Meta post I’ve decided to make. I enjoyed the unixporn subreddit a lot when I used reddit more. I enjoy customizing my linux de as much as the next nerd.

But you definitely shouldn’t use racist slang to refer to the process.

To be clear, I didn’t know the origin of the term ‘ricing’ until fairly recently. I was chattimg with my friend and used it to describe my de setup. They informed me that apparently it’s from car customization, and is a pejorative against generally asian men who customize their car to look like a racecar.

After learning this I was sad to realize just how engrained it is in linux de customization culture. I personally have stopped using the term, and I would ask everyone here stop as well.

  • eskimofry
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    1 year ago

    Just because there are some users that stumble upon content semi-organically doesn’t mean brigading and piling on isn’t happening

    That’s some next level mental gymnastics to justify why people are disagreeing with you. Look, ricing isn’t racist. It’s better this way. Let the old meaning die. Let racist inventions be superseded. Don’t complain something organic is reminding YOU about some bad meaning associated with a word in the past.

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      1 year ago

      You’ve given me whiplash. No mental gymnastics involved in casting a wide net.

      The rest of your post seems to agree with me? Did you mean to reply to someone else?