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Submit screenshots of all your *NIX desktops, themes, and nifty configurations, or submit anything else that will make themers happy. Maybe a server running on an Amiga, or a Thinkpad signed by Bjarne Stroustrup? Show the world how pretty your computer can be!

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Hey, we should all really stop using racist slang to refer to customozation (hexbear.net)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago (5 children)

til about this, but like, I doubt anyone uses this in a racist way though, far from it.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (26 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago

thread appears on our feeds. we comment on it.

i understand it feels bad to have your beliefs questioned, but that's not brigading, it's simply how these websites work

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago

there is no such thing as "brigading" in federation. it is just people commenting you don't agree with

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago

Noooooo don't comment on our public post on social media that we purposely allowed you to comment on wojak-nooo

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (21 children)

Instance has comparatively high and active userbase with a very high percentage of Linux users

Is this brigading? is-this

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (3 children)

It is not racist and have nothing to do with asian men. But white men who riced asian cars.

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (12 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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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (43 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago

Its not a TexMex taco, its a Beaner taco... Its not a race car, its a beaner car.... Substitute with any other racist name or description and its easy to see why its not ok.

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