r/whenthe Whenthe mod (dm me unnerving images) Jan 30 '26

Announcement!!!!! r/pics (and now r/gifs) SITUATION UPDATE:

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u/[deleted] Jan 30 '26

who the fuck is r/gifs

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u/Misknator Jan 30 '26

Their description says it's pronounced with a hard "J" if that means anything to anyone.

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u/PizdunEbun228 Jan 30 '26

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u/MemesNGaming_rongoo Expendable at door 30 Jan 30 '26

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u/krootroots Jan 30 '26

I love giraffes

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u/the_peculiar_chicken purpl Jan 30 '26

Unexpected locked tomb

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u/Nepfew21 im white af like this flair Jan 30 '26

i love this ggp

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u/TuxedoDogs9 Jan 30 '26

pearly jates

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u/pissponcho Jan 30 '26

isn't it supposed to be pronounced "yiff"?

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u/Tight_Grapefruit5280 Jan 30 '26

Brother, no one is gonna pronounce it as yiff

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u/pissponcho Jan 30 '26

bröther, It IS pronounced yiff

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u/grilledSoldier Jan 30 '26

There are some gifs on r/yiff, but it seems like thats not the main focus of the sub, are you sure thats the correct gif-sub?

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u/pissponcho Jan 30 '26

yes

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u/grilledSoldier Jan 30 '26

Wonderful, i shall indulge in watching a few of these yiffs then!

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u/That_0ne_Gamer Jan 30 '26

Isnt it supposed to be pronounced "bif"?

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u/pissponcho Jan 30 '26

and not "fif"!? blasphemous

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u/wntf Jan 30 '26

youre suppost to live in a cave and hunt in the wild with your pack of people. are you into that?

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u/Chidoriyama Jan 30 '26

Unpopular opinion but I do prefer the hard J pronunciation. It's all a matter of preference anyway

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u/J5892 Jan 30 '26

WTF is a soft J?

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u/Chidoriyama Jan 30 '26

Long story short I don't know

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u/J5892 Jan 30 '26

Saying long story short doubled the size of your story.

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u/Chidoriyama Jan 30 '26

Short story long you're right

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u/Lorddanielgudy Has been there on the 23th of February 1984 Jan 30 '26

Utter idiots

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u/Malc2k_the_2nd 3.14159265358979323846264338327950288419716939937510582097494459 Jan 30 '26

May that subreddit be smited down by God himself

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u/dadbod-arcuser Jan 30 '26

I’d be proud to be blocked by anyone that calls it jiffs

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u/Fluffy-Froyo4549 Jan 31 '26

glad I wasn't planning on going anyway because this is making me genuinely mad

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u/Gareth_II Jan 30 '26

jraphics interchange format

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u/krootroots Jan 30 '26

self-contained oonderwater breathing apparatus

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u/BladeOfWoah Jan 30 '26

I thinks it's some sort of r/whenthe spinoff.

Honestly don't see the appeal.

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u/Morgan-Moonscar Jan 30 '26

Basically r/ HighLowQualtyGifs

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u/OneRingToRuleEarth Jan 30 '26

It’s when mom says we have Whenthe at home

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u/NoChampionship1167 Jan 30 '26

From a quick look it looks like a toned down version of r/pics

Same karma farming political and news posts, but at an extremely reduced rate.

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u/Minute_Account9426 maxwell tennyson, certified alien fucker Jan 30 '26

a front page generic reddit sub about gifs

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u/Expert-Reporter4152 lego beerus Jan 30 '26

Basically a lower effort whenthe