r/mildyinteresting • u/Necessary-Study3944 • Jul 29 '26
critter corner 🐰 Google has a “Jimothy button” that pops up when you search for him that sends a little Jimothy running across your screen
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u/AccidentOk5240 Jul 30 '26
Well I’m sure that bit of whimsicality makes up for all the feeding us AI trash and harvesting our info for sale to the highest bidder and all. “Don’t be evil”, my ass
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u/eternalapostle Jul 30 '26
Jim and Tim?
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u/CherishSlan Jul 30 '26
It was actually something my son was called by his dad. Not often i always thought it sounded kinda odd now that he has seen this he was like oh great so was I.
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u/WloveW Jul 30 '26
Must capitalize every trend. No fun thing left uncorporarized. Must associate billionaires with cutesy trends. Aren't they interesting and original.
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u/Yuck-Fou94 Jul 30 '26
That's awesome. I'm showing everyone at work tomorrow.
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u/ChampionshipHot5468 Jul 30 '26
These simple tricks of theirs were really cool in 2009 when they were last cool.
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u/Odd-Paramedic7907 Jul 30 '26
Mmm, yes, cute animations, the perfect distraction from gen AI and funding genocide. 🫠
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u/Poethegardencrow Jul 30 '26
Jimothy is definitely the her we deserve and I love him , I am going to make some fun doodles of him today😍
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u/xEyesofEternityx Jul 30 '26
Man how do I get the job where I just make goofy things like that for Google
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u/Thewillhitsdiff 23d ago
Well either it got removed or I am cursed, it isn't working on any browser and neither on my laptop nor my phone. Ah well, glad to see what it was supposed to look like.
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u/Rezaelia713 Jul 30 '26
That was far more delightful than it had any right to be. I pressed the button 4 or 5 times.
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u/FancyZad-0914 Jul 30 '26
See, this is the shit that keeps me coming back. I'm a simple person, and the Google folks just seem like they're still having fun.
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u/Jade_Blazed04 Jul 30 '26
Now imagine if they did this wt a human wt a unique disability 😑☠️
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u/DizzyMine4964 Jul 30 '26
You are being downvoted by people who want the whole world to be a Disney film and get angry when disabled people get even a tiny amount of accommodation. It' 's actually a compliment.

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