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Honestly I find Blender much more offensive as a term, considering it actually comes up in daily life. I never hear anyone say “gimp”. But in context, neither u

by wvbdmp 1y ago

Honestly I find Blender much more offensive as a term, considering it actually comes up in daily life. I never hear anyone say “gimp”. But in context, neither usually bring up the wrong association for me… In general I think naming is a vastly overblown issue. If bike shedders had their way, we would never have names as nondescript as Apple or Amazon, or as obscure as Google, yet they are wildly, unreasonably successful. Gimp’s adoption problem lies elsewhere.

pabs3 1y ago
Never heard any of these meanings of "blender", which one comes up for you? https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Blender https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Blender
- wvbdmp 1y ago
  Sorry lol, it’s apparently a strictly German expression meaning someone who’s all show and no substance. It was late and I got confused there for a second. Anyway, the point on Gimp stands. Although to be fair, a rebrand would hardly do any damage given how deeply unpopular it already is.
Mistletoe 1y ago
I think of the kitchen appliance, not sure where you are going here.
Uehreka 1y ago
So in American English, the term “gimped” refers to someone who has a physical disability, usually affecting the way they walk. This term has largely fallen out of fashion though and isn’t used much anymore unless someone is very deliberately trying to be edgy. Nowadays in America, if someone over the age of 30 (and many people under the age of 30) hear the word “gimp” or more specifically “the gimp”, their mind immediately flashes back to this scene from the incredibly popular movie Pulp Fiction (this clip is not safe for work and depicts sexual assault) https://youtu.be/PcZUjEWFpKs https://youtu.be/PcZUjEWFpKs If you check the first paragraph of the History section of GIMP’s Wikipedia page, you can see that this is not a coincidence, the creators did in fact name it after the character from that clip: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GIMP https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GIMP So no, I don’t think this is an issue of “any interesting name being too controversial”. There are many places you could draw the line before getting to “let’s name our software after the Gimp from Pulp Fiction”.

by wvbdmp 1y ago

pabs3 1y ago

Never heard any of these meanings of "blender", which one comes up for you? https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Blender https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Blender

wvbdmp 1y ago
Sorry lol, it’s apparently a strictly German expression meaning someone who’s all show and no substance. It was late and I got confused there for a second. Anyway, the point on Gimp stands. Although to be fair, a rebrand would hardly do any damage given how deeply unpopular it already is.

Mistletoe 1y ago

I think of the kitchen appliance, not sure where you are going here.

Uehreka 1y ago

So in American English, the term “gimped” refers to someone who has a physical disability, usually affecting the way they walk. This term has largely fallen out of fashion though and isn’t used much anymore unless someone is very deliberately trying to be edgy. Nowadays in America, if someone over the age of 30 (and many people under the age of 30) hear the word “gimp” or more specifically “the gimp”, their mind immediately flashes back to this scene from the incredibly popular movie Pulp Fiction (this clip is not safe for work and depicts sexual assault) https://youtu.be/PcZUjEWFpKs https://youtu.be/PcZUjEWFpKs If you check the first paragraph of the History section of GIMP’s Wikipedia page, you can see that this is not a coincidence, the creators did in fact name it after the character from that clip: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GIMP https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GIMP So no, I don’t think this is an issue of “any interesting name being too controversial”. There are many places you could draw the line before getting to “let’s name our software after the Gimp from Pulp Fiction”.