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.

  • @Fizz
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    310 months ago

    I’m going to continue using it.

      • @Fizz
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        210 months ago

        My justification is most people don’t care. You would be hard pressed to find an Asian person offended by this.

        • NormalC [he/him, comrade/them]
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          4110 months ago

          The “most people don’t care” and the “find me an Asian person offended by this” are both non-talking points.

          1. You are in a thread about this exact issue, it seems that there are people who care, and you have to engage with that.
          2. So? Does that mean we should stop discussing this? How are we hard-pressed when this thread exists?
          • @Fizz
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            -110 months ago

            I didnt say “find me an Asian person offended by this”. I also didnt say you should stop discussing it.

            • NormalC [he/him, comrade/them]
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              2010 months ago

              You also didn’t say anything of note besides pulling your justification out of your ass. I have nothing to really discuss because you didn’t give anything worth talking about.

              My justification is most people don’t care. You would be hard pressed to find an Asian person offended by this.

              Source: trust me bro.

              • @Fizz
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                110 months ago

                The thread question is “we should stop using this term” my reply was no. My justification is that most people don’t care. The term has been around modding communities for decades and used by people of all races. If it bothers you so much start using something else and then you can see how many people care enough to change.

                • Kuori [she/her]
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                  1510 months ago

                  people like you are why shit like this is impossible to change. thank you for doing your part to keep the world just that little bit more racist, shitbag

                  • @Fizz
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                    How do I make it impossible to change? If I keep using the term and then you and everyone else use your new term then the term will be changed.

                    The reason you see comments like mine and get pissed is because its the majority sentiment. The only people that would get offended by this are people going through life with a magnifying glass looking for things to be offended by. Most of the people here getting upset are from the communist instances.

        • Kuori [she/her]
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          2010 months ago

          no cracker, you just don’t want to change so you pretend you not being offended means no one is

          • @Fizz
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            -410 months ago

            What is it with Commies and not being able to read? Nowhere did I say no one is offended by this. I said most people aren’t. I don’t care if a small amount of people are upset by it. It not realistic to change language on a large scale everytime a tiny tiny percentage of people get upset.

        • @[email protected]
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          310 months ago

          Hi. Asian American here. I’m offended by this. Please stop deliberately choosing to use terms that are hurtful to me.

          • @Fizz
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            010 months ago

            I dont think you understood my comment.

      • amigan
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        -510 months ago

        Way to ad hominem. You’re part of the problem of people not taking actual hateful language seriously. Most people do not want to be offensive, but being told every single day that something they said offends n=1 group of people will cause them to begin to tune it all out.

        • @[email protected]
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          Ah yes, the good old “We have so many problems that its better to just ignore them than try to fix even one thing.” There is so much hateful language because even if you use a cartoonishly naive take that racism ended with the civil rights act, that is still almost 200 years of racism shaping the way we talk about things. It takes some time to undo 200 years of racists inventing terms and trying to pass them off with winks and nods. It will take a whole lot longer if we’re so lazy as to not even make the attempt.

      • @Fizz
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        Sure, and I will lose no sleep.