Texting GIFs just got easier

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Texters tired of words can turn to emoji, but really, those only get you so far. After all, it's 2014 and we're still shockingly deprived of a cheese wedge option.
Thanks to a new app called Blippy, texting GIFs is about to get easier than ever. Blippy installs a custom keyboard in your messaging app with an arsenal of GIFs you've previously selected from an assortment they present to you:

(Blippy)
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Even better is that The Atlantic refers to the GIF-choosing process as "Tinder for GIFs," since you swipe right on the GIF suggestions you want to save and text. If you know which joke you're after, there's a search bar to simplify the process.
Go on, your friends are waiting to hear that you're working on your night cheese.
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Julie Kliegman is a freelance writer based in New York. Her work has appeared in BuzzFeed, Vox, Mental Floss, Paste, the Tampa Bay Times and PolitiFact. Her cats can do somersaults.
