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.
When rice/ricing is used in Linux customization, it has nothing to do with the Japanese, Asians, or their cars.
I can see issue if ricing a desktop environment meant “made it look like it was from Asia” or “filled excessively with anime (or other asian thing)” kind of stereotype, but it’s not. There is no association with the pejorative meaning, so no problem.
Why are people squabbling over this? This is so silly. Use ricing, don’t use it, call it something else, I don’t give a shit.
When rice/ricing is used in Linux customization, it has nothing to do with the Japanese, Asians, or their cars.
I can see issue if ricing a desktop environment meant “made it look like it was from Asia” or “filled excessively with anime (or other asian thing)” kind of stereotype, but it’s not. There is no association with the pejorative meaning, so no problem.
Why are people squabbling over this? This is so silly. Use ricing, don’t use it, call it something else, I don’t give a shit.