GIFs!!!!!!!!!!

GIFs!!!!! Images in Graphics Interchange Format, are the best images on the internet. Thank you Steve Wilhite! He created the GIF in 1987 for CompuServe. They add animation to web pages, and can thus be used for an educational, informative, or even a comedic end (my personal favorite). Since then, GIFs have become super popular, especially for comedic effect on sites like that of BuzzFeed, Tumblr, Pinterest, etc.
For example, see the following from BuzzFeed:

"Are These The 43 Funniest GIFs Of All Time?"

See even funnier BuzzFeed GIFs here!

Whatever the purpose for making a GIF, there is a lingering misconception, which I will settle right now: 

How do you pronounce GIF?

It is pronounced with a SOFT G. Like "jif".

Proof? 

"The GIF (Graphic Interchange Format), pronounced 'JIF'..."   -CompuServe

"The Oxford English Dictionary accepts both pronunciations. They are wrong. It is a soft 'G,' pronounced 'jif'. End of story."   -Steve Wilhite

Verdict: SOFT G