Quix did
most certainly
NOT do it first.
A very fiercely Rabid RC who reportedly had to withdraw from FR for his type "A" personality health and survival
did it first . . . with a version of this gif:
.
Whereupon, Quix quickly noted the merit and fun in using gifs and was off and running.
However for however many months or years, other Proddy brothers hosted the gifs for me to use on their accounts.
Finally, I learned how to open and use a photobucket.com account myself . . . and the fun has multiplied.
Few things strike to the heart of puffery, arrogance, prissiness, pontifical haughtiness, starchiness, snobbery, exclusivism, etc. like a well chosen and well timed gif.
And I've LONNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNG been trained, conditioned, commissioned and inclined to poke sharp, big holes in such junk as that.