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GIMP rebranding as WLBR?
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I’ve always thought the better recourse for problematic labels is for the targets of their denigration to embrace and claim them as their own. This diminishes, and potentially eliminates, the power of their oppressors to wield it in an incendiary way, and they can then choose to suppress its use once the imbalance has shifted sufficiently.
Note: this is from the perspective of someone who largely embodies the peak of unearned social and demographic privilege, so season with NaCl to suit.
I didn't know Gimp was a slur/cuss. I always knew GIMP as nothing but the mediocre image manipulation tool.
Depending on context, it can be an image editor, slur, or kink term. I'd bet money on the image editor being named for the kink term and it's very possible the original devs didn't know it was a slur in certain regions.
Can I just use regular iodized table salt, or do I have to have pure, lab-grade sodium chloride?