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I'm curious if this is an age thing? I'm in my early 40s, and I cant stand animated gifs, I find that I have to close my eyes if they are in a presentation, or move them off the page in a website like the OP.

But I see younger people making presentations at work that are littered with animations. To me it looks extremely unprofessional (both from the distraction and the usual childish nature of the images themselves), but its common enough that it's clearly within mainstream norms.

[leephillips]

No, it’s not just your young age. Old people like me can’t stand them, either.

[lights0123]

High schooler here. In a presentation is fine because you're mainly listening to the speaker, but it's very distracting in a written article.

[Barrin92]

In my late 20s, I can do one or two in a presentation or at the top or bottom of an article, but within an article they're truly an eyesore and really mess with my ability to actually concentrate on text.