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Ever wondered how a key opens a lock? Wonder no more. If this is not one of the best animated GIFs I’ve ever seen, I don’t what is. First, because it’s taught me something new. And then, because it’s so satisfying to see it work. Aaaaaah. Oh yes. [soup—Thanks Karl!]
How a Trumpet Works Explained In One Animated GIF
Math + Animated GIF = Nerdgasm
Real Science + Animated GIF = Awesomeness
http://goo.gl/sSSVr
now this is a gif I can get behind.
Each to their own; I (and other commenters, evidently), found it really interesting!
it’s the best gif i’ve seen all year.
I think The Doctor’s gif was just an instinctive instant reply to a Jesus Diaz article.
As I have said before, you are the gif master.
actually i found this Gif useful and interesting, while Gifmodo does tend to overdo the gifs, at least there was a good reason for this one
Torn: the key gif made me say “wow, so THAT’s how it works!” whereas your gif actually made me ‘LOL’.
Score draw?
I love seeing how these work.
Nice, I like (with Borat accent)
Ahhhhh, I see!
While it is a rather nice animation, I can’t help but think that there are better media for compressing a video that short than a 1.7MB GIF file….
Anyone who has played an Elder Scrolls game already knows this
Well that just turned me on… to the girlfriend!!!
Rim or Chubb Detector lock?
are you saying his girlfriend is a chubb?
I’d describe her as a yale.
Although I’ll admit I’ve no idea what I’m talking about at this point.
I really thought it was known by everybody. Well, at least all my “thief’s gild” mates knew it since our first day at work
File under “didn’t know but should’ve kind of worked it out if I’d ever bothered to think about it”.