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Gimp is a great idea but is a non-starter because of the incredibly disturbing name. I've never heard of photopea before today, but I'm sure glad there's a good
by FredPret 4y ago
Gimp is a great idea but is a non-starter because of the incredibly disturbing name. I've never heard of photopea before today, but I'm sure glad there's a good alternative.
Edit: here’s what gimp means:
https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=gimp https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=gimp
1. Derogatory term for disabled person
2. Insult meaning stupid person
3. Male sex slave
Could they possibly have picked a worse name? “Poor taste” is a huge understatement
- prmoustache 4y agoSo you can't use a software because of its name? It would be offensive if that word was refering to someone. It doesn't. It refered initially to "General Image Manipulation Program" and now to "Gnu Image Manipulation Program". It is litterally in the front page of the Gimp website. It is an acronym.
- bearmode 4y agoYeah but if there was a program called HITLER, NAZI, CRIPPLE or what have you, even if their names were acronyms, would you really not think twice about using it?
- prmoustache 4y agoCongrats from reaching godwin point so early. The former 2 are not really the same scale as they refer to real events that occured, an ideology and agenda. I don't think I would be annoyed by a software called cripple, especially if it also stands for something else through the acronym., I would probably take it as a joke on the potentially beta status of the software at some point in its life. Again it is not targetting anyone in particular, unlike the former 2.