• Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org
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    3 months ago

    Idk abt GIMP but hard agree about Gnome. Whenever someone uses a human foot as a logo = certified sex freak.

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      3 months ago

      Or how about 3 naked people in a circle holding hands. And somehow this guy is like one of the least problematic white South African billionaires.

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      3 months ago

      sometimes a footprint represents humanity and isn’t about fucking it….

      i’m so happy i didn’t get that foot fetish hardwired in… it seems so silly to me…

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        3 months ago

        sometimes a footprint represents humanity

        sometimes, but in GNOME’s case i think it is not intended to be a human foot but rather the foot of a mythological creature (a gnome). note that it has a squashed aspect ratio compared to a human foot, and also has only four toes.

        apparently it’s also problematic in some cultures: https://wiki.gnome.org/Engagement/FootAndCulturalIssue

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          3 months ago

          that’s a good point about some cultures seeing a foot the way i would see using a linux distribution with Goatse as a logo….

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      3 months ago

      Obviously Tarantino was involved. A little foot fetish never hurt nobody-- right? Right???

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      3 months ago

      My pro open-source teacher in HS pushed for all of us to use the handful of Linux computers and recommended GIMP over Photoshop. He even said we can download GIMP at home for free.

      Back then, searching for GIMP gave you bondage suits.

      And because we were immature fuckwads, we played real hard into that joke, to a point where the principal had to send a letter to parents about how to actually find free open-source software with links.