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.
But the origin isn’t gone nor forgotten, this post is saying exactly that.
This post made sure that it will not be forgotten. Good job for opening an old wound!
What’s what suppose to mean? Discounting his opinion because his username has the word Eskimo in it?
Just because something references race doesn’t mean it’s racist.
