Nobodylovesme.gif

This is a retake of the .GIF/IMHAPPY.gif creepypasta. Written by LloydMedia/MyNameIsLloyd.
“nobodylovesme.gif” is the name of a GIF file of an animated smiley face, with it’s eyes closed and a love heart near its face, moving from left to right, as black text could be seen on the bottom saying “Spread some love today!”. 
The GIF was originally shared on 4chan’s /b/ board in the late 2000’s, and was sporadically spammed on a few Facebook pages during the years of 2010-2013. 
At first, the GIF wasn’t given too much attention, until anonymous users on the /b/ and /x/ boards on 4chan starting talking about how “strange shit” would start happening if you looked at the GIF for more than 5 minutes, the background would fade to black as the face’s expression quickly changed without warning; it’s happy demeanor and sickeningly friendly smile turned into an irate frown.
The users then recalled how after 7 minutes of looking at the GIF, with no warning whatsoever, images started to flash on screen. Some of these images were harmless and contained pictures of cute kittens in baskets, some were just basic eyestraining colors, and some images contained graphic imagery of dead animals, dead bodies and horrific, mutilated faces, added on for nothing more than useless shock value. This would last for a grueling minute, before the words “NOBODYLOVESME” would appear on screen. 
After this discovery was made, a thread was later posted on /x/ talking about the GIF. One of these users went on to recall how they converted the GIF into a MP4 file, and when they had the grave mispleasure of pausing on one of the more gorier images, they were so disgusted they vomited all over their carpet. Another user even claimed that they had photosensitive epilepsy, and how the flashing images were so extreme that they had to be hospitalized. 
This would all lead up to the creator of the thread, who labeled themselves as “Derek”, making a post stating how they would investigate the GIF’s origins and try to find the creator, and stating that they would periodically update the thread, only to go radio silent. Many people would try to contact Derek, pestering him to post something, to see if he was okay, but Derek still said nothing.
Then, on January 2nd, 2013, Derek broke the silence, and sent one final message. 
“nobody loves me…..spread the word and pray that HE doesnt come for you”  
Category:Internet
Category:4chan
Category:Mystery
Category:Computers and Internet
Category:Retake
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