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I honestly need help understanding why you'd like to rename GIMP.
by senux 5y ago
I honestly need help understanding why you'd like to rename GIMP.
- superdisk 5y agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bondage_suit https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bondage_suit
- Ancapistani 5y agoI don’t the the BDSM connotation is the main issue. It’s a slur for “disabled person”.
- anthk 5y agoLiterally the 90% of the world is not aware of that context and if they are tech savy they'll know Gimp as the graphics editor and nothing more.
- Ancapistani 5y agoI don’t think either of us have solid evidence of how widespread the term is, but intuitively I would expect it to be much more than 10% of native English-speakers.
- gryn 5y agogimp: cripple / derogatory term for disabled person.
- titanomachy 5y agoExactly, and I'd put "gimp" even further up the offensiveness scale than "cripple".
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