hey, folks, upshot about tumblr’s april fool’s day prank:
if you click the “executive suite trial”, you’ll go to a fake “executive suite” tumblr. it’s vaguely funny and you can esc out of it.
but this will also bring up a cartoon of a copy machine named “Coppy”, who appears to be a parody of “clippy” from microsoft word. this cartoon has flashing lights and is constantly in motion. it will also “talk” to you with a lot of text balloons in comic sans, which are deliberately designed to be ugly and annoying.
you cannot get rid of coppy.
if you hover over it, there’s a red X; clicking this will only cause it to “waddle” offscreen and, less than a second later, pop up again. it will not get rid of the cartoon.
if you are not interested in having a flashing, moving cartoon that is deliberately designed to be annoying on your screen all day with no hope of getting rid of it, do not click the “executive suite trial.”
if you already clicked the button and need to get rid of the printer (or any other pop up caused by this shitty joke really): get adblock and click “block an ad on this page” in the drop down menu. then select the shitty printer and block it. you might have to block the printer and its speech bubble separately but it does work to get rid of it
I have AdBlock, AdBlock Pro, and AdBlock Plus, and I have not gotten the pop-up yet.
I have anxiety, and flashing lights (once it’s 3-5 flashes) WILL cause a panic attack.
Please be careful and watchful, followers.