CS85 Posted June 2, 2015 Share Posted June 2, 2015 So I've been completely unaware of this subculture of advertising/branding/marketing/whatever for years now until this very morning when a co-worker shot me this link where I got to meet this presently nameless entity:You're looking at the official Microsoft anime personification of Windows 10. To understand this, I guess you have to look back a few years to the advent of OS-Tan, a subculture of fan art where operating systems and web browsers each had anime representations which were in and of themselves rather innocent/cutesy. Things escalated when Microsoft-Asia/Singapore legitimately took interest in the fascination and have officially used, for lack of a better word, evolutions of anime characters to represent their products.The rabbit hole runs deep.The following link is slightly NSFW, but shows the depth of their anime roster.Read more about OS-Tan. Quote "You are nothing more than a small cancer on this message board. You are not entertaining, you are a complete joke." twitter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildwing64 Posted June 2, 2015 Share Posted June 2, 2015 I imagine IE-Tan is a girl who means well, but is actually very clumsy, vulnerable, and has a terrible immune system. PotD: 24/08/2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxxtrot44 Posted June 2, 2015 Share Posted June 2, 2015 I imagine IE-Tan is a girl who means well, but is actually very clumsy, vulnerable, and has a terrible immune system.Prime waifu material...provided she can be convinced to be a better browser. I HATE THIS TIMELINE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildwing64 Posted June 2, 2015 Share Posted June 2, 2015 Maybe, but I'm heavily fixated on Firefox-tan myself. She knows exactly how and where I like things, and successfully convinced me to reduce the amount of clutter on my browser. Usually she's amazing, but lately she's been going through a phase where she's just being completely unresponsive and it's really getting me down. I suspect alcoholism is behind this recent behaviour, either that or my clunky old laptop. Chrome-tan has been trying to make things right, maybe tried to lure me away even, and yet despite everything I remain clinging to my dear, beloved Firefox-tan.Also I like redheads. PotD: 24/08/2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxxtrot44 Posted June 2, 2015 Share Posted June 2, 2015 Firefox-tan's problem is that she is constantly eating and with every update, she consumes even more. Eventually I had to move on to the slimmer, sexier Waterfox-tan. She has the mature self-control that her sister lacks. Also she hasn't been sullied by anyone on deviantart (to my knowledge...please dont try to prove me wrong). I HATE THIS TIMELINE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildwing64 Posted June 2, 2015 Share Posted June 2, 2015 Waterfox-tan briefly lured me in with her mysterious, calm, exotic air... but she only takes 64-bit computers. Despite the number in my username she was quick to turn me down.Dammit. PotD: 24/08/2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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