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.

  • Freeanotherday [he/him, they/them]
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    10 months ago

    xinternet

    Incorrect, I am the type of hacker man that has accidentally formatted my hard drive by entering random commands I find posted on the internet… 7 times now.

    • @midnight
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      310 months ago

      Glad we established this isn’t your community.

        • @midnight
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          310 months ago

          You think asking for mod makes this your community? Oof

            • @midnight
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              310 months ago

              Imagine thinking being on lemmy makes you a member of every community on the platform. Guess that makes me a member of the hexbear community then eh comrade?

              Watch out, better not let them find out the lib communities are yours as well 🤭

                • @midnight
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                  310 months ago

                  We were here before you and we will be here after you’re purged with the rest of the libs.

                  Yeah not the kind of people I want to associate with. Good luck hiding your lib membership from them.