• How do you come to that conclusion? He was a guy in a full on latex-BDSM suit on a leash, that they kept in a box in the basement.

            We don’t learn much about his character or mental ability in the movie. It is much more likely, that he was called a gimp in the BDSM sense, that is also mentioned in the Wiktionary entry that was linked here.

            • @ssfckdt@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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              12 days ago

              pretty sure that use of the term originated with that exact movie scene.

              There’s also a point where the gimp tries to speak and it’s pretty clear he has at least a speech impediment if not a mental disability.

          • @xylol@leminal.space
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            35 days ago

            I just figured because he was abducted chained and abused in a basement I didn’t realize, that makes it even more sad

      • lime!
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        55 days ago

        wait, it’s a synonym of “nerd”? huh.