# The "animation is here and the world is ending" thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 26, 2021, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-animation-is-here-and-the-world-is-ending-thread/945032 "2021-06-26T03:00:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heffalump_and_roo/32/7691_2.png) [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2021, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-animation-is-here-and-the-world-is-ending-thread/945032/81 "2021-06-27T03:17:19Z")
> [@GreenWyvern](#): > > I use a Chrome-compatible browser, and the easiest way to stop gifs playing is to install this extension, written by Google: You convinced me. I finally installed Slimjet. It was a hassle. First, there are links to every major retailer that has to be deleted from the front page. Then I had to add all my adblockers and scriptblockers. Then some websites don’t work on it. But at least the animations here stopped, so there’s that. Thanks for all the info about it. It’s nice to have the option. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2021, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-animation-is-here-and-the-world-is-ending-thread/945032/82 "2021-06-27T03:51:35Z")
Not so much evidence, just perhaps a guess. _shrug_ Likewise, have we seen any evidence offered that gifs will make this place fail, or turn people away? We always got those predictions in the past, when there were changes, IIRC. That we’d end up with tons of texting teens, people smothering the place with goatse, the conversation would go downhill rapidly, etc. It never happened. Life went on just as before. (And one thing that cracks me up – some of the staunchest anti-avatar posters now USE avatars. Go figure) But I guess we’ll just have to agree to disagree. No big deal. ---
**Author:** ![Kron](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kron/32/12444_2.png) [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2021, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-animation-is-here-and-the-world-is-ending-thread/945032/83 "2021-06-27T07:26:47Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > Now that’s another thing. The snobbery. “WE’RE not like that. WE’RE better than everyone else. WE’RE smarter and different and special!” I’m sorry, but that’s just bullshit. My favorite thing about this is the idea that “We are above that… But if you allow it, we will stop using our words and only post flashy pictures!” ---
**Author:** ![Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heffalump_and_roo/32/7691_2.png) [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2021, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-animation-is-here-and-the-world-is-ending-thread/945032/84 "2021-06-27T07:58:32Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > Now that’s another thing. The snobbery. “WE’RE not like that. WE’RE better than everyone else. WE’RE smarter and different and special!” Name me one place that isn’t like this because I’d love to post there. Everywhere I’ve posted, people have been talking about how much better they are than everyone else. That’s just human nature and tribalism. Animated gifs doesn’t change that. one way or the other. ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2021, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-animation-is-here-and-the-world-is-ending-thread/945032/85 "2021-06-27T20:12:41Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > Look at the uproar about avatars – well, it’s been over a year, and none of the dire predictions came true. Apart from the “Avatars ?! they allow avatars and before you know it they’ll be allowing animated GIFs, you mark my words.” variety of course. Seriously … If it hadn’t been for this thread, i’d never have known about it, so, er, i expect that proves something. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2021, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-animation-is-here-and-the-world-is-ending-thread/945032/86 "2021-06-27T23:26:20Z")
I’m withholding judgment for now. It will depend on how often they are used, and in what context. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2021, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-animation-is-here-and-the-world-is-ending-thread/945032/87 "2021-06-28T14:04:21Z")
Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2021, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-animation-is-here-and-the-world-is-ending-thread/945032/88 "2021-06-29T17:29:34Z")
If animations are your idea of “dire”, well, I don’t know what to say. There were people claiming we’d have nothing but texting teens, the quality of conversation would go down, because you know, we “use our words here”, that there would be people using goatse and tubgirl as avatars, etc. NONE of that happened. Animations? That has nothing to do with avatars, that’s a result of the new format of Discourse allowing them. If we still using the old VB software, we probably wouldn’t, even though we had avatars. ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2021, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-animation-is-here-and-the-world-is-ending-thread/945032/89 "2021-06-29T18:13:56Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > If animations are your idea of “dire”, well, I don’t know what to say They’re not, and you do ! (But they probably were to the people who made them (said predictions) … and they came true !) ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2021, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-animation-is-here-and-the-world-is-ending-thread/945032/90 "2021-06-29T18:31:21Z")
Animation is here and the world is ending. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/pxeyhvYhauU/hqdefault.jpg "Orbital Friendship Cannon") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxeyhvYhauU) ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2021, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-animation-is-here-and-the-world-is-ending-thread/945032/91 "2021-06-29T19:19:35Z")
Mods! The OP is sealioning me! ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2021, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-animation-is-here-and-the-world-is-ending-thread/945032/92 "2021-06-29T20:52:26Z")
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