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The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to A Comm for Historymemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months ago

The terrible price of knowledge

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The terrible price of knowledge

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The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to A Comm for Historymemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months ago
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  • Frozengyro@lemmy.world
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    It’s a joke from another meme. There was much debate about how to pronounce gif. Is it like the beginning of give or more like jiffy.

    This is a level 2 meme, you have to know a level 1 meme to understand this one.

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      sigh

      *rubs forehead*

      There . . . is. NO. DEBATE. GRAPHICS Interchange Format. GIF.

      . . . so tired . . .

      so very tired . . .

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        Giraffics Interchange Format?

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        And how would you pronounce jpeg? J-PEG?

        Or j-feg?Joint PHOTOGRAPHIC experts group. There… Is NO. DEBATE.

        …so tired…

        Also laser would like to speak with you. And oddly enough a giraffe.

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          J-PEG

          And it’s Giraffe and Laser in german, so whatever.

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          I’ve got a gift for that giraffe. It’s a jay-pedge.

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          It’s an initialism, not an acronym.

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        Ty for the winning statement!

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        I offer a thrid option, silent g

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          As gif!

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        let’s check in with the inventor…

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          The inventor of the common pronunciation of GIF? That’d be like, 20 million people wouldn’t it?

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            The man who invented the format/word. He gave his input as well.

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              Just because someone made it doesn’t mean they understand it.

              I could draw a picture of a purple dragon fucking a monkey but couldn’t tell you why.

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                But I feel they have more legitimacy and say than you or I. That being said, language is a fluid thing and influenced by the masses.

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                  You can’t argue with these folks. Reminds of when Andy and Erin write the song about Sabre but thought it was pounced SAB-REE so everything rhymed with that.

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