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Maybe Lemmy can forcibly invent a new term for "ricing". (Good faith pls)


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in reply to Ji Fu (Domestic Terrorist)

The old thread about it covers both sides of the coin.

Basically, "ricing" insulted weird Asian car customizations -> "ricing" became a more generic "weird" customization term (this is the most famous transitive example I can think of) -> ricing's origin was forgotten by a decent amount of people. (I mentioned it in the first spoilered text)

But I'd like to keep the focus on yoloing a term out of nowhere :D

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in reply to fool

@fool so it's racist because we of Asian descent tend to eat rice? Are other Asians asking automobile enthusiasts not to use this or is it basic white girl stuff?
@fool
in reply to Ji Fu (Domestic Terrorist)

The origins are in reference to asian-americans customizing their cars as "ricing" them.
in reply to Ji Fu (Domestic Terrorist)

ricist

Edit: aparently it has chinese origins about modding cars so it is racist (?).

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in reply to Ji Fu (Domestic Terrorist)

Originally it was a pejorative term for Japanese and East-Asian car modders: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rice_bur… Than the term moved from car modding subculture to computer UI modding subculture.
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in reply to infeeeee

Interestingly, the place I heard it was in a completely different context, different meaning, but same derogatory connotation. In DoTA 2 esports, the Chinese pro teams were known for spending a lot of time "farming," (acquiring resources in a mostly passive way that can be a little boring to watch) so some people started calling that "ricing." "Farming", but Chinese, so "ricing."
in reply to fool

Don't worry about it, nobody says that any more. It died out with Gentoo.
in reply to catloaf

No, Gentoo is alive! I can catch up to upstream Firefox's LTO+Clang+PGO optimizations and use my own version of Debian alternatives and save 3MB by removing iso9660 support from REFind!

It seems pretty alive to me though. 5/25 of the month-top-posts in r/unixporn have it in the title, and I'm sure more are present in the comments. And a lot of YT videos on it still mention it.

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in reply to fool

Oooh so I'm not the only one who uses (used) refind with Gentoo!
in reply to fool

The only insult I know of this "ricing" term is, that its meant to be pretty only without performance. This comes from ricing Japanese cars. It is not racist and has nothing to do with Japanese people. The insult has nothing to do with that.
in reply to fool

Here I am, an Asian, reclaim it to be neutral meaning. I will still use ricing.

Go check any English Asia Linux Group, especially on YouTube and Facebook Group, people are using ricing neutrally.

Language change with time, and making it neutral is totally fine and okay.

What you're doing here is just yet another instance of Westerner forcing "correct English," not realizing English is a global language and can develop independently outside US, Canada, or Europe.

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in reply to nasi_goreng

edit: I rescind this comment because I seem to have misunderstood what the commenter meant by reclaiming. Sorry, I did not mean to be hateful.
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in reply to john89

lol even funnier that this western-centric Lemmy removed my comment about ricing, while actual Linux community CJK countries or English Asia does not recognize it as a slur and use ricing neutrally. Basically reclaims it.

White knight syndrome so much.

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in reply to fool

Please report posts & comments that make use of the term on lemmy.ml; we remove them.
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fool

Personally I don't feel either way about this stuff being racist or not. I'm an Asian and I am completely unaffected. But I do think that some people are, and it'd probably be nice to help those people vs. ignoring them.

For git master specifically, it was based off of a foggy memory of something in my RSS feed, and I was just pointing out that it was something that some companies addressed.

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in reply to fool

Personally I'd put a higher priority on stamping out that use of "porn".
in reply to kbal

LOL yeah that's a nice thing to put in the company search history
in reply to fool

I removed this because it has nothing to do with linux specifically, and as expected, it brought out a lot of people defending the use of this historically racist term, and /asablackman'ing it.

I've reinstated it and removed the offending comments for now.

Also I don't know why this needs a discussion at all. There's hundreds of words in english for something that looks good, and you can be more specific about it : snazzy, sleek, cool, streamlined, nifty, retro

in reply to Dessalines

Yeah but it doesn't affect me and I'm fine with using a racist term because I choose not to think about it. That should make it fine for everyone.

I'm not racist I'm just so tired of all this anti-racist stuff @john89@lemmy.ca

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in reply to Dessalines

removed the offending comments


In one of which an Asian dude literally says it's not used as a derogatory anymore. Talk about being offended for others

in reply to fl42v

An stranger on the internet just gave you license to say a historically racist term, how convenient for you. Next they'll be some /r/asablackman posters saying its okay for you to use the n-word, because it doesn't bother them.
in reply to Dessalines

Should they've included a selfie or an id pic? Because when black ppl use that n-word you're trying to draw parallels with (which, BTW, is still a derogatory towards a person and has no other meanings, as far as I'm aware) nobody gets offended. And, aside from the use of the "r-word", their comment was a valid opinion on topic asking for that opinion

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in reply to fl42v

It's not like black people using the N-word, it's like white people using the n-word because a stranger on the internet said it's ok.

aside from the use of the "r-word"


You don't think them casually dropping a slur might invalidate their opinion on whether a different word is a slur? Fucking LLM-ass logic right there.

in reply to ProfessorOwl_PhD [any]

The "r-word" in question refers to the being food discussed (although it's not really a discussion, given we have the correct opinion and "your comment is getting deleted" opinion) in the post, since we're apparently deleting comments for using it now. Hence the quotation marks.

As for the 1st paragraph, (a) i'm arguing it's nowhere like using the n-word at all, and (b) it was said by the Asian dude, so I don't see how so.

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in reply to fl42v

Are you telling me that you have so little understanding of slurs and their use that you think people are getting banned for saying using the word rice? You cannot be serious. How dare you think you have the intelligence to hold an opinion.

I know what you're arguing you fucking dunce, I just told you you're wrong. There are plenty of slurs that aren't as bad as the n-word, you're not allowed to use any of them. And b) doesn't matter. You don't use the n-word even if a black person "gives you permission", because that makes you a fucking racist.

in reply to ProfessorOwl_PhD [any]

I'm telling you the post explicitly asked about opinions, and the "wrong" ones that used the "r-word" happened to be blocked, and there is a comment from another mod that explicitly tells they'll remove stuff using that. Although it's a reasonably short comment that's easily blocked from view with a medium-sized justice boner, so it's understandable you've missed it.

Although, you're somewhat right, the meaning of a slur was a bit off in my vocabulary. I'd still argue it isn't one in context ('cause it neither refers to a person nor is it derogatory in its current form)... However, I'd also like to play along and give you folks another (and, arguably, a more worthy) which hunt target -- chinesium. You know, currently a derogatory, currently refers to a particular nation, so...

in reply to fl42v

the "wrong" ones that used the "r-word" happened to be blocked


I'm sure you can find enough examples of the word rice, ricing, and ricer to put two and two together and realise the "r-word" isn't what got them blocked.

there is a comment from another mod that explicitly tells they'll remove stuff using that.


No it doesn't, because that hasn't happened.

nor is it derogatory in its current form


Are you really not able to put together how transferring a term used to deride body modifications (using ethnic associations) to UI modifications is derogatory? Do you think it magically lost context somewhere along the way, the history of the term just disappearing into the aether?

I'd also like to play along and give you folks another (and, arguably, a more worthy) which hunt target


Stop trying to worm out of this you wretched little shit. Defend using that on the site and you'll also get your comments removed, but we're talking about your racism right now.

in reply to ProfessorOwl_PhD [any]

Allrighty, so here's the comment: lemmy.ml/comment/16077970
Granted, not exactly how I phrased it at times, but the gist still stands.

body modifications


Citation needed, as they say. I only saw car bodies being modded.

your racism


Bold of you to assume I have smth against groups of ppl based on their race because I'm not into your* guilt complex about your* ancestors inventing X phrases and abusing Y groups of ppl.

Not trying to "worm out", and still stand on the form being inferior to the meaning; just pointing out a commonly used coinword with the exact meaning ppl are looking for, 'cause at this point I'm inclined to see the world freeze.

* not necessarily yours in particular, just an assumption you're from the US


Please report posts & comments that make use of the term on lemmy.ml; we remove them.

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in reply to ProfessorOwl_PhD [any]

eat so much rice they even run their cars on it


So what exactly? It's just a stereotype. A stereotypical Russian (that's where I'm from) would be a gopnik babooshka in abibas riding a bear while playing a balalayka and drinking vodka... And guess what? We find it funny. Well, maybe except babooshkas: many find it weird you stress the "oo" syllable instead of the 1st 'a'. It'd be the same with black guys and rap music or Texans and guns.

would you defend the n-word


If it originated as a stereotype, stopped being used offensively several decades ago, and was then repurposed into being a praise of sorts.

in reply to fl42v

It's just a stereotype.


I need you to be honest - do you not know what stereotypes are, or do you not know what racism is? Stereotyping is one of the conceptual parts of racism, so saying it's not racist because it's a stereotype is like saying pizza isn't Italian because it's from Naples.

stopped being used offensively several decades ago, and was then repurposed into being a praise of sorts.


Could you give me sources for when this happened for "ricing" and "ricer"? Because there are a lot of people in this thread telling you that it's still offensive, and I'm pretty sure they know a little bit more than you about racism.

in reply to ProfessorOwl_PhD [any]

I randomly refound this thread, so I'm coming back late, but I appreciate you committing to this conversation even if it doesn't seem like it had the desired outcome.
in reply to Dessalines

The thing is, this slur is only used in America and only affect Asian American.

In Asia itself, the usage is neutral. You can actually join any English Asia Linux community and find people using it neutrally. Even Asian American themself already neutralize the word.
Enforcing one standard of English is not recognizing that english is now a global language, with variation of English like Singaporean English, Malaysian English, and so on.

The same way that queer used to be a slur, but not now.

Language is not one standard. One community might consider it offensive, while others are not. And that's fine. Context matters.

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in reply to fl42v

I saw a BlackPeopleTwitter post yesterday where one local (so, black) user gave another Asian user a coveted "invite to the cookout" for posting some decently well meaning kinda intersectionalist words, and they ATE THE FORMER USER ALIVE, saying paraphrased obviously "we give this privelage out way too readily to people who evidence the bare minimum decency". Some people want to gel so bad they jump the gun and so you can't assume one minority giving you a privelage related to their community stands for all in the community. The paradox of the N-pass.
in reply to araneae

The paradox of the n-word pass is similar to the paradox of the daoist leader; if you were of good enough character (as an outsider/Bourgeoisie) to warrant the privilege of leadership/cookout, then you'd be wise enough to never want to use them.
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john89

Yeah, mods are power-tripping.

Gonna need a new Linux community soon.

in reply to fool

Interface tailoring, desktop tapestry, jamming all up in my pazaaz.
in reply to fool

Zhush/zhoosh could work - I don't think the word is commonly used enough that it would get confusing.
in reply to ElectroLisa

I thought about "decked out", though then people would say "look at my deck", potentially creating ambiguity between card games and spiffy desktops.
in reply to data1701d (He/Him)

I mean there is an overlap between Linux users and those who play card games
in reply to ElectroLisa

I'd like to interject for a moment. What you're referring to as card games, is in fact, GNU/card games, or as I've recently taken to calling it, GNU plus card games. 😉
in reply to data1701d (He/Him)

And extra ambiguity with people talking about polishing their deck while also pronouncing it as dick
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in reply to fool

Isn't it the same as tuning?

Although it's unclear what tuning is because it depends on who says it:
- It does mean doing modifications to a vehicle for actual performance improvements
- It's used extensively by ricers to describe themselves and their hobby and they think it's a positive term
- It's used extensively by people who dislike ricing and most definitely as a derogatory term

Yet for all its faults, I believe that's the closest word to ricing you'll find that is universally understood, neutral and isn't rendered hopelessly bland and meaningless by the process of political correctness newspeak.

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in reply to ExtremeDullard

a different comment was saying ricing has a sense of being overdone. So with this I was thinking of "overtuning." I think it fits more as a hobbyist term than a pragmatic one.
in reply to fool

I say lets keep 'ricing', I don't want the one and only language we can communicate with being full of 'wordmines'.

wordmine noun: A word that looks innocent or having positive meaning, but having a secondary negative meaning. The negative meaning is not known/obvious to the one speaking or writing it. Inspired by 'landmine', wordmine blows up your reputation when you use it, like a landmine blows up your leg when you step on it. Yes I made the word up.


IMO wordmines discriminate against everyone who is less familiar with English or American culture.

in reply to fool

Can't rice our Linux distros or cars because of woke

Jokes aside, RICE means "Race-inspired cosmetic enhancement" apparently

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in reply to davel

You just sent me a wikipedia article about a car on a thread about linux customisation
in reply to Flax

Yes, because that is origin of the term. It came from Japanese motorcycle & car customization.
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in reply to davel

How is the term "racist" if it specifically refers to Japanese cars, not Japanese drivers
in reply to fool

Maybe call it a 'ride'? It would still be a car reference, think about how people talk about cars as their 'rides'. At least to my understanding, calling a car a 'ride' also implies some level of the car being special. 'ride' is also only 4 letters, and isn't any harder to type, some of the other comments have really long terms which are a bit annoying to type.

On the negative side it is also 1 letter away from 'rice', so that might not be ideal.

in reply to fool

Pixel polishing. A term we use for frontend code at work (all backend developers).
in reply to fool

Can't people refer to it as their personalized setups? Or is that too hard to write?
in reply to sntx

Yeah but that's missing the flair required by people who spend their evenings adjusting the radial blur on the window borders.
in reply to Omega_Jimes

I have yet to see a personalized setup with blurred window borders xD
in reply to sntx

Ricing isn't exactly the same as personalized though.

Ricing when it comes to cars is putting on a giant wing and a huge muffler on a Honda Civic.

Ricing in the Gentoo community is turning on every compiler optimization flag for the main portage config file without knowing what they're doing, potentially actually de-optimizing your setup.

There's an element of "overdone" involved usually whenever someone is called a ricer.

in reply to boonhet

To personalize your setup, is to deviate from the default config to better match your preferences - whatever those may be, however over the top those may be.

That doesn't imply any optimization, unless it's what you personally prefer.

in reply to sntx

Exactly my point. Most of us customize our setup one way or another, usually. Few of us are ricers in the traditional sense.
in reply to fool

Noodles - it's a mess of dotfiles
in reply to NorthWestWind

I assume you're joking - this is just a different food/culture/race association.

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in reply to Oxidant6283

The idea of suggesting the word "noodles" doesn't come from a racial point-of-view. I'm using "noodles" to describe the mess of dotfiles, which is like saying "spaghetti code" for poorly written code.

I guess you can argue it has a race association as the only reason we are coming up with a new word is because the old word is racist.

in reply to NorthWestWind

How about "pasta" then? That way it's explicitly Italian instead. Or casserole? That actually kind of works, it's a bunch of parts you mix together and bake to get something cool at the end.
in reply to fool

Pocking

Pocked up

I.e. peacocking, making it awesome and flashy and sharing with others

Quick reach a consensus before the yungins start posting rizzed out setups

in reply to fool

We need to make it offensive to white people instead. So colonising.
in reply to 098qwelkjzxc

i don't think we ought to be implying that colonization is cool.
in reply to juliebean

imo it's not much more offensive than the term ricing but meh, just a bad joke
in reply to fool

Saw the .de domain and my first thought was this was about using a potato ricer to make spätzle. I may not be normal.
in reply to fool

maybe something derived from dekotora? it has most of the same associations as the term we're looking to replace while not having racist or pejorative origins. deko?
in reply to fool

This is a tough one, because to me "ricing" or "riced out" carries additional negative undertones (racism aside). I have always heard it used in a way implying that it was referencing enhancements done in a cheap or gaudy/classless way. Think of the most Razer-like LED adorned gaming PC setup, that could have easily been described as being "riced up".

I think the phrase "decked out" works OK, and seems to also lack the negative connotation, which may or not be in line with the goal here.

Also, seeing your example ideas you shot down, I am not sure you full understand "souping up" phrase. The term "souped up" has been in use for over a century and I still hear people use it pretty frequently. It is generally meant to imply something has been made faster or more powerful, frequently with cars, and probably why some people argue it is a shortened version of supercharged. I agree that it probably isn't a good fit here, but not being of how it sounds.

in reply to fool

Is "ricing" not originally related to customised cars from street racing or something? I personally don't see an issue with it.

The activity itself is quite good for making people aware of how a desktop linux OS is working but doing it excessively is a bit silly so makes sense for jt to have a silly name.

in reply to steeznson

From what I understand its origin in street racing was because japanese drivers (specifically? might have been Asian more generally) were souping up cars to look pretty but still not run great. I'm hazy on the details and my google-fu is failing me - I wish I had a more precise answer but overall I recall being bummed out at how even the origins of the term weren't as clean as I had hoped.
in reply to Jayjader

The term wasn't about Japanese drivers, it was about Japanese cars. They were called "rice burners" as in they were fueled by rice, not gasoline. I guess that was someone's joke that became wide spread.

You're right that it was sort of derogatory to refer to cars that had all their customization on things like giant exhausts, huge wheels, neon lights, rather than performance improvements.

I've never heard the term used to refer to the ethnicity of the driver, just the ethnicity of the car, so I don't think it's racist, shrug.

in reply to __Lost__

Yeah as someone that was in the car scene during that era, I can't recall a single time it was used to refer to a person. It was all about the car and its mods - and even then, it was used to describe any car, Asian or other, that was overdone or, often, just not to the taste of the viewer. One time since described my user of a Sony radio as "rice" because they were supposedly not reliable. I never had any issues, but that was their reaction.

I understand why people might consider it racist, and I'm not a fan of the term because of that, and I'd prefer something better. But I do not believe racism was the intent when I saw it used.

in reply to steeznson

Is "ricing" not originally related to customised cars from street racing or something?


It is not, as I learned 18d ago lemmy.blahaj.zone/comment/1216…

Riced out is an adjective denigrating a badly customized sports car, "usually with oversized or ill-matched exterior appointments". ... Examples of "rice burner" used literally, meaning one who burns rice or rice fields, as in stubble burning, date to 1917. In 1935 it appeared in a US newspaper caption with a racial connotation, disparaging East Asian people. ... In some cases, users of the term assert that it is not offensive or racist, or else treat the term as a humorous, mild insult rather than a racial slur.


en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rice_b…

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in reply to fool

Spice/spiced could work. But it's still an allusion, not sure if that defeats the point.

For example, 4chan forcibly invented the use of the ok hand for “white power”, as a collective prank


Which, outside of specific contexts where you're already confident someone is a WN, was quickly forgotten and never really took off. It's not a great example of a social shift.

in reply to fool

I'm calling it giving the dirstro top surgery from now on
in reply to fool

This will and probably has got a bunch of flak but I'm with you. There's nothing wrong with recognising when we can pick a better term for something we enjoy.

Like, I get why people use "-porn" as a suffix and it isn't offensive to me but I still won't use that in a workplace. It'd be cool if someone thought of a better neologism!

in reply to fool

The same car mod term in the 50s was 'hotrodding'.
in reply to fool

I thought hard on this (I just like naming things). I came up with gemming. Graphical Environment Management. Unixgems.

It sorta works because customizing your environment is sort of like putting the finishing gems on it.

in reply to fool

opening the linked thread like: leo-point

Anyways I'm gay and transgender, so I've decided that from now on I'm saying that I'm transing my desktop.

Jokes aside, going from repressed neutral boy clothes to vibrant and colorful girl clothes and makeup and feeling cute has been such a great part of transitioning. This is kind of how I see customizing my desktop now. It always comes with such boring dry defaults, so I trans her gender and give her a makeover and now my computer is all pretty. So I'm sticking with transing.