Conversation started Oct 23, 2022 at 0:21.
Ginger
Ginger
Oct 23, 2022 00:21
Captioned Seal (Sea Doggo)
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user image
^ how is this not a Twitter gif
lyxal
lyxal
Chances are it is somewhere
Ginger
Ginger
Fish Factory
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I don't know what this is but it slaps
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what the hell is a twitter gif
is there some culturally ordained set of gifs that are the only gifs you can use on twitter
lyxal
lyxal
@Ginger the weird and wacky world of surreal entertainment
Ginger
Ginger
@UnrelatedString it's a large set of gifs that a very certain kind of person uses to reply to tweets
@lyxal I like this kind of surreal entertainment. I do not like Hydraulic Beanbag-type surreal entertainment.
@Ginger My lovely assistant lyxal will explain further:
lyxal
lyxal
Oct 23, 2022 00:33
I don’t Twitter
Ginger
Ginger
but you are a supreme memelord
lyxal
lyxal
you’re on your own here
Ginger
Ginger
ffs, disappointed in your meme abilites
alright so
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reminds me of something
like there was some collection of 3d rendered videos of music playing sculptures
Ginger
Ginger
(I'd crack my knuckles but you couldn't tell and I can't actually do that anyway)
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Oct 23, 2022 00:34
i want to say they were mostly made of brass and had a shit ton of lasers
watched the hell out of it as a kid
@Ginger you can't crack your knuckles?
Ginger
Ginger
nope
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wow
what kind of person is this
do they have some kind of repository of gifs you searched
that isn't just like
tenor or giphy
Ginger
Ginger
My sources are beyond your understanding
anyway,
a twitter gif (at least the subset of them I'm referring to):
- is mostly of people going "hell naw" or "hell yea" or similar shit
- is often (but not always) a gif'd version of a STATIC meme image that's already used a lot (see: I don't often x)
- is used pretty much exclusively to reply to Tweets, never by itself
- and finally, could've just as easily been replaced with a "yes" or "no" reply
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ah
Ginger
Ginger
@lyxal correct-ish?
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Oct 23, 2022 00:38
makes sense
Ginger
Ginger
and here's the funniest part: I have never in my life used Twitter
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wow
nice
Ginger
Ginger
in fact I (currently) don't use most social media (except for YouTube which doesn't really count, and Reddit but without an account)
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based
lyxal
lyxal
@Ginger probably
Ginger
Ginger
Oct 23, 2022 00:40
all of my knowledge of this stuff is composed of Twitter screenshots and shit that have leaked into the services I do use
another victory for the "there are 5 websites" theory
That concludes my TED talk, thanks for attending
 
Conversation ended Oct 23, 2022 at 0:41.