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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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[-] midnight@lemmy.one 6 points 1 year ago

Lmao, it's cute one of your comrades remove the image on your instance.

I didn't say people can't change. But 8 days ago you used the term "outside of its history in the car industry/communities" and now you claim you have no idea what it's supposed to be? Give me a break lol. Are you outing yourself as a racist from 8 days ago? Wow quick reform.

This post doesn't change anything. It's just a bunch of hexbear snowflakes whining that a community has enough brain cells to know context matters.

How exactly is your use of a term you deemed racist not relevant in a post where you and your comrades are going around calling people racist for using a term they don't deem racist? Are you actually serious right now? You can't see the relevance? Take your blinders off.

At any rate, I didn't dig up the comment on purpose. I was seeing how much hexbear engages with lemmy.ml/c/unixporn and wouldn't you know it out of the 210 comments your instance had only 5 of them were not in this post. Not surprising since you only had 22 users subscribed here. Your comment was one of the 5 and I went to see if there was any consistency, expecting to see hexbear users call it out as racist if it came up as you all clearly think it is now. To my lack of surprise I saw the opposite, 80% not having anything to do with the term and your humdinger exposing yourself.

You've underminded your entire argument and exposed your bad faith tactics in one fell swoop. You should probably stay in your safe space instead of trying to find things you think are you dunking on people.

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