car people generally like the cars that have suffered such terrible mods
Even if it were true that it has racist origins, the meaning is completely inverted today.
So it hasn't actually inverted meaning in 'race' culture. It isn't a compliment. It's used ironically to perhaps subvert the meaning. 'So bad it's good' isn't an inverted meaning, it re-enforces the original and relys on it to understand it's ironic use.
Show any examples of it being used a compliment in car culture completely detached from its racist origins.
All the examples so far are dehumanising, connected to referring to Asians and their products as rice-powered machines. A new backronym made up to whitewash racism doesn't count. Ignorance of racism doesn't count. Folk etymology about how versatile rice is in cooking and how many cultures eat rice are trying to justify a slur after the fact.
Genuinely open to other examples, have not seen any evidence to the contrary. Even in customising desktop environments, it's neutral at best and not a compliment.
If you won't stop using the word, you should be more than a little sad.
So it hasn’t actually inverted meaning in ‘race’ culture. It isn’t a compliment. It’s used ironically to perhaps subvert the meaning. ‘So bad it’s good’ isn’t an inverted meaning, it re-enforces the original and relys on it to understand it’s ironic use.
You seem to be willfully missing my point. I'm going to bow out of this now.
So it hasn't actually inverted meaning in 'race' culture. It isn't a compliment. It's used ironically to perhaps subvert the meaning. 'So bad it's good' isn't an inverted meaning, it re-enforces the original and relys on it to understand it's ironic use.
Show any examples of it being used a compliment in car culture completely detached from its racist origins.
All the examples so far are dehumanising, connected to referring to Asians and their products as rice-powered machines. A new backronym made up to whitewash racism doesn't count. Ignorance of racism doesn't count. Folk etymology about how versatile rice is in cooking and how many cultures eat rice are trying to justify a slur after the fact.
Genuinely open to other examples, have not seen any evidence to the contrary. Even in customising desktop environments, it's neutral at best and not a compliment.
If you won't stop using the word, you should be more than a little sad.
You seem to be willfully missing my point. I'm going to bow out of this now.