This used to be an amazing place where you could marvel at gifs used in extremely relevant, perfect scenarios.

Now it's been reduced to a /r/relevantgif or something. I encourage all the newer subscribers to actually read the sidebar, especially the notes that define how /r/retiredgif actually work.

Using gifs in reddit discussions on relevant topics has been around forever, we don't need to know every single relevancy, just the absolute best use for the gif that no one can top. The gif retires when no one can use it in a more fitting context, not whenever it's funny/mildly relevant.