The Frogman

maniacmagic writes...

idk if its just me, but i refreshed that "monkeys wearing hats" you just posted, and the gif doesnt seem to be looping. it just gets to the end and stops. like i said idk if its just me. =]

That is a google chrome bug. Sometimes GIFs get stuck. It happens when the GIF has inconsistent timings on the frames. Like if 20 of the frames are 0.1 seconds and another is 3 seconds.

I try not to do that if possible. I will usually duplicate the frame a bunch of times to give it the equivalent delay time I need, but sometimes tumblr won’t accept a GIF with a ton of frames. There was just no way around it on that particular GIF.

If a GIF ever gets stuck again, you can right click on the image and open it in a tab by itself. It will unstick and you can view it repeating.

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May 22, 2013

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Anonymous writes...

He can be a "jifted" programmer, but such a poor linguist. It's pronounced gif, with a hard G.

I’m with Hank Green on this. There is no wrong way to say it.

Unless you say it blergenfloof.

That would just be weird.

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May 22, 2013

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May 22, 2013

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The Oxford English Dictionary accepts both pronunciations. They are wrong. It is a soft ‘G,’ pronounced ‘jif.’ End of story.

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Steve Wilhite, the creator of the GIF, chiming in on the pronunciation of the word. (As everyone knows, choosy memes choose “jif.”) Wilhite, a former CompuServe employee, created the format in 1987 and is to receive an award for his creation tonight. (via shortformblog)

I say it with a hard ‘G’ because 20 years ago when I started messing with GIFs there was no one to tell me how to pronounce it correctly. I chose the most logical pronunciation and went with it. When you get used to saying something a certain way for 20 years… that’s pretty much how you are going to say it no matter how incorrect someone tells you it is.

It’s like someone trying to tell you “Sun” is actually pronounced wombatnards. It’s going to take an awful lot of effort to train your brain to say “I got a really bad wombatnardsburn today. I should have used more wombatnardsblock.”

Hard G 4 life #YOLO