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Can we please stop calling it "ricing"? The term is pretty loaded.
Lived through the 90s when the import car scene was huge. The term ricing back then was used when referring to asians who modified their cars, as a pejorative.
It really bummed me out to see it creep into the Linux community. Tried voicing displeasure back when I used Reddit and got blasted with downvotes and really distasteful comments, felt like I was alone in this feeling. Thanks, from some random Asian Linux user.
For what it's worth I have only ever heard the term used to describe the Linux thing. So for me that is the only meaning.
It's actually an acronym for Race Inspired Cosmetic Enhancement. The fact that some don't know and use it to be racist says more about them as an individual than the term itself.
How can someone use that to be racist and don’t know what it means at the same time?
Not knowing what the acronym means and using it for stock Honda Accords, because "asian car" for instance. That is racist.
Tbh I don't really even get the hate on Race Inspired Cosmetic Enhancement, I see it as a different facet of "car enthusiast," like the dudes with Donks and Low-Riders. Still though it isn't racism, just eleitism or regular old gatekeeping from the racing people.
I'm kinda surprised that people don't say modding
i personally call it "theming" or "customizing" since these are quite descriptive. pretty sure "modding" is more often used in the context of gaming
Theming seems more relevant and specific than modding/customizing👍
because it isn't modding it's just aesthetic changes. that is why it is called "ricing", because on the car community just changing the looks is considered trash tuning.
There’s a point where it goes from basic theming to full blown ricing. I think OP is trying to jump off the deep end.
It’s ok. We have called the mind police and they’re on their way. Open up when you hear the knocking or the door will be put in.
Is the concern the connection to "rice racers" japenese import cars? or the term when you rice potatoes or cauliflower through a ricing device, making it into tiny parts?
Horribly offensive term. Webster's Dictionary defines ricing as a tiling window manger with 64px gaps, minimalist Naruto/anime background, useless bouncing bar EQ meter, entire window dedicated to song lyrics, obnoxious monospace fonts, nonsensical colors, task bar showing time/date/IP+MAC address/GPS coords/moon phase/crop yield/barometric pressure, and a Vim buffer with Rust's "hello world" tutorial.
To clarify for those who come after: It's quite blatantly the first one. You're tricking your desktop out as is stereotypical of the cars you mentioned.
Wasn't sure, some people see ricing as going into every tiny detail like grains of rice...but being old the first one is the first reference I heard.
It's possible that the majority of people weren't aware of the first one when they started using it, but they don't have an excuse if they continue to use it now.