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0 pointsjrm41mo ago0 comments

Yes, me too.

And also, no one would USE IT. That's my point. It really is that simple.

I'm not primarily talking about "being offended." Jokes are fine in some contexts.

I'm saying that if you want people to take your software seriously, it needs a serious name. And that the GIMP people very very stupidly missed a huge opportunity by not doing that.

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mixmastamyk1mo ago· 1 in thread

But I’ve been using gimp productively for almost thirty years, late 90s on SGI. At no point was the name a factor. Can’t force them to change it either.

And in the dictionary I found at least one quite positive definition. Sometimes word have conflicting meanings and we deal with that successfully every day.

jrm4OP1mo ago

At no point was the name a factor FOR YOU.

Your individual anecdote isn't data.

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