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.

  • @macabrett
    hexbear
    9
    10 months ago

    Uhhh mostly people just called you a baby, idk about the reframing thing

    • @midnight@lemmy.one
      hexbear
      1
      10 months ago

      oh shit I forgot liberals babies communists don’t have reading comprehension skills, even for things they wrote

      You wouldn't see the reframing because your reading comprehension is ass. People hurling insults instead of addressing a point is classic maga, but go on, show me how you don't argue a point the same while using the same tired tactics.

      • @macabrett
        hexbear
        9
        10 months ago

        Stop reframing this conversation. My only purpose was to call you a baby.

        • @midnight@lemmy.one
          hexbear
          1
          10 months ago

          If that were true you would have stopped after you did it. But you didn't, because that wasn't your only purpose, but go on keep deluding yourself.

          • @macabrett
            hexbear
            9
            10 months ago

            Oh another thing babies have trouble understanding. When you reply to someone, they often reply back. I understood this when I called you a baby, but you seem to not understand why I'm still calling you a baby. It's because my position hasn't been swayed.

            • @midnight@lemmy.one
              hexbear
              1
              10 months ago

              I don't know if you know this, but nobody cares if you call them a baby. But by all means keep doing it so you can show your friends how you totally owned someone online by calling them a baby 🤣