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The GIF Turns 30: How an Ancient Format Changed the Internet
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| 5/28/17
| Klint Finley
Posted on 05/28/2017 11:54:51 AM PDT by Lisbon1940
Animated GIFs have transcended their obscure 1990s roots to become a key part of day-to-day digital communication. Some, like Orson Welles clapping or Michael Jackson eating popcorn, have become instantly recognizable shorthand. Others, like Sean Spicer disappearing into the bushesitself a remix of a popular Simpsons GIFserve up political satire. The GIF does double duty as both expression and as badge of digital literacy. Not bad for an image standard that pre-dates the web itself.
TOPICS: Computers/Internet; History
KEYWORDS: compuserve; gif; gifs; gifthread; happybirthday
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To: JoeProBono
I like the idea the guy sitting next to Trump does the wave with a finger.
To: Jane Long
To: JoeProBono
To: Lisbon1940
To: dfwgator
To: al baby
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05/28/2017 1:34:57 PM PDT
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2111USMC
(Aim Small Miss Small)
To: Lisbon1940
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05/28/2017 1:36:22 PM PDT
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2111USMC
(Aim Small Miss Small)
To: Lisbon1940
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05/28/2017 1:37:38 PM PDT
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2111USMC
(Aim Small Miss Small)
To: Lisbon1940
69
posted on
05/28/2017 1:45:12 PM PDT
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Rastus
To: Lisbon1940
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05/28/2017 1:46:18 PM PDT
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Rastus
To: Lisbon1940
To: Lisbon1940
To: Blue Highway
"I like the idea the guy sitting next to Trump does the wave with a finger."
Donald Trump and Bill O'Reilly were caught on camera taking part in "the wave" at Yankee Stadium during the seventh inning of Monday night's New York ...
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05/28/2017 1:52:48 PM PDT
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JoeProBono
(SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
To: SamAdams76
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05/28/2017 1:57:18 PM PDT
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Brandonmark
(Made America Great Again! 11.08.2016 - A DAY OF RENEWAL)
To: 2111USMC
This thread is awesome
Or sadly nostalgic
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05/28/2017 3:06:29 PM PDT
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a fool in paradise
(patriots win, Communists and Socialist Just-Us Warriors lose)
To: wally_bert
I married someone from compuserve’s Town Hall. My first forage into finding conservatives.
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05/28/2017 3:17:42 PM PDT
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Yaelle
(#IstandwithHannity)
To: a fool in paradise
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05/28/2017 3:46:46 PM PDT
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GOPJ
(The MSM exaggerates and lies because they're fearful, angry and shallow.)
To: JoeProBono
Isn’t that Bill *waiter-check-please* O’RLY?
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05/28/2017 4:53:17 PM PDT
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Daffynition
("The New PTSD: Post-Trump Stress Disorder" - The MLN didn't make Trump, so they can't break Trump.)
To: Lisbon1940
To: Lisbon1940
Somebody tell that pajama boy reporter for the Guardian that THIS is what a body slam looks like.
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