Just found out that the Gimp alternative “Pinta” shares its name with a rare human skin disease caused by infection with the spirochete treponema carateum (apparently). Which of course is miles better than sharing it with a slur for disabled people, but still not the best SSO.
It’s something you might have called someone with a physical disability on the school yard in the 90s but I have not heard anyone use it in that way in a long long time
Because it’s not commonly used that way. If we avoided anything that had at some time been used as a slur, we’d only have about 3 names to pick from. (Of course I exaggerate, but it’s better than saying “it would retard growth”, isn’t it?)
Just found out that the Gimp alternative “Pinta” shares its name with a rare human skin disease caused by infection with the spirochete treponema carateum (apparently). Which of course is miles better than sharing it with a slur for disabled people, but still not the best SSO.
I’ve never heard gimp used that eay luckily, only the sexual slave fetish thing.
Pinta is more of a paint.NET alternative than a gimp alternative
https://skiesofarcadia.fandom.com/wiki/Pinta's_Quest
Also The GIMP is not named after a slur, don’t be ridiculous.
Things don’t have to be named after things to sound offensive to people if they have phonetically the same name.
That’s true but it’s also not really worth very much.
Huh? Which software?
Gimp is a slur apparently
It’s something you might have called someone with a physical disability on the school yard in the 90s but I have not heard anyone use it in that way in a long long time
I’ve never seen it used as well, hence the “apparently”.
Even wiktionary lists this as Etymology 2 with little explanations
Unfortunately GNU Image Manipulation Program, when shortened to its 4-letter acronym and common name, is also a slur against people with disabilities.
The developers didn’t name it after the slur on purpose, but they also refuse to change it for some reason :/
I always thought it was named after the character from Sex
Is that a movie called Sex? Pretty sure the developers didn’t know about that either
Yes, a whole franchise actually. Very popular online. Many of the films star the Gimp
Can you link the IMDb? ;)
Should have at least been GNUIMP. Maybe people would have used it.
Why not just GIP Gnu Image Program? Manipulation is honestly kind of a given.
yeah that’s way cleaner. Student me would have used it just to not be using photoshop or ms paint
Because it’s not commonly used that way. If we avoided anything that had at some time been used as a slur, we’d only have about 3 names to pick from. (Of course I exaggerate, but it’s better than saying “it would retard growth”, isn’t it?)
Maybe people don’t say it around you. I’ve heard it, especially as a verb.
Thats also the spanish word for a pint!🍻
And a finnish word for surface or coating.
Pinta is more like a fancy paint alternative.
It has layers but it way more accessable than gimp