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Hard G motherfuckers

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligence...cer+(Daily+Intelligencer+-+New+York+Magazine)

Since the dawn of time, Internet nerds have debated how to pronounce "GIF," a type of image that stands for Graphics Interchange Format. Nerds on one side of the debate are partial to a hard g — as in get a life, nerds — while nerds on the other side stubbornly insist on a soft g, as in gigantic nerds. According to the GIF Pronunciation Page, the very creator of the GIF has said it's a soft g, but this has hardly settled the matter.
Now you can count the White House among those who don't care what the GIF's inventor thinks. In a post announcing its new Tumblr, the White House mentions that readers can expect "ANIMATED GIFs ('HARD G')," which just seems unnecessarily provocative, but there you have it.

They also made a tumblr

 

[A Pretty Panda]

Damn straight.

Get that choosy mother sounding shit out of here

 

[MisterHero]

I'm gonna disagree with the President on this one.

 

[Riggs]

Hard G or GTFO

 

[WrenchNinja]

Grrrreeat

 

[Anticitizen One]

I'm really confused

It's pronounced "Jif"

 

[Imm0rt4l]

agreed

 

[demon]

Thanks Obama.

 

[Salvadora]

I've always pronounced it that way despite hearing about "jif".

It just feels right.

 

[SmithnCo]

As it should be.

 

[Divvy]

Please proceed Gif

 

[Cyan]

I'm really confused

Some people think "GIF" should be pronounced "JIF," and some people think it should be pronounced "GIF." There's apparently a raging debate on the subject.

 

[Grym]

The white house on the right side of history again

 

[Clydefrog]

now I regret not voting for this man

 

[sprsk]

That's my president right there.

 

[MisterHero]

You wouldn't pronounce GAF as "JAF", right?

Or would you

 

[Codeblue]

I should have voted Romney.

 

[ReturnOfTheRAT]

TWO TERMS motherlovers

 

[Dresden]

Some people think "GIF" should be pronounced "JIF," and some people think it should be pronounced "GIF." There's apparently a raging debate on the subject.

wtf

 

[Bob White]

Hard G all the way. Also, people who like the soft G blink their eyes one at a time and only eat cheese Pizza. That shit ain't right.

 

[wenis]

Anyone who thinks that it's a soft G is a goddamn commie!


YOU COMMIE SCUM!

 

[Koodo]

This was Queen Michelle's doing, I just know it.

 

[FO-totality]

Good to see the White House on the right side of history. I'm gonna need an Executive Order though.

 

[DukeBobby]

I'm really confused

It's pronounced "Jif"

Bollocks to that.

 

[Kacho]

wtf

Yeah, I've not heard of that before. That's insane.

 

[Bobby Roberts]

Count it, motherfuckers.

 

[LordCanti]

I've always pronounced it JIF. Having said that, I've never really had to say it out loud to anyone so....I'm not sure it matters.

 

[Talon]

This was a debate about as much as the "evolution debate" or "climate change debate."

 

[xbhaskarx]

Choosy moms will not be pleased...

 

[tino]

Well I am voting Republican.

 

[Guevara]

Giraffe Interchange Format

 

[User 100115]

Hard g for the win!

 

[Riggs]

Count it, motherfuckers.

.

 

[fallagin]

I expect republicans will start saying 'jif' now.

 

[Korey]

It's pronounced Gif if it was pronounced jif it should be spelled with a j and anyone who says otherwise should go back to communis

 

[VeryGooster]

Choosy gafers choose gif

Spoiler

hard g 4 lyfe

 

[lupinko]

I got used to using the hard g so GIF for me.

 

[ZeroGravity]

There's no debate. Its "Jif".

 

[Mejilan]

It's clearly GIF as in Graphics, not JIF as in Jraphics (Giraffe-ics?).

 

[Bob White]

Count it, motherfuckers.

This GIF settles it. We win, motherfuckers.

 

[Aeris130]

Next up: Sness vs S En E Ess

 

[IHaveCandy]

Jif is peanut butter.

 

[SmokeMaxX]

Hard G is too much like GILF.
AIN'T MY BAG OF TEA.
Soft G for the win.

 

[samus i am]

There's no debate. Its "Jif".

There's no debate, you're wrong.

 

[Thorakai]

This is the happiest day of my life.

 

[FStop7]

I thought "Hard G" was Obama's nickname or something.

 

[Zebra]

GIF debate aside, it's pretty cool that they've made a tumblr page. Followed.

 

[ZeroGravity]

There's no debate, you're wrong.

You can be wrong, and I'll let you be wrong.

Take it up with the creator.

 

[Snake]

Repeal the 22nd Amendment.

 

[TheSeks]

I'm gonna disagree with the President on this one.

Same.