If you spend enough time looking for a “GIF of the Day” several days a week, you’re bound to stumble down some weird rabbit holes online. Trust me, I have seen many a GIF that cannot be unseen.
By comparison to so many GIF repositories out there, the originally-titled German GIF website “animated-animations.de” is fairly innocuous. It just kinda has a charming web2.0 vibe and lots of watermarked CGI images for free download.
But the longer I look at this laughing/grimacing smiley face, the more disturbing I find it. What’s up with that dimple? Where is his body? Is he ROFLOL or in pain because he’s toppled and can’t right himself without limbs attached to his flailing appendages? I’m reminded of that compassion test, with the tortoise on its back baking in the desert sun.
Here all we can do is watch.
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