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Want a case study in wounded privilege?

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Aral Balkan

PS. Before more of you jump down my throat, a reminder that I spend 100% of my time writing free and open software.

@aral I was not aware of the meaning of the word, as non native speaker. Appreciate the education!

@aral Totally agree with your position on this. It doesn’t matter that it’s an acronym, the name is a problematic because of what it *sounds* like. When family and co-workers need a free image editor I’m not real excited about saying “oh yeah try this program that sounds like a sex thing or a name for an alter-abled person.” Just no.

@aral Free name idea if they really want it to be an acronym. GIRAFFE. GNU Image Raster Application and Free File Editor. Ok, so that’s a bit of a stretch but it’s not embarrassing or offensive to say Giraffe. 😜

@dmnelson @aral GNU Laser Image Technology Tool Everyone Recommends (GLITTER)

GNU Visual Image System (G-VIS)

GNU Art Manipulation Engine (GAME)

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