphics online. This was during the Office XP and 2003 days. Even today, that style comes across as far more authentic than the tacky AI-generated flyers you see plastered everywhere now.

w-ll

Is there a name for the "clip art" or the style that like almost every 'Dry Cleaner' uses. I dont think its clip are but it shares many of the qualities and im talking coast to coast.

AspiringCapybar

Now everyone just gets clipart tattoos

gedy

Reminds me of a surreal 2000-ish clip art comic 'My New Filing Technique is Unstoppable': https://theslingsandarrows.com/my-new-filing-technique-is-un... Got a lot of laughs from the bizarre humor and clip art usage

ameliaquining

Would anyone who watched the video like to tell us what the answer to the headline question is?

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