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Chris Petrilli

· Föderation EN Mo 17.03.2025 20:09:20

@GIMP fix the name you cowards

Molly B

Föderation EN Mo 17.03.2025 20:56:07

@petrillic They’re proud of it. They think they’re bravely fighting the PC police (I tried to find a term as outdated as their software 😆). Srsly, there are so many better alternatives now--I can’t imagine why anyone still uses it.

Scott Trakker

Föderation EN Mo 17.03.2025 21:57:43

@mjibrower @petrillic

They spent thousands of hours on this release and this is were you come up with? Your comment is very disrespectful. Please visit some other parts of the internet.

Molly B

Föderation EN Mo 17.03.2025 23:27:28

@Scott_Trakker @petrillic Deliberately using a name that is an ableist slur is more disrespectful. And continuing to harass people who call it out is obnoxious.

Korawich Kavee

Föderation EN Di 18.03.2025 01:28:52

@ziacik @mjibrower @Scott_Trakker @petrillic I may be new to this topic or just dont fully understand the problem with the language here. I'm just curious what is wrong with the name

The Witch of Crow Briar

Föderation EN Mo 17.03.2025 23:06:23

@mjibrower @petrillic “…3.0 is released!”
Me: *checks* *name is still a slur* not interested.

Korawich Kavee

Föderation EN Di 18.03.2025 01:30:11

@crowbriarhexe @mjibrower @petrillic so is the word gimp a problem?

Korawich Kavee

Föderation EN Di 18.03.2025 01:46:18

@tankgrrl @crowbriarhexe @mjibrower @petrillic ah I see. I may live oversea now but English is still my second language. I actually never heard the word gimp being used in other context other than the software.

jack

Föderation EN Di 18.03.2025 04:01:07

@kkavee @tankgrrl @crowbriarhexe @mjibrower @petrillic yup, most people have stopped using ableist slurs, but [edit: a sizeable fraction of] the maintainers of this project take pride in it for some reason

don Elías (como los buses) 🥨

Föderation EN Di 18.03.2025 04:21:00

@kkavee

Same happened to me, but the day I learned that word is a slur, I understood that is wrong, and their unwillingness to change means I cannot use nor recommend that software

@tankgrrl @crowbriarhexe @mjibrower @petrillic

ts 🚉

Föderation EN Mo 17.03.2025 21:39:03

@petrillic @GIMP thanks for pointing this out. I honestly hadn’t connected the dots until now. Gotta address the ableism

Scott Trakker

Föderation EN Mo 17.03.2025 21:56:59

@petrillic @GIMP

They spent thousands of hours on this release and this is were you come up with? Your comment is very disrespectful. Please visit some other parts of the internet.

LittleFrank

Föderation EN Mo 17.03.2025 22:29:37

@Scott_Trakker @petrillic @GIMP I think if you're going to respond to everyone who offers criticism, you should at least write an original reply for each one. It's a little disrespectful imho.

Scott Trakker

Föderation EN Mo 17.03.2025 22:32:15

@LittleFrank @petrillic @GIMP

What you wrote is not criticism, but pure negativity. It's not welcome here on Mastodon.

LittleFrank

Föderation EN Mo 17.03.2025 22:34:31

@Scott_Trakker @petrillic @GIMP on the contrary. I was offering a constructive suggestion for improving discourse. I could have simply asked you to spend more time elsewhere on the internet.

Eda

Föderation EN Mo 17.03.2025 22:50:09

@Scott_Trakker @LittleFrank @petrillic @GIMP and you are like a police here, to tell people what they can say on this platform and what not ?

raspberryswirl

Föderation EN Mo 17.03.2025 22:57:20

@Edynho @Scott_Trakker @LittleFrank @petrillic @GIMP social control works. GIMP is great thank you :rainbow_heart:

Becky

Föderation EN Mo 17.03.2025 23:05:06

@Scott_Trakker @LittleFrank @petrillic @GIMP Neither is ableism, but that hasn't stopped anyone from publishing a program that uses an ableist slur for decades.

Why don't you take your tone policing somewhere else?

Föderation · Di 18.03.2025 00:34:21

@Scott_Trakker@mastodon.world @LittleFrank@mas.to @petrillic@hachyderm.io @GIMP@floss.social

Okay, so since I'm not on Mastodon, I can say that ableism is bad, right? Is that how it works?

eltomito

Föderation EN Mo 17.03.2025 23:38:56

@petrillic @GIMP If you really cared about the GIMP name, you'd be doing something about it. You could fork GIMP, rename it to whatever, set up a download site and see for yourself if anyone really cares about the name. If you cant do it yourself, you could pay someone or raise funds for someone to do it. It isn't all that much work. But no. Instead, all you do is bitch. That leads me to believe that all you really want to do is bitch.

Joe

Föderation EN Mo 17.03.2025 23:48:13

@petrillic @GIMP There's a relatively easy fix: they could call it GNU IMP, meaning that the full name remains the same (GNU Image Manipulation Program) and only the offensive acronym is dropped.

Panicky_Patzer

Föderation EN Di 18.03.2025 02:46:24

@not2b @petrillic @GIMP

I just pronounce it with a soft G. Problem solved.