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First they renamed master to main, and I did not speak out—because I had already updated my repos. Then they removed the term whitelist, and I did not speak out—because I used allowlist anyway. Then they tried to rename GIMP, and I did not speak out—because I used Photoshop. Then they came for the unicorns, and there was no magic left to deploy.




Was GIMP being renamed a project stance or just something someone tried to do? I can't find anything about it. But their website says they have no intent to change it.

https://www.gimp.org/docs/userfaq.html#i-dont-like-the-name-...


I actually got excited for a second when the parent comment suggested that GIMP was renaming itself. I hate that name.

Every time I type git, I feel insulted by linus.

It's amazing that the western world's largest social network for programmers has an insult built right into the name. We're inches away from the whole thing being called "tardhub".

You should have an alias anyway

Not tasteful to play on this given the actual origins of this poem, but thanks for teaching me that GIMP was about to be renamed.



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