The fake bomb was made of pencils with paperclips wrapped around the erasers. In one incident Stuart sewed his lips together using wire paperclips. Lyrically, Aguilera compares her love to office supplies, from paperclips to rubber-bands. Paperclips are used to track two numbers that frequently change&colon; Sanity and Strength. The students ultimately succeeded in collecting over 25 million paperclips. Universal Paperclips is a 2017 incremental game created by Frank Lantz of New York University. The scenario describes an advanced artificial intelligence tasked with manufacturing paperclips. The user plays the role of an AI programmed to produce paperclips.