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JFAULKEN™
Joe

@jfaulken @georgebaily @GIMP Yes, it's long overdue. The least disruptive name change would be to call it GNU IMP.

yesterday at 22:54 | Open on sfba.social
0xThylacine

@not2b @jfaulken @georgebaily @GIMP 💯 this.

When they change the name, I'll boost everything with that new name. (I've - I suspect like many - used this software for well over 2 decades and it is my goto image editing app - until I switched from CaptureOne to DarkTable, I used it to add the copyright to every one of my posted photos).

Until then, they will only hear radio silence from this account.

The ball is in their court.

today at 4:15 | Open on photog.social
techpengu
Joe
techpengu

@not2b @georgebaily @GIMP But a word can have different meaning right?

Even the dictionary listed four different meaning.
As long not being used for a context of insulting, that should be okay, right?

As an Indonesian, I don't get your mindset. People in SEAsia can simply accept that an exact word can have bad meaning while others interprete it neutral or even positive, mitigating any unnecessary cultural clash.

I guess that's typical weird Western mindset of cultural purity ┐⁠(⁠￣⁠ヘ⁠￣⁠)⁠┌

@not2b @georgebaily @GIMP But a word can have different meaning right?

Even the dictionary listed four different meaning.
As long not being used for a context of insulting, that should be okay, right?

As an Indonesian, I don't get your mindset. People in SEAsia can simply accept that an exact word can have bad meaning while others interprete it neutral or even positive, mitigating any unnecessary cultural clash.

today at 0:14 | Open on mastodon.social
Joe

@techpengu @georgebaily @GIMP Notice the order. The most common meaning is listed first. I have a lot of respect for the project and the program, but the name is not the best. I suggested GNU IMP as it then still expands to GNU Image Manipulation Program. There are other possibilities.

today at 0:55 | Open on sfba.social
techpengu

@not2b @georgebaily @GIMP The order is still biased on region, right?

English these days becomes such a global language to the point each region makes it own rules and meaning.

In English Asia, Singaporean English, or Malaysian English, gimp as a slur is simply irrelevant.

Forcing American or British English as the default is racist.

today at 1:04 | Open on mastodon.social
Ryan Dormanesh

@techpengu @not2b @georgebaily @GIMP Forget the order, NONE of the definitions have anything relevant to the program. Also please watch the film Pulp Fiction, it was a major release in the 90s with viewers across the globe, and anyone who has seen it has a horrible horrible character brought to mind by this name.

today at 2:53 | Open on mastodon.gamedev.place
Alma

@techpengu maksudnya si George, Joe itu sama aja kaya pakai kata "lonte" terus itu dijadiin nama aplikasi 😂. Banyak native english-speaker gak suka nama "GIMP" karena itu emang culturally gak enak didengar dan bermakna negatif.

Kalau kamu mikir "artiin suatu kata dalam english = rasis" itu gak benar. Rasis darimana? Toh kalau misalkan ada app buatan bule yang pakai nama "kont*l", kamu sebagai orang indo mungkin gak bakalan suka karena bagimu culturally itu bermakna jelek.

today at 7:10 | Open on social.vivaldi.net
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