GIF joke messaging -- how cringe is it?
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Anonymous
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My kids harass me because I love using GIF in my messages to them and to my friends. I feel like the right movie GIF can just capture the moment.
Now I grew up making movie references long before messages, so this seems natural to me, but is it time to move on? Say it aint so... |
Anonymous
| You have to "code switch" as the sociologists like to call it. The younger generation prefers an obscure set of hieroglyphics for communication. |
Anonymous
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No, YOU DO YOU! Ignore the haters, OP! I will not give up my perfect GIFs that capture the perfect response. I see you with your carefully selected movie scenes or quotes.
Solidarity. |
Anonymous
I agree. I'm constantly posting movie clips on DCUM to make my point. |
Anonymous
| I love gifs. My kids sometimes do sometimes don't. Some of my friends use them a lot and some not at all--so I know when to use them and when to leave it be. |
Anonymous
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It’s okay for you to use GIFs.
It’s okay gif you kids to rib you about it. It’s the natural way of things. |
Anonymous
Same. I use it so rarely that when I do it’s perfection. |
Anonymous
| There’s nothing that is more pathetic than an adult trying to sound younger by saying “cringe,” so let’s start there. |
Anonymous
| I would send nothing but gifs, just to annoy them. |
Anonymous
This probably doesn't work like you think it does |
Anonymous
Anonymous
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I don’t send GIFs myself, but I don’t mind receiving them. They are especially good if the whole audience/recipient list is going to get the joke.
I also agree with the use of the term cringe. Just don’t. |