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.
Oh really? Do the whites you hang out with use the term refer to any car mod you don’t like? Have you asked them where the term comes from?
Haha. I don’t make fun of ppl for their personal choices or their ideology. What is the point in that? Express yourself. Takes all kinds.
I don’t look to be offended nor look to offend.
Thank you for listening to my TED talk.
I’m not making fun of anybody.
If you want me to express myself then I will: I don’t like you, and if I knew you irl, I would think less of you after this conversation.