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   Korawich Kavee (kkavee@urbanists.social)'s status on Wednesday, 19-Mar-2025 10:13:27 JST Korawich Kavee

   • Chris Petrilli
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   @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.

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     Ethan Black (golemwire@social.librem.one)'s status on Wednesday, 19-Mar-2025 10:13:21 JST Ethan Black

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     @jackeric @0xDEADBEEF @ewerybody @kkavee @tankgrrl @crowbriarhexe @mjibrower @petrillic
     The acronym "GIMP" happens to coincide with the fringe/slang insult "gimp". That's it.
     They can change the name if they want, but there's no need as there's nothing about the GIMP software that insults disabled people.
     Do a web search for "gimp" and you'll find what "gimp" most likely means in real life!

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     jack (jackeric@beige.party)'s status on Wednesday, 19-Mar-2025 10:13:23 JST jack

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     @0xDEADBEEF @ewerybody @kkavee @tankgrrl @crowbriarhexe @mjibrower @petrillic are you folks incapable of reading the link two or three posts upthread
     https://hachyderm.io/@tankgrrl/114180650231770761

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     ëRiC (ewerybody@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 19-Mar-2025 10:13:24 JST ëRiC

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     @jackeric @kkavee @tankgrrl @crowbriarhexe @mjibrower @petrillic Do they? 🤔
     I would think it raised a chuckle once 26 years ago and now it's kept for historic reasons. I thought I find something on the Wikipedia-article about this controversy but there is nothing. Do you have a source please?

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     HTTP 418 (0xdeadbeef@fosstodon.org)'s status on Wednesday, 19-Mar-2025 10:13:24 JST HTTP 418

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     @ewerybody
     How dare you make sense?!
     @jackeric @kkavee @tankgrrl @crowbriarhexe @mjibrower @petrillic

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     jack (jackeric@beige.party)'s status on Wednesday, 19-Mar-2025 10:13:25 JST jack

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     @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

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     Ethan Black (golemwire@social.librem.one)'s status on Thursday, 20-Mar-2025 12:28:36 JST Ethan Black

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     @jackeric @0xDEADBEEF @ewerybody @kkavee @tankgrrl @crowbriarhexe @mjibrower @petrillic The insulting meaning of "gimp" is too fringe to matter. I'm saying you're being oversensitive.

     It's possible that from where you come from, "gimp" is used as an insult. From where I'm from, it literally only means GNU Image Manipulation Program, or a way to K.O. in fighting games. Sorry if it happens to offend you, really, but Mastodon politics is a little unhinged so what do I expect....

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     jack (jackeric@beige.party)'s status on Thursday, 20-Mar-2025 12:28:37 JST jack

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     @golemwire @0xDEADBEEF @ewerybody @kkavee @tankgrrl @crowbriarhexe @mjibrower @petrillic
     Nothing about the name of the software insults disabled people except the literal exact name of the software. you folks are pathetic 🙃

     Ethan Black repeated this.