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> I can't realistically use an app called "GIMP" at work even if I was personally comfortable with it. What kind of work do you do?

by neolog 6y ago

CharlesW 6y ago
I work at a technology company that knows what apps people run on their computers, but even if I didn't I would no more use an app called "GIMP" than I would one called "FAG". The name is pretty offensive IMHO.
- corty 6y ago
  all the ball bearings in my car have FAG written on them. My car runs on FAGs. Get over it... To me this kind of discussion always sounds like americans are all a bunch of school teachers trying to prevent their bunch of 10year-olds from giggling. Which, when applied to adults, is a very childish thing to do...
- enriquto 6y ago
  This argument is ridiculous. In my language, PIXAR means literally "to pee". This leads to inevitably to a couple of jokes when you start talking about this company, and then it stops forever. I'd still be happy to work for this company regardless of its name. There's thousands of languages in this world. Any word or acronym that you come bay will be likely "offensive" in several of them. It does not really matter. Most people in the world are not native english speakers and "Gimp" means nothing to them.
mastazi 6y ago
I'm not parent but probably they work in a corporate environment where you have to talk to someone about what apps you're going to have installed on your machine and get them approved. Based on my experience it's quite common at companies over a few hundreds employees. If the company is publicly traded, then you're almost guaranteed having to go through that because of regulatory concerns (I'm in Australia, it may vary by country)
- coliveira 6y ago
  Say it is the GNU image manipulation app.
  - lionkor 6y ago
    this sounds so stallman
- distances 6y ago
  I'd find it very weird if there was some platform team member responsible for app installations who's not familiar with GIMP.
gaius_baltar 6y ago
> > I can't realistically use an app called "GIMP" at work even if I was personally comfortable with it. > What kind of work do you do? I would assume that the parent poster works with a bunch of high schoollers and other folks that can't understand the concept of a word having several meanings -- specially when acronyms are involved.

> I can't realistically use an app called "GIMP" at work even if I was personally comfortable with it. What kind of work do you do?

by neolog 6y ago

> I can't realistically use an app called "GIMP" at work even if I was personally comfortable with it. What kind of work do you do?

CharlesW 6y ago

I work at a technology company that knows what apps people run on their computers, but even if I didn't I would no more use an app called "GIMP" than I would one called "FAG". The name is pretty offensive IMHO.

corty 6y ago
all the ball bearings in my car have FAG written on them. My car runs on FAGs. Get over it... To me this kind of discussion always sounds like americans are all a bunch of school teachers trying to prevent their bunch of 10year-olds from giggling. Which, when applied to adults, is a very childish thing to do...
enriquto 6y ago
This argument is ridiculous. In my language, PIXAR means literally "to pee". This leads to inevitably to a couple of jokes when you start talking about this company, and then it stops forever. I'd still be happy to work for this company regardless of its name. There's thousands of languages in this world. Any word or acronym that you come bay will be likely "offensive" in several of them. It does not really matter. Most people in the world are not native english speakers and "Gimp" means nothing to them.

mastazi 6y ago

I'm not parent but probably they work in a corporate environment where you have to talk to someone about what apps you're going to have installed on your machine and get them approved. Based on my experience it's quite common at companies over a few hundreds employees. If the company is publicly traded, then you're almost guaranteed having to go through that because of regulatory concerns (I'm in Australia, it may vary by country)

coliveira 6y ago
Say it is the GNU image manipulation app.
- lionkor 6y ago
  this sounds so stallman
distances 6y ago
I'd find it very weird if there was some platform team member responsible for app installations who's not familiar with GIMP.

gaius_baltar 6y ago

> > I can't realistically use an app called "GIMP" at work even if I was personally comfortable with it. > What kind of work do you do? I would assume that the parent poster works with a bunch of high schoollers and other folks that can't understand the concept of a word having several meanings -- specially when acronyms are involved.