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“Gimp”, aside from being an open source image editor is also a term used in BDSM fetish communities. I think the joke is basically that the developers who work on the image editor must also be into BDSM.

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lugal@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago
Is it pronounced gimp or jimp?

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- bingbong@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago
  It’s pronounced like gif but with “mp” instead of “f”
  
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- captainlezbian@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago
  G as in gnu
  
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  - user224@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago
    GIMP
    GNU Image Manipulation Program
    GNU’s Not UNIX Image Manipulation Program (X = “CS”)
    GNU’s Not UNICS Image Manipulation Program
    GNU’s Not UNiplexed Information Computing System Image Manipulation Program
    GNU’s Not UNIX Not UNiplexed Information Computing System Image Manipulation Program
    GNU’s Not UNiplexed Information Computing System Not UNiplexed Information Computing System Image Manipulation Program
    
    Oh no.
    
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    rorsche@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago
    GTK:
    
    GIMP ToolKit
    
    GNU’s Not UNiplexed Information Computing System is Not UNiplexed Information Computing System Image Manipulation Program ToolKit
    
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- Robmart@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago
  It’s gjimp
  
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- troglodytis@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago
  The world may never know
  
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