What if it's on purpose? That branding sure is Iconic
this post was submitted on 21 Jun 2025
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I’m very sure it’s on purpose
Rockstar made their fictional company with San Andreas in 2004
https://www.grandtheftwiki.com/ProLaps
Seems like a hobby project with a subtle chuckle at the end of every benefitial article being published under that name
Pro-Laps is also literally a GTA in-world brand name for an athletics clothing company 🤣
Could be worse:
they knew exactly what they did.
Or the plant nursery in an Australian town named Mole Station, who registered the obvious domain name that came to mind without thinking about it.
That took me a few seconds but lmao
Reminds me of the tech site from long ago, Experts Exchange. Their website was originally expertsexchange[.]com, and it showed in in google searches fairly regularly (they actually had some reasonable content at the start). Eventually, they added a hyphen.
We specialize in wood
This is a real thing. They've got a website, a facebook, and a youtube.
You’re not getting me this time, internet person! I’m not just going to start searching for prolapse on the web…. Not this time!
I saw this post while standing in line for a bagel. Right next to me was a stack of magazines. This was on top. Uncanny timing.
Papyrus..
I wouldn't
It was featured in GTA 5 though
I thought it was a sports store or something there?
Yeah, sold shoes so that you can lap around the track like a pro. Pro laps!
since GTA SA
~~This is actually genius. Free viral meme advertising.~~
Then you have the GIMP problem where corporate won’t approve use because of the name.
Yeah, if you want corps to piss off from using your code, you don't need to GPL it, just name it dick-wiggler or something
Big Ass Fans had this problem for church clientele, so they cover their logo
…usually
The ass in the logo is called Fanny.
True, also I just realized that a google search might go wrong.
How? Nowadays GIMP is predominantly used for the software and all the top results reflect that.
Hell, GIMP is only used for the software in non-English speaking countries.
Lapse Pro was right there.
Bro that's literally the name of a GTA brand. It's called Pro Laps.
That's because you're weak, Amy. Weak.
I mean you wouldn't forget it.