#TIL

PooltoyWolf had a quick thing to say said Tue, Apr 2nd 2019 at 12:15am ET

Today I learned the giphy and image commands post random results. I always thought it posted the first or most relevant result for the given keywords. I learned this the hard way when editing a post to add text to a GIF. Go figure!

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narfcake said Tue, Apr 2nd 2019 at 1:18am ET:

While /giphy is random, /image actually does pull the same primary result every time.

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- /giphy pool toy wolf
  
  /image pool toy wolf
  
  narfcake said Tue, Apr 2nd 2019 at 1:19am ET
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- /giphy pool toy wolf
  
  /image pool toy wolf
  
  narfcake said Tue, Apr 2nd 2019 at 1:19am ET
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- /giphy pool toy wolf
  
  /image pool toy wolf
  
  narfcake said Tue, Apr 2nd 2019 at 1:19am ET
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- @narfcake
  
  /image pooltoywolf 2
  
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  Hmm. Thought that was supposed to bring up different images.
  
  f00l said Tue, Apr 2nd 2019 at 1:25pm ET
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ruouttaurmind said Tue, Apr 2nd 2019 at 12:55am ET:

True story.

If I am not satisfied with giphy’s selection (almost always) I’ll keep hitting the edit button until giphy finally offers a result somewhat relevant to the text string.

Sometimes I’ll go through a dozen or more before I finally give up and do a Google gif search and just upload it manually.

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- @ruouttaurmind I’ve run out of edit time trying to get a decent image.
  
  blaineg said Wed, Apr 3rd 2019 at 1:55pm ET
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- @ruouttaurmind - I’m impressed that you GET a dozen or more results - giphy usually only cycles through about five images for me.
  
  aetris said Tue, Apr 9th 2019 at 7:57am ET
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llangley said Mon, Apr 8th 2019 at 8:47pm ET:

TIL: from today’s Jeopardy

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- @llangley marginal?
  
  moonhat said Tue, Apr 9th 2019 at 1:00am ET
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- @moonhat nope…it was…
  
  MEDIOCRE
  
  llangley said Tue, Apr 9th 2019 at 7:32am ET
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- @llangley - there’s an idea - Meh real estate. Call it: MediAcre.
  
  aetris said Tue, Apr 9th 2019 at 8:02am ET
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- @aetris shhhh, don’t give 'em any ideas! We’d trudge halfway up some godforsaken mountain only to find this:
  
  llangley said Tue, Apr 9th 2019 at 9:26am ET
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- @llangley oh man. I can’t believe I didn’t get that correct! Sheesh
  
  moonhat said Tue, Apr 9th 2019 at 10:04am ET
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- @moonhat lol, I didn’t come up with it from the clue, either!
  
  llangley said Tue, Apr 9th 2019 at 12:36pm ET
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medz said Tue, Apr 2nd 2019 at 9:55am ET:

/image pool toy wolf animated

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mfladd said Tue, Apr 2nd 2019 at 12:47am ET:

;)~

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- @mfladd This show was awesome.
  
  zinimusprime said Wed, Apr 3rd 2019 at 11:26am ET
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- FOOLS! TOOLS! JEWELS! AWESOME!
  
  mediocrebot said Wed, Apr 3rd 2019 at 11:26am ET
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medz said Tue, Apr 2nd 2019 at 9:55am ET:

/image pool toy wolf gif

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Cerridwyn said Tue, Apr 2nd 2019 at 1:19pm ET:

Get the giphy add on to browser and then you can choose

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OnionSoup said Thu, Apr 4th 2019 at 11:17am ET:

Sorry.

Kinda…

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llangley said Thu, Apr 4th 2019 at 11:06am ET:

If this topic is one for add-ons (and your subsequent enlightenment or mockery):

TIL: merkins

Thanks a lot, @OnionSoup…

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