Hey Reddit, want to help curate a museum exhibition about reaction gifs? (details in comments)

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created by [deleted] on 26/02/2014 at 01:35 UTC*

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Comment by Butcher_Of_Hope at 26/02/2014 at 14:52 UTC

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http://reactiongifsarchive.imgur.com/

Comment by frescani at 26/02/2014 at 18:10 UTC

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You want to make an academic distinction between "reaction gifs" and "my response when" gifs.

What exactly are you trying to distinguish????

Comment by pdmcmahon at 10/05/2014 at 16:55 UTC

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Here, take your pic:

http://reactiongifsarchive.imgur.com

Comment by JoeSteady at 26/02/2014 at 19:22 UTC

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ReactionGIFs.com[1] has a classic[2] tag that might be useful for this.

1: http://reactiongifs.com

2: http://www.reactiongifs.com/tag/classic/

Comment by dancing_raptor_jesus at 13/04/2014 at 21:03 UTC

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When you're disappointed in someone or sad[1] :)

1: http://www.reactiongifs.us/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/raining_david_tennant.gif

Comment by Shadow_strike42 at 26/02/2014 at 04:23 UTC

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http://i.imgur.com/YtygPRH.gif

Comment by [deleted] at 26/02/2014 at 01:40 UTC

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Comment by hardwaresofton at 10/05/2014 at 17:56 UTC

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Shameless plug - If you're interested in using these gifs on the day to day basis, I created a chrome extension to help do that!

http://loltrove.io

Comment by charjc at 27/02/2014 at 17:58 UTC

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http://i.imgur.com/NIatkRA.gif

This one can be used for lots of things:

1. When you accidentally see something disturbing

2. When you can't handle a certain situation

3. Frustration with trolls

4. Generally freaking out over something you're looking at

Comment by PhoneDojo at 26/02/2014 at 02:00 UTC

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Whenever the validity of a comment/user is questioned

http://i.imgur.com/vRcAJ.jpg

Comment by Trayf at 26/02/2014 at 15:05 UTC

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Here's a nice collection.[1] Most of them are clearly identified with who is in the GIF and what it's from, too.

1: http://www.reactiongifs.us/

Comment by Kryptokilla1708 at 26/02/2014 at 16:10 UTC

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Whenever someone makes a great point in a thread http://img.pandawhale.com/post-27633-Troy-Abed-good-point-Community-8k1e.gif

Comment by JM2845 at 26/02/2014 at 02:05 UTC

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Regretting the link I just clicked

Comment by JoeSteady at 26/02/2014 at 20:35 UTC

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That's a Penis[1], Tom DeLonge WTF?[2], That's Racist[3], 50 Cent Yeah Right[4], Nope Octopus[5], Picard Wave[6], Jaguars WTF?[7] are all pretty canonical.

1: http://www.reactiongifs.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/thats-a-penis.gif

2: http://www.reactiongifs.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/tom-delonge-wtf1.gif

3: http://www.reactiongifs.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/racist1.gif

4: http://www.reactiongifs.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/50centdriving.gif

5: http://www.reactiongifs.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/nope.gif

6: http://www.reactiongifs.com/r/pwave.gif

7: http://www.reactiongifs.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/incredulous.gif

Comment by TheLastGunslinger at 26/02/2014 at 20:24 UTC

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Having won an argument or made a conclusive point:

http://media0.giphy.com/media/q540XuK9hMxY4/giphy.gif

Comment by lanemik at 26/02/2014 at 16:28 UTC

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You can use this one to show genuine excitement for something or you can use it to deride the excitement that others have shown.

http://i.imgur.com/Pjjxqlw.gif

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You'd use this to show intense approval of something

http://i.imgur.com/ZhEOEUj.gif

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Use this when someone genuinely blows your mind or use it when you want to mock something someone has said that they consider mind blowing or use it to joke along with someone who has said something silly as if it were mind blowing.

http://i.imgur.com/10gvO.jpg

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Use this one to show extreme disagreement with something.

http://i.imgur.com/7MUrhPI.gif

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Comment by Caminsky at 26/02/2014 at 02:52 UTC

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Credited?

Comment by 2nd_law at 26/02/2014 at 18:48 UTC

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Oh dear, not sure how to respond to what was just said. Being speechless due to someone else ignorance.

http://i.imgur.com/uYjUuC9.gif

Comment by stuff_of_epics at 26/02/2014 at 21:51 UTC

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You may not care about quality if you're truly going for a classic feel, but you might be interested in taking a trip to /r/HighQualityGifs once you have a defined list of what you're looking for.

The good folks there can help hook you up with the best possible version of the gif you want; many of them are probably already made, if not in wide circulation.

Comment by jasoneppink at 09/04/2014 at 15:53 UTC

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If anyone is still watching this thread and in the NYC area, I hope you'll join us on Friday 4/11 @ 7pm for a Reddit meetup[1] at the Museum to see the exhibition. Thanks again everyone!

1: http://www.meetup.com/NYC-Redditors/events/174985622/

Comment by SenorLuke at 26/02/2014 at 04:55 UTC

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Red Wings Reaction Gif

Comment by EditingAndLayout at 26/02/2014 at 03:13 UTC

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I want to engage Reddit to collectively curate and define a "canon" of reaction gifs

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I'm specifically avoiding /r/reactiongifs

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http://i.imgur.com/ol40Nq8.gif

Comment by youseeff at 26/02/2014 at 04:09 UTC

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Oh,not again http://i.imgur.com/rkBQDiz.gif[1] . Nothing happened here http://i.imgur.com/1gjdAX7.gif[2] . when someone tells a silly joke but funny http://i.imgur.com/IqZcRQe.gif[3]

1: http://i.imgur.com/rkBQDiz.gif

2: http://i.imgur.com/1gjdAX7.gif

3: http://i.imgur.com/IqZcRQe.gif

Comment by [deleted] at 26/02/2014 at 15:34 UTC

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Are posts in the original thread[1] still being considered? There was a lot of great stuff there

1: http://www.reddit.com/r/gifs/comments/1yw7aa/hey_reddit_want_to_help_curate_a_museum/

Comment by [deleted] at 26/02/2014 at 18:26 UTC

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http://i.imgur.com/usrPxCV.gif

Did you seriously just say or do that?