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Have mercy on our souls (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Historically it doesn’t matter what the creator of anything prefers unless it’s an “unveiling” and they name it on the spot.

I can't for the life of me find it now, but the gif was introduced with an image that contained in its metadata a statement that "it's pronounced jif". You can still find it somewhere and open it in notepad and read it for yourself.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I believe it also said "choosy moms choose gif."

EDIT: It was "choosy devs choose gif."

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

https://web.archive.org/web/20211129035402/https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2011/02/tech-etymology-animated-gif/70504/

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

No way, that’s awesome to learn. I will have to try and find it and see.