The repeating images produced by both GIFs and zoetropes, Baraniuk argues, are similar in that they’re “devoid of a true beginning and end,” dislodged from time in a mesmerizing and vaguely ...

From there, GIFs from Loops can be shared within Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, Instagram, Pinterest, Tumblr, and other texting and email clients. Gfycat’s database of moving images is a growing one.

From 12 minutes to Deathloop to Outer Wilds, time loop games are having a real moment right now. And that’s not even mentioning all the TV shows and movies dipping their toe into the time stream.

If you’ve ever wanted a GIF to complete the masterpiece that is your Tinder profile, your time is now. The company announced today that it’s officially rolling out Loops, or looping two-second ...

So, right now, at the top of the charts, we find a selection of fine VMA GIFs to help you understand what happened last night, and so, so many boy band loops.

Here’s one of their art-GIFs, made graspable (then turned back into a GIF!): The finished product, in all its sharable-ness, may resemble trading cards. It turns out that was exactly the point.

This video loop won’t actually teach you how to make monkey bread—for that, you’ll need to go to the food website 12 Tomatoes.