A thing I quietly love is that when services started to make GIF searching easy, everyone started posting GIFs. But because it was so easy to search for and post a GIF, it cheapened them. Because a reaction image or GIF is about more than finding the perfect image: A THREAD
Because static images were still just as hard to source and post...static images (or even more, edited images) came to carry more weight. They require greater investment and thus carry greater value. This is mostly subconscious, but it's real.
Reaction images show more care and cultural knowledge because you can't just search for one. So even though GIFs carry more information, they are inferior because reactions (like most jokes) are primarily about signaling the thought, care, and savvy of the person reacting.
Anyway, respond to this thread with your favorite reaction images...I need to stock up.
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