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submitted 1 year ago by blashork@hexbear.net to c/unixporn@lemmy.ml

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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[-] ScienceBear@hexbear.net 11 points 1 year ago

Huh, I was under the impression it was an acronym for Racing Inspired Cosmetic Enhancement or something along the lines of that. Parts that make the car look like a racecar but don't actually help it perform any different.

It could totally be a backronym that was generated after it's initial use though.

[-] wild_dog@hexbear.net 18 points 1 year ago

no it definitely comes from the fact that a lot of modded cars that get called that are Honda, Toyota and other car companies from Asia. I've never heard someone call a dude's suped up Mustang that even if they added stuff to make it look more like a race car.

[-] rog@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago

Google riced mustang and you will see plenty.

[-] wild_dog@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago

weird i lived with a car guy who hung out with other car guys constantly in my living room for 5 years and they only called Asian cars that.

[-] combat_brandonism@hexbear.net 10 points 1 year ago

def a backronym

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