• @hperrin@lemmy.ca
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    721 days ago

    We honestly should rename GIMP. It’s a bad name. I think a new and better acronym would substantially improve brand recognition. Something like:

    Free Utility for Creative Kits, Brushes, Overlays, & Imaging

    FUCKBOI

    • Rentlar
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      21 days ago

      Free FOSS Utility for Creative Kits Brushes, Overlays, & Imaging

      You forgot that for whatever reason we have to have an acronym in our acronym.

    • @ssfckdt@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      021 days ago

      There was a fork that did nothing but replace the name and graphics to GLIMPSE

      The gimp oss community is really fucking rabid about NOT EVER changing the name

              • How do you come to that conclusion? He was a guy in a full on latex-BDSM suit on a leash, that they kept in a box in the basement.

                We don’t learn much about his character or mental ability in the movie. It is much more likely, that he was called a gimp in the BDSM sense, that is also mentioned in the Wiktionary entry that was linked here.

                • @ssfckdt@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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                  118 days ago

                  pretty sure that use of the term originated with that exact movie scene.

                  There’s also a point where the gimp tries to speak and it’s pretty clear he has at least a speech impediment if not a mental disability.