Thinking back on all the cultural patrimony lost during 2015, there’s at least one thing that’s still glimmering with hope: Blingee. While this year saw ISIS plow through irreplaceable ancient cities, right-wing vandalism of artwork in Russia and France, and countless pieces of important architecture felled by asshole developers—I’m looking at you David S. Brown, destroyer of the singular, gorgeous Mechanic Theater—the GIF-making site Blingee faced deletion but managed to stay alive.
Let’s celebrate this small victory by reveling in the shamelessly trashy vernacular GIFs that wish us all a sexy new year:
