Rubin Farr Posted January 14, 2021 Share Posted January 14, 2021 https://www.change.org/p/gearslutz-gearslutz-please-change-your-name?fbclid=IwAR142eBx3l82sq6x_0hyoBEVH1NRmVZx-0SBPli03Swnc-PZr5-_vkyIkY0 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perunamuusi Posted January 14, 2021 Share Posted January 14, 2021 lol? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ignatius Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 should be GearWhores obviously is a dumb name though but whatevs. just put an umlaut over the ü and call it a day. or put umlauts over every letter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheatheman Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 (edited) Everyone PLEASE sign http://chng.it/vntz8bhSnL Edited January 15, 2021 by sheatheman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rubin Farr Posted January 15, 2021 Author Share Posted January 15, 2021 So the Karens just get a pass? RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zephyr_Nova Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 Okay, that's a pretty dumb petition. It's the perfect name for a forum for people who like fucking around with different pieces of gear. Can someone start a counterpetition? 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheatheman Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 How about GEARGEEKS. or gearGUYZ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ignatius Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 i get it. i do. the word slut is so outdated though. isn't it? i'm old and i don't at all equate the word slut with women. is that the thing here? that women see the word slut and think it's about them since i guess historically that's the case? simplest thing to do is change the name. in the 90s i was at a rave in ft lauderdale and some wasted british guy wearing a shirt that said SLUT in block letters asked me if I knew where to get heroin. [fascinating tales of the 90s] 2 minutes ago, sheatheman said: or gearGUYZ is this any more welcoming to women? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cichlisuite Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 GearBox 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exitonly Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 geartheys 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exitonly Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 one time at work years back i was typing something into my browser in front of my (at the time) boss and gearslutz came as the first autocomplete url. i had to explain it wasnt a porn site but instead was synth nerd stuff. im not sure he was much happier with that explanation tho 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whosebrian Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 beerguts 3 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ignatius Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 1 minute ago, nikisoko said: one time at work years back i was typing something into my browser in front of my (at the time) boss and gearslutz came as the first autocomplete url. i had to explain it wasnt a porn site but instead was synth nerd stuff. im not sure he was much happier with that explanation tho the site would probably grow a little if they changed the name. not that it needs more people arguing about the "intangible differences" between moogs/micpres/converters etc. if their advertisers chime in i'm sure it'll get the ball rolling. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweepstakes Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 GearMikePennis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YEK Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 Gearcuntz 5 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ignatius Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 (edited) 48 minutes ago, yekker said: Gearcuntz at least for the brits and aussies.. for america if could be called: Gear________ they could change the name to HitlerRkellyCosbyTrump Edited January 15, 2021 by ignatius Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Extralife Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 Gearballz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Braintree Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 They should double down on it and call it DickSlutz. It's still about gear and no one talks about the name. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ignatius Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 (edited) 5 minutes ago, Braintree said: They should double down on it and call it DickSlutz. they should turn it into an autoplay file of dudley moore's drunk screech from Arthur Edited January 15, 2021 by ignatius Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambermonk Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 (edited) how bout Gearthotz or Gearbitchz Edited January 15, 2021 by ambermonke 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshuatxuk Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 gearsmutz is my proposed compromise 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berk Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 Ugh this oversensitivity and lack of humour. Raaage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARPA Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 gearnutz 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Limo Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 Shh, don’t tell anyone but there’s also a site called Muff Wiggler. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ignatius Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 (edited) 36 minutes ago, rhmilo said: Shh, don’t tell anyone but there’s also a site called Muff Wiggler. there's a blog piece about how dumb and sexist the names of music forums are. it made a big splash years ago and there were some MW users asking about changing the name. never got any traction because reasons. then Mike, who started the forum, died a couple years ago and now it's attached to his memory so very doubtful it'll ever be changed. if anyone is wondering he named it after looking around at his guitar pedals. he had a big muff and a Wiggler pedal on the floor. he also said "if i knew this was going to become a thing i'd have thought of a better name". the blog post is some pearl clutching cherry picking shit. and there's a billion page long thread about it and like 3 other epic threads about sexism that were locked. i'm sorry i know all this but at the time i was deep in some health problems and spending time on the internet was pretty much it for a while. so it goes. https://bluestockingsmag.com/2014/04/17/muff-wiggler-sexism-in-audio-cultures/ so, if you are really really bored and haven't had enough news and culture during your pandemic then i still don't recommend it. btw.. when the muff wiggler synth shop opened in portland i was pretty much the only guy working there for a long time. once or twice a week someone would stick their head in the door and exclaim how much they loved the name even though they had no idea what it was. usually it would be two women together. the bar on the corner was a gay bar that all kinds of events with drag queens and beefcakes etc. we had regular customers gay/straight/trans/non binary and sometimes the same person would fluidly change between all those over the months. i don't think i ever heard a complaint about the name other than confusion. i'm sure though, if the store opened today it'd have a different name. especially in portland where people protest breakfast restaurants that have 'colonial breakfast' on the menu. for better or worse. Edited January 15, 2021 by ignatius 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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