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by patorjk 1540 days ago
> Like the one where everyone made their avatars be simpson-style

This takes me back. A decade ago I paid someone $5 on Fiverr to draw me as a Simpsons character. She was one of several people on the site doing this. I just checked and she's still at it, with over 8k reviews. A niche market but one that doesn't seem to have completely dried up yet.

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I know someone with a Simpsons-style profile pic but the kicker is

a) He got Matt Groening to do it b) I'm not sure he realises that other people with Simpsons-style profile pics didn't

I did the same thing and I've used it ever since including for all company chat/email. I guess some fads have a long tail.
Just like Willie Nelson's hair. (Meant on both levels.)
I use Beaker (from the Muppets) with his hair on fire for my work pic. I'm in security, just seems to fit.
Think DALL-E will eat that market?
There will be a sweet spot where people on Fiverr use DALL-E to programmatically fulfill their orders.
I totally missed this Simpsons avatar thing.