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.

  • Sasuke [comrade/them]
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    1 year ago

    What's what suppose to mean? Discounting his opinion because his username has the word Eskimo in it?

    yes

    gigachad-hd

    and i'm discarding yours as well

    'reference to race' lmao give me a break

    • src@lemmy.ml
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      1 year ago

      Well, I'm glad. I wouldn't want to engage with someone as condescending and rude as you, either. The less people talk with you the better.