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People have been talking about the internet crashing for as long as there has been an internet. The use of the 1980s graphic format "GIF" for the common phrase used to describe "Death of the internet: ...

Tyler Menzel watches television or movies or cable news, and he no longer sees what regular people see. He filters for the magical few seconds — a woman’s uncontrolled smirk, a man’s harrumph, a ...

While today's internet culture thrives on the likes of dancing baby Yoda or even dancing baby Groot, the late 1990s to early 2000s cherished the oddity that was simply a gif of a dancing baby to Blue ...

The GIF is growing up. In just the past couple years it’s graduated from grainy loops of LOLing babies to an artistic medium that’s endorsed by the venerable Saatchi Gallery in London and commissioned ...

Animated GIFs are literally the best thing about the internet. And the internet is literally the best thing western civilization has ever spawned. But mankind’s greatest triumphs are locked online, ...

GIFs are great. Everyone loves GIFs. But even the crown jewel of the internet could use a little update now and again if we want to keep things exciting. Which is why we would like to introduce you, ...

How often do you send a GIF to a friend or a colleague to express your feelings about something? Well, GIFs can indeed come in handy to convey a specific emotion and make your dialogue funnier, thanks ...

Salty reaction GIFs have a special home on Twitter. Sometimes they just work better than anything you can write in 140 characters. Though a GIF of Giant Bomb's video producer and podcaster Drew ...

The GIF is the best gift the internet has ever given us. This isn't up for debate. It's just a fact. Another fact: The sports world is responsible for some of the best GIFs the internet has to offer.

Join our live video chat with the Giphy team on March 22 at 9 a.m. PT/12 p.m. ET. Submit your questions on the event page or tweet them with #GiphyChat. Tyler Menzel watches television or movies or ...

The gif’s inventor, Steve Wilhite, insists it is pronounced “jif,” like the peanut butter, but don’t you dare say it that way. The internet at large uses a hard g, like “gift.” Case closed. The barge, ...