The Most Relatable GIFs of Notable Dictators
An Archive
Below, you will find only the most relatable gifs of your favorite dictators. All of these gifs come from the same website: giphy.com and the link to each gif is below the image, so you can share it with all your friends! This is an archive first and foremost, so I will only chime in occasionally, mostly to define important terms. With all that being said: enjoy your time in the archive and if I miss one of your favorites, be sure to add it in the comments!
Muammar Gaddafi
Bashar al-Assad
According to computational linguist Chi Luu, reaction gifs are “used by certain internet subcultures to respond or react in playful ways to an online discussion.”
Saddam Hussein
Kelli Marshall, a professor at DePaul University, argues that “when the animated gif is removed from a narrative…it is granted a second life.”
Kim Jong-un
A gif can subvert the narrative associated with its subject, says Hampus Hagman, or at least open the source material up to recontextualization.
Fidel Castro
Vladimir Putin
Hagman also argues that taking a detail and extracting it from its original purpose should be viewed as “a form of fetishism.”
“The gif can be regarded,” Hagman continues, “as a way of visualizing this subjective fetishism for a wider public.”
Thank you for stopping by the archive. I hope you’ll check back soon, as I’m sure there will be many new items to come! In the meantime, you can enjoy another one of Castro’s iconic blank stares, Putin receiving an adorable salute from a pigeon, and a “Kim Jong Un Approved” gif.
