The Wikipedia definition seems to indicate it has origins as a racist term and I’ve never understood why unix users have adopted this terms instead of something benign like “themes” or “theming” which I remember being in use long before I ever heard “rice”. So what gives? Why use “rice” instead of “theme”?

  • @some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org
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    141 year ago

    Never heard either, but ricer would clearly be racist as there’s no general contemporary reason for the word.

    • LegendofDragoon
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      11 year ago

      At first I assumed ricer referred to a kitchen tool that made vegetables into the shape and size of rice