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.

  • NormalC [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    1 year ago

    tl;dr: the meaning has changed and no one cares.

    Nobody is asking to change “literature” all were asking is that we develop new and better terminology for this niche that doesn’t also come with racist baggage.

    The word removed meant a stick of wood but now it means something else and few would use it to refer to someone else

    Ooo can you tell the class what that word means now? And what it’s used for? Your example falls flat because this situation and the historical pattern you’re referring to aren’t as comparable as you think they are.

    PSA: racists love words with multiple meanings because it gives them plausible deniability. This is happening right now in this thread. Changing the word “rice” would deal a huge blow to racists as it would show that the unixporn comm will not be beholden to the status quo.