I'm a little disappointed that I found in Wikipedia it was AI generated:
Throughout 2025, DuckDuckGo rolled out a series of Easter eggs featuring AI-generated images of Dax (DuckDuckGo's duck mascot) dressed up as characters from popular culture (or on 2 occasions replaced by them) when users search for the respective characters. There are currently 661 discovered pop culture logo variants.[64]
Eh the 67 doesn't hurt anyone. Stupid meme, sure, but it's not like we didn't have stupid memes 20 years ago. In this instance the lack of meaning is part of the humour.
It also works for Hatsune Miku and Kasane Teto. It didn't use to work for Akita Neru but looks like they added that after people pointed out they forgot her lol.
What about all of the other free art out there? People making their own profile pics or just sharing ones for others to use, is that irresponsible art because it does dick all to strengthen the economy?
You reduced the argument to whether or not someone was getting paid for the art. And I'm just staying consistent: I've never given a fuck about copyright before this and am not going to start because AI has changed the landscape. Especially not for little clip art like this that I wouldn't put much value to in the first place.
And the whole "whataboutism" thing is a deflection used in the final stages of denial about how horrible american imperialsm has been for certain parts of the world, though it worked because it was deflecting what was already a deflection "if the US gets away with all this, then China should be able to get away with some things, too!" When I always thought neither should get away with it, rather than the "only pay attention to the one thing, let's not talk about that other thing" angle "whataboutism" invokes.
Technology has always been about making it easier to do things so that a more skilled person doesn't need to be hired to get a better result.
Should have started with those arguments because they are the good ones. Or how it's being shoehorned into many areas where it's not wanted and likely is there to help improve and disguise data collection. Or how some AI owners are trying to use some of that money to create a computing monopoly to remove alternative options to those unwanted AI-laden products and let them do our computing for us.
Making jobs obsolete is just what tech does over time. Our economic system is more the issue here and makes these things into a problem in the first place. It did if before AI was a thing, what with all the extra productivity without associated wage gains.
Not sure if I'm over-explaining this or not, but when you go to Google and you search something you say you googled, so this person went to duckduckgo and searched something and they changed the tense of the verb to come up with duck-duck-went.
Back during the St Louis Blues' Stanley Cup parade. Brett Hall (Former Blue) who was wasted all the time said "we used to chant 'lets go Blues' now it should be 'we went Blues'." The DuckDuckWent made me think of that.
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FiniteBanjo@feddit.online · 97 pts · 203d
When I read duck duck went moby dick I thought this was on the aneurysm posting community.
Zagam@piefed.social · 13 pts · 203d
Samesies.
CocaineShrimp@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 202d
Makes me think of inspector gadget
01189998819991197253@infosec.pub · 58 pts · 203d
This is neat.
Here's a list of those mentioned here and some I've discovered.
What others exist?
Moby dick, Mario, Luigi, Link, Podman, Totoro, Hatsune Miku, Kasane Teto, Akita Neru, Sherlock Holmes, Gollum, Yoshi, Pikachu, Charizard, Mewtwo, Kirby, Donkey Kong, Princess Peach
folekaule@lemmy.world · 46 pts · 203d
Quite a few as it turns out.
Edit: of course someone created this: DaxDucDex
I'm a little disappointed that I found in Wikipedia it was AI generated:
01189998819991197253@infosec.pub · 14 pts · 203d
Holy crap!
Honestly, I could have done without the 67 one, though...
Edit. A few more I've found that I didn't see on the linked page. Neo, R2D2, Yoda, Pacman, Morpheus. I'm sure there are more.
boonhet@sopuli.xyz · 7 pts · 203d
Eh the 67 doesn't hurt anyone. Stupid meme, sure, but it's not like we didn't have stupid memes 20 years ago. In this instance the lack of meaning is part of the humour.
HazardousBanjo@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 203d
boonhet@sopuli.xyz · 3 pts · 203d
ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 202d
Call me when they get The Flaming DuckduckCarrot lol.
BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz · 0 pts · 202d
The style is weirdly not consistent
MrErr@piefed.world · 42 pts · 203d
Unbelievable. I tried it and it is true!
garbagebagel@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 203d
This brings me copious amounts of joy
MrsDoyle@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 203d
Same, it's wonderful.
nymnympseudonym@piefed.social · 4 pts · 203d
only problem is now I am trying to find more
Jonathan Livingston Seagull - nope charlottes web - nope Chester cricket (in Times Square) - nope
aeronmelon@lemmy.world · 35 pts · 203d
DuckDuckGoed
slothrop@lemmy.ca · 15 pts · 203d
ddg'd
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 203d
Binged
slothrop@lemmy.ca · 9 pts · 203d
Ultimately true.
IAmYouButYouDontKnowYet@reddthat.com · 5 pts · 203d
🤮
Walk_blesseD@piefed.blahaj.zone · 7 pts · 203d
Bung
darkdemize@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 203d
Bang*
ParadoxSeahorse@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 203d
Duck duck goose → Duck duck goosed
Duck duck go → Duck duck ghost o_0
gigastasio@sh.itjust.works · 23 pts · 203d
Well I’ll be damned…
MutantTailThing@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 203d
Does DuckDuckGo have reverse image search? Is it called DuckDuckCome?
01189998819991197253@infosec.pub · 12 pts · 203d
DuckDuckCome is not what you think it is.
vogi@piefed.social · 16 pts · 203d
The other day i have noticed a similar easter egg when typing in “podman”. It’s interesting as podman is fairly niche.
turdas@suppo.fi · 10 pts · 203d
It also works for Hatsune Miku and Kasane Teto. It didn't use to work for Akita Neru but looks like they added that after people pointed out they forgot her lol.
The_Helmet_Stays_On@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 203d
Tried a few characters and Mario, Luigi and Link work as well.
snooggums@piefed.world · 4 pts · 203d
As does Sherlock Holmes and Gollum!
Anafabula@discuss.tchncs.de · 1 pts · 203d
All the Cryptonloids and Gumi work too
MrsDoyle@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 203d
Totoro!!
csolisr@hub.azkware.net · 11 pts · 203d
"Duck Duck Go Moby Dick" sounds a lot like "Go Go Gadget Moby..." well, guess I'll have to leave that incomplete now
Turret3857@infosec.pub · 10 pts · 202d
Buddahriffic@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 202d
My enjoyment of things is not dependent on some financial transaction happening in the background.
Turret3857@infosec.pub · 4 pts · 202d
Buddahriffic@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 202d
What about all of the other free art out there? People making their own profile pics or just sharing ones for others to use, is that irresponsible art because it does dick all to strengthen the economy?
Turret3857@infosec.pub · 1 pts · 202d
Buddahriffic@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 202d
You reduced the argument to whether or not someone was getting paid for the art. And I'm just staying consistent: I've never given a fuck about copyright before this and am not going to start because AI has changed the landscape. Especially not for little clip art like this that I wouldn't put much value to in the first place.
And the whole "whataboutism" thing is a deflection used in the final stages of denial about how horrible american imperialsm has been for certain parts of the world, though it worked because it was deflecting what was already a deflection "if the US gets away with all this, then China should be able to get away with some things, too!" When I always thought neither should get away with it, rather than the "only pay attention to the one thing, let's not talk about that other thing" angle "whataboutism" invokes.
Technology has always been about making it easier to do things so that a more skilled person doesn't need to be hired to get a better result.
Turret3857@infosec.pub · 1 pts · 202d
Buddahriffic@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 202d
Should have started with those arguments because they are the good ones. Or how it's being shoehorned into many areas where it's not wanted and likely is there to help improve and disguise data collection. Or how some AI owners are trying to use some of that money to create a computing monopoly to remove alternative options to those unwanted AI-laden products and let them do our computing for us.
Making jobs obsolete is just what tech does over time. Our economic system is more the issue here and makes these things into a problem in the first place. It did if before AI was a thing, what with all the extra productivity without associated wage gains.
Hiro8811@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 202d
Are they? Saw them for Linux and gnu too, they don't seem ai generated
Turret3857@infosec.pub · 2 pts · 202d
Hiro8811@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 202d
Bruh, sad. Can't wait for ladybug
bonenode@piefed.social · 8 pts · 202d
Jankatarch@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 203d
Duckduckwent...
nialv7@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 203d
Try Hatsune Miku btw
ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net · 6 pts · 203d
Now I will spend the rest of my life looking for more hidden logos.
ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net · 3 pts · 202d
found one
ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net · 3 pts · 202d
another one!
ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net · 3 pts · 202d
and another!
ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net · 3 pts · 202d
ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net · 2 pts · 202d
ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net · 1 pts · 202d
ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net · 1 pts · 202d
nomen_dubium@startrek.website · 6 pts · 202d
TIL that ducks lay easter eggs :D
ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 202d
I wonder if they have one for Candlejack. Oh NO he's-
surewhynotlem@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 203d
I think we can just say "I duckducked"
Rhoeri@piefed.world · 2 pts · 203d
I can’t make this grammar make any sense at all.
I just duck duck went? wtf?
Geth@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 203d
Not sure if I'm over-explaining this or not, but when you go to Google and you search something you say you googled, so this person went to duckduckgo and searched something and they changed the tense of the verb to come up with duck-duck-went.
WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 202d
No one expects duck dick.
Siethron@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 203d
Back during the St Louis Blues' Stanley Cup parade. Brett Hall (Former Blue) who was wasted all the time said "we used to chant 'lets go Blues' now it should be 'we went Blues'." The DuckDuckWent made me think of that.
PalmTreeIsBestTree@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 203d
Going to blues games and chanting that while intoxicated is a good time
Avicenna@programming.dev · 2 pts · 202d
Also works with smurfs and Donald duck
callyral@pawb.social · 1 pts · 199d
Doesnt show up on noai.duckduckgo.com... hm, I wonder why
hellfire103@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 203d
You know what? Just because of this, I'm going to switch back to DuckDuckGo.
Every 4get instance uses it as a backend anyway.
BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz · 0 pts · 202d
Works with inspector gadget
Yep, didn’t see that one coming either