Anyone Ever Had to Explain Internet Memes to their Wife/Spouse?

[BurnItDwn]

When I first heard the term I looked up what it stood for. Graphics Interchange Format. Don't remember it being Jraphics Interchange Format...

If they want to pronounce that way, it should be G.I.F..

 

[s0me0nesmind1]

Thank you for being right! I hate when people mispronounce gif with a hard g.

 

[BurnItDwn]

The correct way to pronounce Data is like date-ah.
The english call it "dot-a" because of Freddie Mercury aka the queen's version of English

Nobody says dat-ah, unless they are maybe from Canada or yoopers ... Canadians can't help themselves on account of the Lebatt Blue and hockey.

 

[GagHalfrunt]

Rather frequently. She generally just gives me that "Are you people really that fucking stupid?" look...

Do you at least stick up for us and tell her that you're the only one who's really that fucking stupid?

 

[Kaido]

 

[Kaido]

The correct way to pronounce Data is like date-ah.
The english call it "dot-a" because of Freddie Mercury aka the queen's version of English

Nobody says dat-ah, unless they are maybe from Canada or yoopers ... Canadians can't help themselves on account of the Lebatt Blue and hockey.

Former Southerner here. I say date-uh.

 

[Kaido]

When I first heard the term I looked up what it stood for. Graphics Interchange Format. Don't remember it being Jraphics Interchange Format...

Dude who invented it gets to name it. That dude calls it jif.

 

[soulcougher73]

Quite often. She doesnt nerd like i nerd.

 

[UglyCasanova]

Didn’t we used to have a poster here named Meme but it was referencing him building DIY arcade games which I guess mean the same thing?

 

[BoomerD]

When I first heard the term I looked up what it stood for. Graphics Interchange Format. Don't remember it being Jraphics Interchange Format...

Exactly.

THIS is Jif:

 

[BoomerD]

Do you at least stick up for us and tell her that you're the only one who's really that fucking stupid?

Fuck no...I throw youse all under the bus and tell her it’s not my fault...youse made me this way.

 

[Paratus]

30 Rock had to explain one to the entire country one time.

S1:E2 Did they really mean that?

S2:E9. Yes they did. .

 

[zinfamous]

Didn’t we used to have a poster here named Meme but it was referencing him building DIY arcade games which I guess mean the same thing?

that's mame.

not the same thing.

 

[zinfamous]

30 Rock had to explain one to the entire country one time.

S1:E2 Did they really mean that?

S2:E9. Yes they did. .

Oh thank god. I barely remember the episode and am only familiar with that JIF. I laugh hysterically, but could never recall the setup for it.

 

[BudAshes]

I will pronounce gif "jif" and imgur "imager" until the end of time.

Have fun being wrong until the end of time. God will judge you harshly.

 

[snoopy7548]

I say date-uh and I pronounce gif the way it's supposed to be pronounced. Like gift.

 

[Darwin333]

Tried explaining BME pain olymics and goatse to the wife, didn't work.

That requires actually showing them to her. Give it a try and let us know how it goes, if I may make a suggestion I would also throw in 2 girls one cup.

 

[Kaido]

Have fun being wrong until the end of time.

Did you know...that all words are made up? The guy who invented gif says it's pronounced jif; I'm willing to accept that. Kind of like how I like to knead dough on Wednesday while watching Jeopardy & Gilligan's Island while eating hors d'oeuvre that contain zucchini & enjoying some KFC from Colonel Sanders. Or, as people who pronounce gif with a hard G would say, ka-needing dough on Wed-ness-day while watching Geo-Party & Gillian's Is-land while eating whores de overs that contain zuck-heeny & enjoying some KFC from Kernel Sanders

 

[BudAshes]

Did you know...that all words are made up? The guy who invented gif says it's pronounced jif; I'm willing to accept that. Kind of like how I like to knead dough on Wednesday while watching Jeopardy & Gilligan's Island while eating hors d'oeuvre that contain zucchini & enjoying some KFC from Colonel Sanders. Or, as people who pronounce gif with a hard G would say, ka-needing dough on Wed-ness-day while watching Geo-Party & Gillian's Is-land while eating whores de overs that contain zuck-heeny & enjoying some KFC from Kernel Sanders

Gilligan is not pronounce jilligan.

 

[BurnItDwn]

Gilligan is not pronounce jilligan.

But it should be!

A friend calls "hors d'oeuvres" as : Horsey-Durv-ees

 

[BoomerD]

Did you know...that all words are made up? The guy who invented gif says it's pronounced jif; I'm willing to accept that. Kind of like how I like to knead dough on Wednesday while watching Jeopardy & Gilligan's Island while eating hors d'oeuvre that contain zucchini & enjoying some KFC from Colonel Sanders. Or, as people who pronounce gif with a hard G would say, ka-needing dough on Wed-ness-day while watching Geo-Party & Gillian's Is-land while eating whores de overs that contain zuck-heeny & enjoying some KFC from Kernel Sanders

The inventor was probably some fuking jeek...moar edukashun than braynes.

 

[BoomerD]

Gilligan is not pronounce jilligan.

THAT would be a Jilligan...

 

[dave_the_nerd]

4everalone, so... no.

 

[tynopik]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_and_soft_g

The orthography of soft ⟨g⟩ is fairly consistent: a soft ⟨g⟩ is almost always followed by ⟨e i y⟩

 

[XMan]

OMG, yes.

The conversations usually go like this:

MrsX: "XMan, what is up with <blank>?"

"Oh, that's this whole meme thing started by ..."

MrsX: (sighs and rolls eyes) "God, people are weird."

MrsX has no patience for shenanigans or tomfoolery.