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[–] Varyk@sh.itjust.works 57 points 1 year ago (3 children)

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

[–] youngalfred@lemm.ee 26 points 1 year ago (3 children)

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

[–] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 14 points 1 year ago

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

[–] phobiac@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Y'all love diminutives, call them jiffies?

[–] Nihilore@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Jiffy is already an abstract measurement of time though

[–] KISSmyOS@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Fits perfectly.
Jiffy is the average length of a gif.

[–] SuckMyWang@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Give me about four jiffies, I’ve just got to finish wiping my ass

[–] Varyk@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

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

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 year ago (3 children)

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

[–] fiah@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 1 year ago

this goes deeper than I thought!

[–] LillyPip@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes, and that’s stupid.

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

[–] snuff@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] Tier1BuildABear@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

That's a lot of peanut butter