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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.

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[–] Sasuke@hexbear.net 52 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

sicko-biker NEW POSTER REPORTING FOR DUTY!

do you ''different-opinion-havers'' also take shifts whenever there's a racist term to defend?

[–] eskimofry@lemmy.ml -5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why are you stirring up shit about a word that a majority of users associate with Linux modding? What number of people exactly know the old meaning? Is your teaching the people that it's a racist word help anyway?

[–] silent_water@hexbear.net 22 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

because it's racist. learn to take mild criticism and adjust behavior. it's not hard and it's a basic part of living with other people.