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.
The words F-g and F----t are used in UK parlance daily as slag for a cigarette and a pork offel meatball respectively. The word “f-g” falls out my gob so naturally when refering to a cigarette I always have to check myself on American run sites.
You can write it out, no need to censor yourself. You’re not calling someone a removed, are you ? you’re being descriptive about the usage of that word. Censorship creates stigma, we have to recognize when to do it (= when usage is intended harm)
Again, I’m so used to Reddit with it’s automods and lack of nuance that I’ve had to train myself to censor it. I got a strike there from the admin on a UK specific sub for using it once, lol.
