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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] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I first heard the term "ricer" from some Asian kids I knew in high school so I've never really considered it racist. But then... The N word is also mostly used by black guys (in my experience; don't run into too many super racist non-black people who use it) and it is racist so... 🤷🏻‍♂️

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

No.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (10 children)

My Opinion is this:

Racist/Able-ist words were once normal words. Gay used to mean "Happy" (this applies for other words probably, but I am not able to recall at the moment)
Many people had no idea that ricing was a racist slang. They wanted to use it to describe a cool new thing that's inclusive.
Would you agree that a word whose racist meaning is forgotten and it now referring to something inclusive and cool is a good thing in general?

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