Microblog Memes

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A place to share screenshots of Microblog posts, whether from Mastodon, tumblr, ~~Twitter~~ X, KBin, Threads or elsewhere.

Created as an evolution of White People Twitter and other tweet-capture subreddits.

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Please put at least one word relevant to the post in the post title.
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submitted 3 months ago by BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world to c/microblogmemes@lemmy.world

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[–] Varyk@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Only one guy is listed as the creator, Steve wilhite, who says "jif" is correct, famously and infamously making the pronouncement with a gif when he received his lifetime achievement award haha.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBtKxsuGvko

Apparently, a common joke around his office was "choosy developers choose gif", a play on jif commercials.

[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

He's a troll and giggles every time this comes up. This makes him my hero.

[–] Varyk@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago

Sure. Why not, lem