this post was submitted on 11 May 2025
180 points (97.9% liked)

simpsonsshitposting

3535 readers
2 users here now

I just think they're neat!

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
PartyCat
180
this post is just 42kib (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by [email protected] to c/simpsonsshitposting
8 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

OG by [email protected]

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

I thought we did it because back in the day gifs were the most convenient way—and often only way— to post a short video clip on multiple websites. Lazy people would screencap them, not knowing/caring that they were limited to 256 colors (which is why we use dithering for gifs).