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Harvey Randall

Mighty allfather of FPS games and co-creator of Doom John Romero decrees that 'gib' is pronounced in the most upsetting way possible

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Do you remember that debate a while back over how one pronounces "gif"? You know, those funny little moving pictures your mate on Discord sends you at 3AM to inflict psychic damage on you. Fortunately, nobody's arguing about that at all anymore. 

This lie I tell myself is now being joined by a memory I shall, henceforth, forever repress—John Romero, id Software co-founder and co-creator of a little first person shooter called Doom—has decreed that FPS lingo "gib" (to blow someone to smithereens, such as their body breaks into bloody giblets) is pronounced in a way I simply cannot abide.

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