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.
All the reddit snowflakes are here. Lemmy is a failure
I agree, using decidedly racist terms is double-plus ungood
I've never once heard ricing as a racist word
I have heard it used racistly multiple times. Boom, our anecdotes cancel each other out and we're back to square one.
I've heard 'boom' used racistly, quit being racist
I've never heard boom used racistly, could you please give me an example of its usage as a racist term? In a sentence, possibly?
crybaby shit anyone?
Imagine caring this much about words to compare it to war.
"War" means acts of physical violence between militants. "1984" is an arbitrary integer.
You're right, there is a "war" going on. I can't believe They are forcing people to associate meanings to words beyond the first entry in some dictionary
😔