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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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[-] DrRatso@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Lmao, I won't idulge your powertrip, which at this point is blatant. I might have if you had actually asked nicely not through a thinly veiled threat. If it doesn't survive your report, so be it. Let the record show I included both versions because I had no clue what your pronouns are and I don't think your infantilizing response warrants any more respect from me than that.

[-] AcidSmiley@hexbear.net 21 points 1 year ago

I retract my statement, of course you're also a transphobe besiodes being a racist, a diaper fetishist and the most pathetic pencil-headed dweeb i've seen since federation began.

[-] DrRatso@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Quote up on those racist claims there buddy (that one is gender neutral, afaik).

[-] DrRatso@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Oh, and those transphobe claims too.

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