corbin@infosec.pub to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 7 months agoThe problem with GIMPwww.spacebar.newsexternal-linkmessage-square92fedilinkarrow-up198arrow-down14cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected]
arrow-up194arrow-down1external-linkThe problem with GIMPwww.spacebar.newscorbin@infosec.pub to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square92fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected]
minus-squareDavidDoesLemmy@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up8·7 months agoI guess you can’t quantify how much the name has helped it. How many people remember it because of its quirky name. Without knowing both numbers it’s hard to know if it’s a net positive or negative.
minus-squareMartineski@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25·7 months agoMeanwhile I still don’t know what gimp is besides it being a graphics software.
minus-squareLiz@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·7 months agoA gimp is any of the following: A cripple A particular kind of BDSM role Twisted silk, worsted, or cotton with cord or wire running through it, used chiefly as upholstery trimming. (in lacemaking) coarser thread which forms the outline of the design in some techniques. fishing line made of silk bound with wire. The last three I got from the internet.
minus-squareMint@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkarrow-up12·7 months agoGimp is a slur for people with physical disabilities in the UK at least
minus-squareLiz@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 months agoIt’s kinda a slur in the US in the sense that people claim it’s a slur, but I’ve never heard anyone actually use it that way.
minus-squareMartineski@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·7 months agoOk, now the name is actually weird.
minus-squarereka@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 months ago“Eww, like the coarser thread which forms the outline of the design in some lacemaking techniques!? That is just a bit gross don’t you think?”
I guess you can’t quantify how much the name has helped it. How many people remember it because of its quirky name. Without knowing both numbers it’s hard to know if it’s a net positive or negative.
Meanwhile I still don’t know what gimp is besides it being a graphics software.
A gimp is any of the following:
The last three I got from the internet.
Gimp is a slur for people with physical disabilities in the UK at least
It’s kinda a slur in the US in the sense that people claim it’s a slur, but I’ve never heard anyone actually use it that way.
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Ok, now the name is actually weird.
“Eww, like the coarser thread which forms the outline of the design in some lacemaking techniques!? That is just a bit gross don’t you think?”
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