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[–] 133 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Idk abt GIMP but hard agree about Gnome. Whenever someone uses a human foot as a logo = certified sex freak.

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  • [–] 22 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    sometimes a footprint represents humanity

    sometimes, but in GNOME's case i think it is not intended to be a human foot but rather the foot of a mythological creature (a gnome). note that it has a squashed aspect ratio compared to a human foot, and also has only four toes.

    apparently it's also problematic in some cultures: https://wiki.gnome.org/Engagement/FootAndCulturalIssue

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  • [–] 32 points 1 year ago

    My pro open-source teacher in HS pushed for all of us to use the handful of Linux computers and recommended GIMP over Photoshop. He even said we can download GIMP at home for free.

    Back then, searching for GIMP gave you bondage suits.

    And because we were immature fuckwads, we played real hard into that joke, to a point where the principal had to send a letter to parents about how to actually find free open-source software with links.

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    [–] 108 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    I always thought it was a clever sex pervert acronym for

    Graphic

    Image

    Manipulation

    Program

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  • [–] 96 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    And we're pronouncing it JIMP?

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  • [–] 78 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    Its actually GNU image manipulation program, so pretty much.

    Or "Green Is My Pepper" if you ask RMS...

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  • [–] 94 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I've come to think of it as a (really) good thing - no financially motivated tech megacorp is gonna sell a monthly "sub to Gimp".

    (Tho a clothes rental company might.)

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    [–] 80 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    YouTube apparently censors "GIMP"

    Screenshot of PewDiePie introducing GIMP, presented by Brodie Robertson

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  • [–] 56 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Bet they couldn’t even find the cli terminal.

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    [–] 47 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    Virgin Media would like a word

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  • [–] 16 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    I knew they were British, so I always assumed it had something to do with the whole Virgin Queen thing(it was and is a nickname for Elizabeth the first) or something like that, but it was apparently because they considered themselves virgins in business when they started their first record store.

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  • [–] 72 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    See, most people have no clue that "gimp" is a sex thing. They just see it as a funny-sounding acronym. In an actual work meeting, the people who do know wouldn't say anything about it to avoid being seen as the weird ones.

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