My childhood cat was named Gimpy. My sister named him.
When my dad found him, Gimpy was running around on his elbows. He was running so well, my dad had a tough time catching him.
The reason he was running on his elbows was because both his front legs were broken.
The smart thing to do would have been to just let him die in the field. However, my dad foolishly took him home and showed him to me.
We couldn’t get him to eat anything. We tried giving him cat food, but he wouldn’t eat it. Then we soaked the cat food in milk until it was wet mush, but he still wouldn’t eat it. Then I picked him up and put small drops of mushy wet cat food on my arm and he would lick it off my arm while I held him.
I think I was 10 or 11. Of course I fell in love with this kitten. This led to my parents searching for a vet who would save him. They eventually found one and paid an amount to fix him that would be thousands in today’s money.
Keep in mind how extraordinary this was. He was a barn cat. The vet who saved him tried to get me to give up. He told me he’d find me a different kitten, but I said I didn’t want a different kitten.
Every other kitten born on that farm died. Gimpy lived about 20 years.
His legs were never quite right. One healed strange and bent out at an angle. The other didn’t heal and had to be whittled down to a stump. He never stopped trying to use the stump to walk.
He was an absolutely fantastic cat.
All that to say that the word, “gimpy”, will forever mean something different and special to me.
“Gimp” just makes me think of Pulp Fiction.
wow, what an amazing story
But wasn’t nearly as contentious as naming their software ‘Gimp’.
I never ever heard any complaints about that! Not even once!
Excuse me but it’s “The GIMP.” Always has been, always will be.
So not like Ukraine, got it.
I love The GIMP!
GEGL DEEZ NUTZ
GIMP not Gimp, there is a difference;
It’s GNU Image Manipulation Program not a GNU disable programPronounced guh-imp
apparently it’s actually “jimp”
You monster
Actual GIMP splash screen from 2010:
Tap for image
What is going on with the dorsal spine thing? looks like a third arm or a really obscure sex toy configuration
oh, someone answered farther down
great for learning in schools
Which is why this probably was too far. Although, I hope the transgressive humour never leaves the open source world.
Absolutely blessed.
It’s also been widely regarded as a bad move.
disabled how?
Ah, crippled by med school debt. A tragedy.
Thanks to this post, I learned about gimpchat. Thanks to gimpchat, I learned all about what Wilber is:
Death of the author. GIMP is a crippled dog.
Yes. I see, yes. In a sense, aren’t we all?
poetic, I like it. I will quote you on this
Why were people angry about that exactly?
They hated cripples, I guess?
its an offensive term for a disabled person. i dunno if the authors were aware.
Aaah yeah, I can understand that then. I wasn’t aware, sorry.
People like being angry
The biggest truth of the new millennium
It really really is.
Should’ve been the guy from Pulp Fiction as the mascot
I think that’s the closer meaning anyhow. At least there is one splash screen, somewhat NSFW here (scroll down to
GIMP 2.7.2 and 2.7.3 by Alexia Death.). Note that the extra arm on the goat lady isn’t an error, it’s a reference to GEGL (Generic Graphics Library / Genetically Engineered Goat, Large)extra arm isn’t an error? That’s what mata AI want you to think
A crippled dog is a very good mascot for that… software.
At least it’s still alive, unlike Irfanview’s, which is…
cw
A cat roadkill
oh so that’s what that is :/
I thought so too!
How much is a “bunch”?
97% of the fediverse, I guess.
Removed by mod
Same!
I heard about it lol
That’s how i learned that it was a slur. After that i started noticing when people used the slur in conversation sometimes without knowing what it means, just because they heard someone else use it as an adjective like “broken/defective”, and a few times I’ve been able to interrupt them and tell them what the word means.
Arguably, the fact that nobody knows it’s offensive means it probably shouldn’t be.
I would argue that the people who have it used against them know that it is offensive.
Only people who haven’t had that have the luxury of not knowing what they’re doing.
I guess, but I don’t really have a problem hearing “kraut” or “polack”, because it’s just an obsolete insult. At he end of the day words are just words. It’s the intent behind them that can be nasty.
Same!
A lot.
Is there a config option to re-enable the dog?
Wait, I forgotten it’s originally a slur then kink reclaimed it as a word for a sub that wears a leather or latex full face and head mask
Wilber is disabled?
why else would they call him a gimp then?
I’m not sure i know what a gimp is anymore
Is this a Swords crossover?
GZA - Liquid Swords?
Swords! (I’ve said it too much in my head it sounds weird now)
it doesn’t look like a sword :(
Things ain’t coming fast enough…
lel!
They tacked on the G in reference to Pulp Fiction.
They should have just left it as IMP. Tons of great logo/mascot ideas there. Ones that don’t make you go “Is Wilber a dog though?”
it’s a dog eat dog world
