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It is also something you call disabled people when you want to be really insulting. It doesn't matter one bit that you didn't mean it to mean that, that meaning
by user-the-name 6y ago
It is also something you call disabled people when you want to be really insulting. It doesn't matter one bit that you didn't mean it to mean that, that meaning still exists, and it's still what people see when they see the name.
It is an absolutely awful name.
- h2odragon 6y ago> It doesn't matter one bit that you didn't mean it to mean that If that's the case, the offense exists totally in another no matter my actions... is it not something that other needs address, not society or myself? If you want to take things that way; why can't the GIMP be a beacon of hope and inspiration for the disabled? Despite being crippled by the UI it still serves legions well and faithfully.
- user-the-name 6y agoBecause no part of it presents itself that way. All it does is take a slur and use it as the name, and make no further comment on it whatsoever.
- will4274 6y ago> It is also something you call disabled people when you want to be really insulting Is it? I know some folks will point to a dictionary, but we live in a post truth world. It's odd to me that I've seemingly encountered every other usage of gimp, either personally or in media, but never an offensive usage. A horse with a gimp leg in the wheel of time, gimp the string at summer camp arts and crafts, a gimp suit in the tv show Archer, and gimp the image editing program as a teen. Language fundamentally means what we think it means - if nobody uses gimp as an offensive word, it's not offensive. Have you ever heard it used offensively? If personally so, can I ask where (what county / cultural context)? If in media, can you name the work?
- gilrain 6y agoYes. In person, referring to someone with a limp. They were implying that said person would be unable to attend a hike (they were wrong).