The International Olympics Committee (IOC) is infamously uptight and a little insane when it comes to the Olympics brand. They’ve\u00a0taken legal action against everyone from the mom-and-pop\u00a0Olympia Pizza &\u00a0Pasta Restaurant, to a gay chatline logo full of shirtless men that the IOC said resembled imagery of shirtless Olympic athletes too much. This year the IOC’s […]<\/p>\n","post_shortcode":null,"post_slider_height":"400","post_content":"
The International Olympics Committee (IOC) is infamously uptight<\/a> and a little insane when it comes to the Olympics brand. They’ve\u00a0taken legal action against everyone from the mom-and-pop\u00a0Olympia Pizza &\u00a0Pasta Restaurant,<\/em> to a gay chatline logo full of shirtless men that the IOC said resembled imagery of shirtless Olympic athletes too much.<\/p>\n This year the IOC’s lunacy is the declaration that making GIFS of any Olympic events, be it the actual games or opening\/closing ceremonies, is verboten. Rather than just accept this ridiculous\u00a0decree the ‘Net fought back…through the power of GIFS!!!<\/p>\n Twitter users commented and live tweeted on the opening ceremony by swapping out GIFS of the event with humorous reaction GIFS, here’s some of the best (note you’ll have to hit the play button to see them in their glory):<\/p>\n People seemed to get a kick out of supermodel and Brazilian beauty Giselle B\u00fcndchen’s long, long, very slow journey to the stage. We can’t show you the absurd footage but….<\/p>\n Gisele at #OpeningCeremony<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/guz1FE88at<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 BenchWarmers (@BeWarmers) August 5, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n