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Evolution of the Microsoft Trash Icon Satire Meme

This satirical meme presents a fake evolution timeline of Microsoft Windows recycle bin (trash) icons spanning 1995 to 2023. The first five entries are accurate historical recycle bin icons from Windows 95 (1995), Windows 98 (1998), Windows XP (2001), Windows Vista (2006), and Windows 10 (2015). The final 2023 entry replaces the expected trash icon with the Microsoft 365 Copilot logo, joking that Microsoft's 2023 AI assistant product is equivalent to garbage.
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Evolution of the Microsoft Trash Icon, 1995, 1998, 2001, 2006, 2015, 2023

Overview

This satirical meme presents a fake evolution timeline of Microsoft Windows recycle bin (trash) icons spanning 1995 to 2023. The first five entries are accurate historical recycle bin icons from Windows 95 (1995), Windows 98 (1998), Windows XP (2001), Windows Vista (2006), and Windows 10 (2015). The final 2023 entry replaces the expected trash icon with the Microsoft 365 Copilot logo, joking that Microsoft's 2023 AI assistant product is equivalent to garbage.

Origin notes

This meme originates from Reddit's meme communities, originally posted under the title 'Microsoft trash'. It satirizes widespread user criticism of Microsoft Copilot for poor performance, intrusiveness, or low perceived value by framing the product as the latest iteration of the Windows trash icon.