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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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[–] ArmokGoB@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago (40 children)

The hexbear squad is really brigading the fuck out of this thread.

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

Thank you for making this post. The number of times I've seen the term used here lately has been bothering me.

[–] Flyberius@hexbear.net 1 points 1 year ago

Yes please, I agree.

[–] RTRedreovic@feddit.ch 1 points 1 year ago

Thanks for the heads up. I tried looking up the origins of the term once long back when I first heard it but could never find it after a search. This again makes me iterate how Racist and White-centric the Internet is in general, which is observable to me as a person from Assam.

Another term people should avoid is the «soyboy» meme term. It is also a racially prejudiced word against Asians.

  • https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/soy_boy, Soy consumption is high in many Asian countries. (There is no scientific evidence for any correlation between soy consumtion and feminization for anyone curious to know.)
[–] slacktoid@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Im asian. I eat and like rice, even on my setups. I'm gonna keep using rice cause its not my fault yall western imperialists fuck shit up and dont wanna be reminded of it. also very western centric debate. Good job debate perverts.

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[–] Blamemeta@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Nah, I like the term.

It refers to early 00s car culture, a race car had all go no show, a ricer had all show no go. It's just the next iteration of the term. And it's pejorative to anyone who does that shit, not asian men. I have no idea where y'all got that idea from.

[–] Fizz@lemmy.nz 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm going to continue using it.

[–] Kuori@hexbear.net 1 points 1 year ago

bravely being a racist in line with social norms, our hero!

[–] tun@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

TIL the origin of the word.

But I am confused. Anyone offended for using the word?

When repos changed to main from master, I got problems.

People are hypersensitive over these words now.

[–] Blamemeta@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No Asians are.

This is more about power and control than racism.

[–] temptest@hexbear.net 1 points 1 year ago

One of the top-rated replies so far is an Asian who expresses they are offended, so that can't be right.

What power and control does this even give someone?

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[–] giacomo@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Solemn@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Asian American here. It's racist. It offends me because it is racist, and has always been racist.

100% agree!!

I've never used the term and the first time I've heard about it even without knowing the origins/meaning it already was clear to be a pejorative term.

The excuse the mods in the old r/unixporn subreddit was that the term was broadly accepted by the community.

Well guess what we are not reddit and one of the reasons I left reddit was because I was tired of being in communities like that. We can do better, let's shape our communities with the right values and not just carry on a legacy that should've died with reddit itself.

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