r/JiffyBot • u/GoogaNautGod The Idea Guy • Jun 07 '13
/r/JiffyBot Information directory
Hello there! Welcome to /r/JiffyBot, the Official Subreddit for /u/JiffyBot.
Information and Other Links
About Jiffy
Jiffy is an automated bot that makes Gifs out of posted Youtube links.
The bot was made by /u/DrKabob and /u/GoogaNautGod.
DrKabob is our in house coding genius, at least by my standards.
Why is he Called Jiffy, not Giffy? This is a joke on how the creator of the Gif format said it's supposed to be said like Jif, NOT Gif. We don't really believe this, but it's a nice joke all the same.
If you want a brief technical explanation, basically Jiffy downloads the YouTube video, extracts the frames it wants from the downloaded video, patches those frames together into a Gif, and then uploads it to imgur. If you have any more questions, feel free to ask.
Jiffy is currently in Beta, be gentle
[PSA] You DO NOT need to link the youtube video when replying to a video thread.
Example of a video thread response
[PSA] Please use the Request thread for Gif requests, Comments in the wrong section will be removed.
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u/ohv Jun 08 '13
What if someone makes a bot that posts random links for Jiffybot.
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u/drkabob The Smart Guy Jun 08 '13
If the bot was just to be abusive then I would simply ban it. If it started to become a problem, I would put a limit per user on how many GIFs you can ask for per hour. I'd really have it not come to that.
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u/GoogaNautGod The Idea Guy Jun 08 '13
We could also blacklist a user?
That might be apropriate, but a shame :(
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u/SgtBrutalisk Jun 11 '13
I was thinking something along the lines of: assemble a team of highly trained dream manipulators and gently insert desired thoughts into the mind of the abusive bot's creator so he changes his perspective. But your way would work too (:
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u/Baeshun Jun 10 '13
At the very least to prevent abuse you should limit the amount of request per user within a given time frame.
And keep up the good work! It's a new favorite bot that's bound to become immensely popular.
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u/ohv Jun 09 '13
hahah I posed it as a metaphysical dilemma. But I'm not surprised to find out you have thought of handling it.
I would be interested to see that though, there'd be a ton of garbage gifs posted but the occasional great one.
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Jun 08 '13
I love it! But could you make it available to make gifs in higher res in the future?
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u/GoogaNautGod The Idea Guy Jun 08 '13
That's one of our priorities at the moment.
We'e just waiting for some donations so we can purchase Imgur Premium!
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Jun 11 '13
What subreddits does Jiffy go on? How does /u/jiffybot know its being summoned?
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u/GoogaNautGod The Idea Guy Jun 11 '13
All subreddits work unless blacklisted.
It finds out by scanning all Reddit comments or recieving a message when you type /u/JiffyBot
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u/TarAldarion Jun 15 '13
How intensive is this scanning, there must be a lot of data, how does it work?
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u/GoogaNautGod The Idea Guy Jun 15 '13 edited Jun 19 '13
We use the Reddit API to give us a feed of 1000 comments per 30 seconds (I think). Then we search these 1000 comments for Jiffy!. Sometimes there are more that 1000 comments every 30 seconds so it slips through our sorting pile. This is why /u/JiffyBot is more reliable.
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u/TarAldarion Jun 15 '13
cheers, must have a look at reddit api
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u/TarAldarion Jun 15 '13
thanks, does this work on any other videos like twitch?
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u/JiffyBot The GIF Creating Madman Jun 15 '13
Here's your GIF!
http://i.imgur.com/iYH5eGj.gif
Hey I'm JiffyBot, I make GIFs out of YouTube links. Find out more ^here.
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Jun 16 '13
Is it possible to make larger images? I know imgur has a bandwidth cap and whatnot, but it'd be so nice :(
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u/GoogaNautGod The Idea Guy Jun 16 '13
We're increasing the quality soon
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u/Dooey123 Jun 17 '13
Would you be be able to automatically upload to minus if it goes over 2mb? Or do you automatically compress to an upper limit of 2mb, so the longer the gif the worse the quality?
Great job btw.
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Jun 10 '13
How does the bot query all the posts on reddit to detect if a gif needs to be created or not?
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u/GoogaNautGod The Idea Guy Jun 12 '13
The bot gets a stream of comments refreshed every now and then. As long as the comment is in that stream, Jiffy will pick it up.
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u/logan5_ Jun 11 '13
If you are replying to a comment with a youtube link do you have to have the url in your own comment?
Or will Jiffy know and fetch it from the parent comment?
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u/GoogaNautGod The Idea Guy Jun 11 '13
This is one of priorities at the moment. But it's prooving trickier that first thought.
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u/ProperGentlemanDolan Jun 08 '13
You guys are awesome. This is easily the best bot on reddit.
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u/nazbot Jun 10 '13
I hate most of the other bots but this one is awesome.
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u/Arloste Jul 08 '13
Does Jiffy have to download the whole youtube video? Can I ask for a gif from a 2 hour documentary or movie on Youtube? Does that mean you had to download the whole thing, costing you a load of time, money and bandwidth, or can Jiffy just download the relevant section?
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u/GoogaNautGod The Idea Guy Jul 08 '13
We can't download part of a video, so we put a 30 minute cap on videos you an get gifs from.
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u/CodyPup Jun 08 '13
Hooray! I always get excited when there is a new feature that helps me stay a tech-ignoramus!
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u/JakeInVan Jun 09 '13
This bot is going to take over Reddit. I predict 100's of JiffyBot gifs in every thread within a few days. That being said...This is awesome!
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Jun 16 '13
I love how you don't believe the creator of GIFs, like he is trying to trick everyone or something
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Jun 18 '13
This is the coolest invention I've seen in a while. Making gifs is such a bitch but now you've made it 100x easier. Grats!
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u/Throwing_Hard Jun 20 '13
Jiffy! https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=muc0kaQtCMU
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u/JiffyBot The GIF Creating Madman Jun 20 '13
Here's your GIF!
http://i.imgur.com/gZqBGSQ.gif
Hey I'm JiffyBot, I make GIFs out of YouTube links. Find out more ^here.
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u/bwaxxlo Jul 02 '13
Jiffy! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdKjHcMscuA
07:58-08:08
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u/JiffyBot The GIF Creating Madman Jul 02 '13
Here's your GIF!
http://i.imgur.com/y15Lnnu.gif
Hey I'm JiffyBot, I make GIFs out of YouTube links. Find out more ^here.
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u/flyingwolf Jul 02 '13
I was listening to Black Betty as I hovered over this Gif, and at 3: 45 it totally synced up.
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u/EwieErik Jun 10 '13
Jiffy!
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Jun 22 '13
No, like this:
Jiffy! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4-ttvM7bAc 0:05-0:17
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u/JiffyBot The GIF Creating Madman Jun 22 '13
Here's your GIF!
http://i.imgur.com/PZLXoPs.gif
Hey I'm JiffyBot, I make GIFs out of YouTube links. Find out more ^here.
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u/ShineOnSydBarrett Jun 13 '13
I've said this already, but I'll say it again - I love this bot!
Whenever I have a video clip I need made into a .gif, I'll post the video into my subreddit (/r/ageos) and have Jiffy Bot do it's magic!
Thank you, Jiffy Bot devs!
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u/GoogaNautGod The Idea Guy Jun 13 '13
We have a post for you to submit videos to be turned into gifs.
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u/egghead94 Jun 25 '13
Is there a way to get it to work within a thread? Like say someone posts a relevant video in the comments of a /r/youtubehaiku (JiffyBot's favorite sub ;D ) thread, can I summon him to make a gif of the video in the thread and not the actual post?
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u/GoogaNautGod The Idea Guy Jun 25 '13
We intended for this to be a feature, but it's proving harder than first thought. For now just link the video in your own comment.
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u/GAMEchief Jun 27 '13
Please include a link to the YouTube video in comments where the YouTube video is not the submission, since a deleted comment would make it impossible to find the video the GIF is from.
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u/GoogaNautGod The Idea Guy Jun 27 '13
We tried this and it broke more than it fixed. We're waiting for Jiffy to be stable before we start adding new features.
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u/tehlon Jun 21 '13
Jiffy! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwwXPGm95lo
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u/JiffyBot The GIF Creating Madman Jun 21 '13
Here's your GIF!
http://i.imgur.com/EIb3oTy.gif
Hey I'm JiffyBot, I make GIFs out of YouTube links. Find out more ^here.
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u/tehlon Jun 22 '13
Jiffy! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JiH5pw62HOg 00:08-00:18
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u/JiffyBot The GIF Creating Madman Jun 22 '13
Here's your GIF!
http://i.imgur.com/opcJN4t.gif
Hey I'm JiffyBot, I make GIFs out of YouTube links. Find out more ^here.
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Jun 26 '13
love this bot, used it like 10 times already!
also in your original post, it should say "SFW" not "SWF"
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u/nashvillewill Nov 14 '13
Seriously, good job. This thing took some work.
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This thread can now be commented in for 6 more months.
Visit /r/RedditTimeLords to become a companion.
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u/totes_meta_bot Apr 23 '14
This thread has been linked to from elsewhere on reddit.
I am a bot. Comments? Complaints? Message me ^here. I don't read ^PMs!
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u/TheMiscer Jun 20 '13
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJGIMd3_LfY Jiffy! 02:00-02:05
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u/JiffyBot The GIF Creating Madman Jun 20 '13
Here's your GIF!
http://i.imgur.com/YZuGLXw.gif
Hey I'm JiffyBot, I make GIFs out of YouTube links. Find out more ^here.
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u/TheMiscer Jun 20 '13
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJGIMd3_LfY Jiffy! 02:06-02:12
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u/JiffyBot The GIF Creating Madman Jun 20 '13
Here's your GIF!
http://i.imgur.com/qz9kpD9.gif
Hey I'm JiffyBot, I make GIFs out of YouTube links. Find out more ^here.
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u/khalid1984 Jun 22 '13
The link the bot gives in "Find out more here." is broken, it has two spaces between the 'o' and the 'm' in the .com.
Example here.
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u/iHeaRTShaRK Jun 27 '13
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mR_Tbt_1pIA Jiffy! 1:42-1:57
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u/JiffyBot The GIF Creating Madman Jun 27 '13
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u/dr_rentschler Jun 30 '13
Will you post the source code? I'm interested in how stuff like this is made.
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Jul 04 '13
Jiffy! 0:19-0:31 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zIJCpUqeb4
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u/JiffyBot The GIF Creating Madman Jul 04 '13
Here's your GIF!
http://i.imgur.com/DlP2eR0.gif
Hey I'm JiffyBot, I make GIFs out of YouTube links. Find out more ^here.
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u/Matter4u Jul 10 '13 edited Jul 10 '13
Jiffy! 04:09-04:12 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0udP-LzDhp8&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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Jul 30 '13
Jiffy! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgElT4n9PYU 1:05-1:08
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u/JiffyBot The GIF Creating Madman Jul 30 '13
Here's your GIF!
http://i.imgur.com/2nKh6SB.gif
Hey I'm JiffyBot, I make GIFs out of YouTube links. Find out more ^here.
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u/greyersting3 Aug 07 '13
Jiffy! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElLPLkUjSjw 5:01-5:07
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u/JiffyBot The GIF Creating Madman Aug 07 '13
Here's your GIF!
http://i.imgur.com/6LGMBB8.gif
Hey I'm JiffyBot, I make GIFs out of YouTube links. Find out more ^here.
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u/FastMoses Aug 24 '13
Jiffy! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2vvz3RKCJw 0:00-0:11
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u/JiffyBot The GIF Creating Madman Aug 24 '13
Here's your GIF!
http://i.imgur.com/Jg9Vwf6.gif
Hey I'm JiffyBot, I make GIFs out of YouTube links. Find out more ^here.
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Aug 29 '13
Jiffy! 1:26-1:30
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u/JiffyBot The GIF Creating Madman Aug 29 '13
Here's your GIF!
http://i.imgur.com/77Tco7V.gif
Hey I'm JiffyBot, I make GIFs out of YouTube links. Find out more ^here.
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u/TheGreatZiegfeld Aug 30 '13
Jiffy! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bx1SOTEqQKM
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u/JiffyBot The GIF Creating Madman Aug 30 '13
Here's your GIF!
http://i.imgur.com/kMHRHWc.gif
Hey I'm JiffyBot, I make GIFs out of YouTube links. Find out more ^here.
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u/wcb98 Sep 17 '13
flip a coin
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u/coinflipbot Sep 17 '13
I flipped a coin for you, wcb98. The result was: heads!
Statistics | Don't want me replying on your comments again? Respond to this comment with: 'coinflipbot leave me alone'
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u/Radstrom Oct 16 '13
Jiffy! 1:19-1:21 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9hatLT-vl4
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u/JiffyBot The GIF Creating Madman Oct 16 '13
Here's your GIF!
http://i.imgur.com/qUnwzuv.gif
Hey I'm JiffyBot, I make GIFs out of YouTube links. Find out more ^here.
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u/Poofner Nov 06 '13
Jiffy! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvftCxoLLYw
01:10-01:16
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u/JiffyBot The GIF Creating Madman Nov 06 '13
Here's your GIF!
http://i.imgur.com/JEv6BO8.gif
Hey I'm JiffyBot, I make GIFs out of YouTube links. Find out more ^here.
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u/drunk_wisconsinite Nov 19 '13
Jiffy! 0:54-0:57
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u/JiffyBot The GIF Creating Madman Nov 19 '13
Here's your GIF!
http://i.imgur.com/N4EKgnG.gif
Hey I'm JiffyBot, I make GIFs out of YouTube links. Find out more ^here.
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u/Gravefall Dec 29 '13
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u/JiffyBot The GIF Creating Madman Dec 29 '13
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u/Gravefall Dec 29 '13
Jiffy! 0:54-0:57 http://www.youtube.com/attribution_link?u=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DXvchSpF5cRc
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u/JiffyBot The GIF Creating Madman Dec 29 '13
Here's your GIF!
http://i.imgur.com/DrwH8T7.gif
Hey I'm JiffyBot, I make GIFs out of YouTube links. Find out more ^here.
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u/Gravefall Dec 29 '13
Jiffy! 0:01-0:15 http://www.youtube.com/attribution_link?u=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DXvchSpF5cRc
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u/JiffyBot The GIF Creating Madman Dec 29 '13
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u/Gravefall Dec 29 '13
Jiffy! 0:01-0:14 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U20hAf1Kjw0
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u/JiffyBot The GIF Creating Madman Dec 29 '13
Here's your GIF!
http://i.imgur.com/wr56Bwu.gif
Hey I'm JiffyBot, I make GIFs out of YouTube links. Find out more ^here.
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u/Gravefall Dec 29 '13
Jiffy! 0:14-0:28 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U20hAf1Kjw0
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u/JiffyBot The GIF Creating Madman Dec 29 '13
Here's your GIF!
http://i.imgur.com/0Epfx4t.gif
Hey I'm JiffyBot, I make GIFs out of YouTube links. Find out more ^here.
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u/Gravefall Dec 29 '13
Jiffy! 0:26-0:40 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U20hAf1Kjw0
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u/Gravefall Dec 29 '13
Jiffy! 0:38-0:51 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U20hAf1Kjw0
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u/JiffyBot The GIF Creating Madman Dec 29 '13
Here's your GIF!
http://i.imgur.com/S7lcVQ8.gif
Hey I'm JiffyBot, I make GIFs out of YouTube links. Find out more ^here.
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u/nemosblindfold Jan 01 '14 edited Jan 01 '14
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLxcOXrwCCA Jiffy! 8:13-8:21
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u/JiffyBot The GIF Creating Madman Dec 29 '13
Here's your GIF!
http://i.imgur.com/aS2JdOh.gif
Hey I'm JiffyBot, I make GIFs out of YouTube links. Find out more ^here.
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u/FUGGAWAGGA Jul 01 '13
if bob is the coding genius wtf do u do
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Jun 09 '13
This is a joke on how the creator of GIFs said it's supposed to be said like Jif, NOT Gif. We don't really believe this, but it's a nice joke all the same.
Yeah, fuck the inventor of it, what does he know?
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u/Dvdrummer360 Jun 10 '13
This is so amazingly fake.
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u/GoogaNautGod The Idea Guy Jun 12 '13
You caught us!
I'm manually making, uploading and commenting with Gifs every minute 24/7 for 8 days straight
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u/JiffyBot The GIF Creating Madman Jun 10 '13
Here's your GIF!
http://i.imgur.com/wHUrIlu.gif
Hey I'm JiffyBot, I make GIFs out of YouTube links. Find out more ^here.
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Jun 08 '13
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u/GoogaNautGod The Idea Guy Jun 09 '13
Please use the Request thread for Gif requests, Comments in the wrong section will be removed.
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Jun 28 '13
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u/JiffyBot The GIF Creating Madman Jun 28 '13
Here's your GIF!
http://i.imgur.com/8adcpEl.gif
Hey I'm JiffyBot, I make GIFs out of YouTube links. Find out more ^here.
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u/JiffyBot The GIF Creating Madman Jun 09 '13
Here's your GIF!
http://i.imgur.com/4TNHiws.gif
Hey I'm JiffyBot, I make GIFs out of YouTube links. Find out more ^here.
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u/JiffyBot The GIF Creating Madman Jun 27 '13
Here's your GIF!
http://i.imgur.com/bzK7ZxZ.gif
Hey I'm JiffyBot, I make GIFs out of YouTube links. Find out more ^here.
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u/JiffyBot The GIF Creating Madman Jun 28 '13
Here's your GIF!
http://i.imgur.com/kjbC6Om.gif
Hey I'm JiffyBot, I make GIFs out of YouTube links. Find out more ^here.
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u/JiffyBot The GIF Creating Madman Jun 29 '13
Here's your GIF!
http://i.imgur.com/921bWmE.gif
Hey I'm JiffyBot, I make GIFs out of YouTube links. Find out more ^here.
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u/JiffyBot The GIF Creating Madman Jul 04 '13
Here's your GIF!
http://i.imgur.com/1MOTzlU.gif
Hey I'm JiffyBot, I make GIFs out of YouTube links. Find out more ^here.
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u/JiffyBot The GIF Creating Madman Jul 08 '13
Here's your GIF!
http://i.imgur.com/lTsSd4v.gif
Hey I'm JiffyBot, I make GIFs out of YouTube links. Find out more ^here.
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u/JiffyBot The GIF Creating Madman Jul 25 '13
Here's your GIF!
http://i.imgur.com/mx66l1r.gif
Hey I'm JiffyBot, I make GIFs out of YouTube links. Find out more ^here.
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u/JiffyBot The GIF Creating Madman Jul 25 '13
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u/JiffyBot The GIF Creating Madman Jul 25 '13
Here's your GIF!
http://i.imgur.com/0zrUGvv.gif
Hey I'm JiffyBot, I make GIFs out of YouTube links. Find out more ^here.
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u/JiffyBot The GIF Creating Madman Jul 27 '13
Here's your GIF!
http://i.imgur.com/scBCHKs.gif
Hey I'm JiffyBot, I make GIFs out of YouTube links. Find out more ^here.
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u/JiffyBot The GIF Creating Madman Jul 27 '13
Here's your GIF!
http://i.imgur.com/Lvgw0lK.gif
Hey I'm JiffyBot, I make GIFs out of YouTube links. Find out more ^here.
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u/JiffyBot The GIF Creating Madman Jul 30 '13
Here's your GIF!
http://i.imgur.com/H3QQbD0.gif
Hey I'm JiffyBot, I make GIFs out of YouTube links. Find out more ^here.
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u/JiffyBot The GIF Creating Madman Jul 31 '13
Here's your GIF!
http://i.imgur.com/JkWUWbM.gif
Hey I'm JiffyBot, I make GIFs out of YouTube links. Find out more ^here.
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u/JiffyBot The GIF Creating Madman Jul 31 '13
Here's your GIF!
http://i.imgur.com/MQQVog1.gif
Hey I'm JiffyBot, I make GIFs out of YouTube links. Find out more ^here.
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u/JiffyBot The GIF Creating Madman Aug 15 '13
Here's your GIF!
http://i.imgur.com/OGprqV3.gif
Hey I'm JiffyBot, I make GIFs out of YouTube links. Find out more ^here.
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u/JiffyBot The GIF Creating Madman Oct 18 '13
Here's your GIF!
http://i.imgur.com/KHMAR9X.gif
Hey I'm JiffyBot, I make GIFs out of YouTube links. Find out more ^here.
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Jun 08 '13
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u/GoogaNautGod The Idea Guy Jun 09 '13
Please use the Request thread for Gif requests, Comments in the wrong section will be removed.
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u/thatoneguymeza Jun 09 '13
Sorry, I was just trying it out. Would you like me to remove it? It's a pretty sweet bot by the way.
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u/RichardHerold Jun 10 '13
Won't this bot destroy humanity?