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.
People want to be offended by everything these days. It may have started as a good thing to minimise abuse and discrimination, but by this point that target has been vastly overshot and has become an issue of abuse in itself.
People want to be offended by everything these days. It may have started as a good thing to minimise abuse and discrimination, but by this point that target has been vastly overshot and has become an issue of abuse in itself.