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I'm not a native English speaker and the name Gimp says nothing to me, so honestly I couldn't care less.

by ciupicri 2y ago

romwell 2y ago
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- pezezin 2y ago
  I just did and all the results are related to this software, so what is your point?
  - romwell 2y ago
    >I just did and all the results are related to this software, so what is your point? My point in this case would be that you're either blind or lying if you don't get any BDSM costume pictures mixed in. Or, at best, that Google gave you personalized search results that aren't what people see when they do the same search. Try doing it from a private window / a friend's machine. Also, look up "GIMP suite" (suite is not uncommon to refer to software packages). Have fun.
    - ciupicri 2y ago
      > if you don't get any BDSM costume pictures I'm just going to leave these here: - "Cute girl wearing a Free BSD costume" (https://www.flickr.com/photos/jeffpro/3457647802 https://www.flickr.com/photos/jeffpro/3457647802) - [FreeBSD] Daemonette costume (https://people.freebsd.org/~wpaul/daemonette/ https://people.freebsd.org/~wpaul/daemonette/)
      - romwell 2y ago
        >I'm just going to leave these here: "Cute girl wearing a Free BSD costume" Please leave your nonsense elsewhere, and don't pollute this forum with cliches devoid of thought. If you have a point to make, do so, and figure it out before you say it. In any case: a "gimp suit" only means one thing, it has always meant that one thing, before GIMP-the-software was a thing. This doesn't apply to "things you left here", so please put them where they belong. This is why searches for GIMP will inevitably land on BDSM imagery. A teacher that tells kids to "use gimp" (or, Cthulhu forbid, the GIMP suite) is risking their job no matter how many things you suggestively leave around.
brylie 2y ago
I understand that slang and curse words may not be as jarring or impactful to non-native speakers. I hear Finnish curse words regularly and they don’t bother so much. My concern is that non-native speakers still use dictionaries and search engines, so easily learn about the meanings of words. Additionally, I’ve tried to promote the GIMP in educational environments but the fact remains that teachers and parents are often averse to using the name.
nucleardog 2y ago
Well, if for any reason you went "hey, what the hell does that mean" and decided to look it up: - (informal offensive) an unpleasant or stupid person: - (informal offensive) a person with a physical disability, especially one that affects someone's legs - (informal) a limp (= a way of walking slowly and with difficulty because of having an injured or painful leg or foot ) - a person who gets sexual pleasure from being hurt or treated badly (https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/gimp https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/gimp) And it's not like this is super obscure or anything. The "most influential film of the 90s", Pulp Fiction, literally had a character that was "the gimp". This is pretty mainstream. This is along the lines of "Hey co-worker, I found the best text editor the other day. It's called pizdă, you should give it a try! Pizdă seems like it would help you!" But hey, GIMP is taking it back (https://www.gimp.org/docs/userfaq.html#i-dont-like-the-name-gimp-will-you-change-it https://www.gimp.org/docs/userfaq.html#i-dont-like-the-name-...) any day now. It's only been 25+ years. Any day now.

I'm not a native English speaker and the name Gimp says nothing to me, so honestly I couldn't care less.

romwell 2y ago

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pezezin 2y ago
I just did and all the results are related to this software, so what is your point?
- romwell 2y ago
  >I just did and all the results are related to this software, so what is your point? My point in this case would be that you're either blind or lying if you don't get any BDSM costume pictures mixed in. Or, at best, that Google gave you personalized search results that aren't what people see when they do the same search. Try doing it from a private window / a friend's machine. Also, look up "GIMP suite" (suite is not uncommon to refer to software packages). Have fun.
  - ciupicri 2y ago
    > if you don't get any BDSM costume pictures I'm just going to leave these here: - "Cute girl wearing a Free BSD costume" (https://www.flickr.com/photos/jeffpro/3457647802 https://www.flickr.com/photos/jeffpro/3457647802) - [FreeBSD] Daemonette costume (https://people.freebsd.org/~wpaul/daemonette/ https://people.freebsd.org/~wpaul/daemonette/)
    - romwell 2y ago
      >I'm just going to leave these here: "Cute girl wearing a Free BSD costume" Please leave your nonsense elsewhere, and don't pollute this forum with cliches devoid of thought. If you have a point to make, do so, and figure it out before you say it. In any case: a "gimp suit" only means one thing, it has always meant that one thing, before GIMP-the-software was a thing. This doesn't apply to "things you left here", so please put them where they belong. This is why searches for GIMP will inevitably land on BDSM imagery. A teacher that tells kids to "use gimp" (or, Cthulhu forbid, the GIMP suite) is risking their job no matter how many things you suggestively leave around.

brylie 2y ago

I understand that slang and curse words may not be as jarring or impactful to non-native speakers. I hear Finnish curse words regularly and they don’t bother so much. My concern is that non-native speakers still use dictionaries and search engines, so easily learn about the meanings of words. Additionally, I’ve tried to promote the GIMP in educational environments but the fact remains that teachers and parents are often averse to using the name.

nucleardog 2y ago

Well, if for any reason you went "hey, what the hell does that mean" and decided to look it up: - (informal offensive) an unpleasant or stupid person: - (informal offensive) a person with a physical disability, especially one that affects someone's legs - (informal) a limp (= a way of walking slowly and with difficulty because of having an injured or painful leg or foot ) - a person who gets sexual pleasure from being hurt or treated badly (https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/gimp https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/gimp) And it's not like this is super obscure or anything. The "most influential film of the 90s", Pulp Fiction, literally had a character that was "the gimp". This is pretty mainstream. This is along the lines of "Hey co-worker, I found the best text editor the other day. It's called pizdă, you should give it a try! Pizdă seems like it would help you!" But hey, GIMP is taking it back (https://www.gimp.org/docs/userfaq.html#i-dont-like-the-name-gimp-will-you-change-it https://www.gimp.org/docs/userfaq.html#i-dont-like-the-name-...) any day now. It's only been 25+ years. Any day now.