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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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[–] da_gay_pussy_eatah@hexbear.net 1 points 1 year ago (22 children)

Those different opinions being... using racist terms? Just to get that straightened up

[–] midnight@lemmy.one 0 points 1 year ago (20 children)

Look ma, another one! Do you all take shifts on duty watching this thread?

Different opinions being challenging your collective definition of the word being inherently racist. You can hem and haw all you want but meanings can change over time. If it can start being used racially at one point it can surely stop at another.

[–] inasaba@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

They're not the only ones calling y'all out. Stop defending using racist terms.

[–] midnight@lemmy.one 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Y'all need to learn to understand context. Someone born in 1988 with 88 tattooed on them is not inherently racist. Someone with 88 tattooed right under their swastika tat is racist.

I don't have time to run every term through the book of hidden meanings for racists that you people seem to have. It's not racist in this context and the only ones trying to make it that way are those like you. Let it die.

[–] inasaba@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Okay but this is literally the racist usage of the word.

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