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usonian

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8. Yikes. this gif is hard to embed.
Wed Jun 5, 2024, 07:52 PM
Jun 2024

I went there and looked at the link. Even the "embed code"

They are long and DU can't deal with some fancy URL's that are too long or which have special characters in them.

Soi I tried to download it (drag it to a folder) and it wasn't a gif any more. It was a webp, not animated. OUCH

Remember, I rarely do any gifs. When one worked, I got it from web search. I use duckduckgo.com rather than google, for privacy reasons. Google remembers everything. DuckDuckGo forgets once a day.

I found a similar gif, and it's at imgflip.



NOT THE SAME. BUT IT'S A TOAST!!

So, until and unless someone comes up with, and reports a way to link gifs at giphy, I suggest a search on the web, and getting an image with a short URL that DU will like and render nicely.

I could probably find that gif that you like, but chores call.
Good luck.

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I've been wondering about that for quite a long time. chouchou Jun 2024 #1
Don't feel dumb pwb Jun 2024 #2
With postimg. elleng Jun 2024 #3
You first need to join a photo sharing web-site. Nittersing Jun 2024 #4
You'll need an image hosting service, CrispyQ Jun 2024 #5
There's a pinned post in the Photo Forum that offers solutions usonian Jun 2024 #6
I was just trying to re-learn this myself Nimble_Idea Jun 2024 #7
Yikes. this gif is hard to embed. usonian Jun 2024 #8
thanks! Nimble_Idea Jun 2024 #9
think I worked it out Nimble_Idea Jun 2024 #10
Interesting. usonian Jun 2024 #11
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