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[–] Varyk 59 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Jif is where it's at. Peanut butter and image format? Yes please

[–] [email protected] 25 points 9 months ago (4 children)

But Jif in Australia is a cleaning solution - can we have different pronunciations based on country?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 9 months ago

No need, it's Gif. Heathens be damned.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Y'all love diminutives, call them jiffies?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Jiffy is already an abstract measurement of time though

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

No. You cannot.

[–] Varyk 4 points 9 months ago

Sounds more than fair. We can't agree to a person on our sounds anyway.

[–] can 14 points 9 months ago (3 children)

The creators literally referenced this early on "choosy devs choose gif" like the jiff peanut butter commercial.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago

this goes deeper than I thought!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Yes, and that’s stupid.

It’s not ‘Jraphical Image Format’. Gah!!!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Oh my God no one fucking cares about Steve Wilhite and his fucking speech impediment.

[–] can 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago

That's a lot of peanut butter