• Frozengyro
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    It’s a joke from another meme. There was much debate about how to pronounce gif. Is it like the beginning of give or more like jiffy.

    This is a level 2 meme, you have to know a level 1 meme to understand this one.

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      sigh

      *rubs forehead*

      There . . . is. NO. DEBATE. GRAPHICS Interchange Format. GIF.

      . . . so tired . . .

      so very tired . . .

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        And how would you pronounce jpeg? J-PEG?

        Or j-feg?Joint PHOTOGRAPHIC experts group. There… Is NO. DEBATE.

        …so tired…

        Also laser would like to speak with you. And oddly enough a giraffe.

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        Ty for the winning statement!

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          The inventor of the common pronunciation of GIF? That’d be like, 20 million people wouldn’t it?

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            The man who invented the format/word. He gave his input as well.

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              Just because someone made it doesn’t mean they understand it.

              I could draw a picture of a purple dragon fucking a monkey but couldn’t tell you why.

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                But I feel they have more legitimacy and say than you or I. That being said, language is a fluid thing and influenced by the masses.

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                  You can’t argue with these folks. Reminds of when Andy and Erin write the song about Sabre but thought it was pounced SAB-REE so everything rhymed with that.