Is ricing racist? Drama ensures as Lemmings debate and Hexbear brigades yet another thread

3 years ago by gsa32 to c/lemmydrama

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.

Junkers_Klunker -6 points 3 years ago

RICE - Race Inspired Car Enhancement

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Hallainzil 9 points 3 years ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backronym

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_Lost_ 7 points 3 years ago

That's a bacronym. It referred to suping up your rice burner, aka Japanese car.

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tokyo 4 points 3 years ago

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SkybreakerEngineer 2 points 3 years ago

Good, I was worried about my finely chopped cauliflower.

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