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They tacked on the G in reference to Pulp Fiction.

They should have just left it as IMP. Tons of great logo/mascot ideas there. Ones that don't make you go "Is Wilber a dog though?"

Wilber is disabled?

Wait, I forgotten it's originally a slur then kink reclaimed it as a word for a sub that wears a leather or latex full face and head mask

I remember years ago somebody did a fork with a less controversial name. I wonder what happened to it.

My childhood cat was named Gimpy. My sister named him.

When my dad found him, Gimpy was running around on his elbows. He was running so well, my dad had a tough time catching him.

The reason he was running on his elbows was because both his front legs were broken.

The smart thing to do would have been to just let him die in the field. However, my dad foolishly took him home and showed him to me.

We couldn't get him to eat anything. We tried giving him cat food, but he wouldn't eat it. Then we soaked the cat food in milk until it was wet mush, but he still wouldn't eat it. Then I picked him up and put small drops of mushy wet cat food on my arm and he would lick it off my arm while I held him.

I think I was 10 or 11. Of course I fell in love with this kitten. This led to my parents searching for a vet who would save him. They eventually found one and paid an amount to fix him that would be thousands in today's money.

Keep in mind how extraordinary this was. He was a barn cat. The vet who saved him tried to get me to give up. He told me he'd find me a different kitten, but I said I didn't want a different kitten.

Every other kitten born on that farm died. Gimpy lived about 20 years.

His legs were never quite right. One healed strange and bent out at an angle. The other didn't heal and had to be whittled down to a stump. He never stopped trying to use the stump to walk.

He was an absolutely fantastic cat.

All that to say that the word, "gimpy", will forever mean something different and special to me.

"Gimp" just makes me think of Pulp Fiction.

Actual GIMP splash screen from 2010:

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It's also been widely regarded as a bad move.

But wasn't nearly as contentious as naming their software 'Gimp'.

disabled how?

Is there a config option to re-enable the dog?

Thanks to this post, I learned about gimpchat. Thanks to gimpchat, I learned all about what Wilber is:

https://gimpchat.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=10265

Why were people angry about that exactly?

A crippled dog is a very good mascot for that… software.

How much is a "bunch"?