- biscuitsofdeath ( @biscuitsofdeath@lemmy.ml ) English3•1 year ago
What’s rice?
- isosphere ( @isosphere@beehaw.org ) English17•1 year ago
A borderline racial slur about making things look good without substance behind the appearance: e.g.: “riced-up Honda civic”
- User ( @creation7758@lemmy.ml ) 3•1 year ago
I’m sure op didn’t mean it as a racial slur. The word might have a history but it means something entirely different today, at least in this context.
- isosphere ( @isosphere@beehaw.org ) English3•1 year ago
I agree, but it should still be retired regardless of intended usage - history matters; we don’t have to mistakenly other people to show off cool screenshots
- AItoothbrush ( @AI_toothbrush@lemmy.zip ) English3•1 year ago
How is it racist? I didnt know it had a bad meaning.
- isosphere ( @isosphere@beehaw.org ) English16•1 year ago
It’s “rice” because it’s asian; it’s a derogatory term used towards people and their cars. When I was younger, this term was used against asian drivers and their asian cars - and it was not a compliment.
Looking at Urban Dictionary I see no mention of this anti-asian side of it, but it was there when I was growing up. Maybe others can chime in with their experience, I imagine it wasn’t the same everywhere.
Not implying the people using it here are being racist, I don’t think they are aware of what I’m recalling here.
- michaelmelanson ( @michaelmelanson@lemmy.ca ) 7•1 year ago
The Wikipedia article says it’s derived from the term “rice burner” and talks about the history of the term.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rice_burner
I can say I first heard the term about 20 years ago about cars with unnecessary decals and accessories, and it definitely had a racist connotation then.
I certainly wouldn’t use the term myself and I cringe when people use it here.
- AItoothbrush ( @AI_toothbrush@lemmy.zip ) English1•1 year ago
Well this is pretty sad. I didnt know this. Sidenote: fuck rasist people.
- Adderbox76 ( @Adderbox76@lemmy.ca ) English1•1 year ago
Think of the movie Fast and Furious: Tokyo Drift. It’s used to describe unnecessary modifications to a street racer (led lights, decals, etc…) that was mockingly called “ricing” because it was prevalent in the asian street racing communities. (rice eaters…har har har…)
I thought I was the only one who cringed whenever I heard that word. But this thread is making me realize I’m not crazy.
- kema ( @kema@kbin.social ) 5•1 year ago
to “rice” a system you are often changing a lot of “dot files”, hidden configuration files on your system which begin with a period in the name. having a bunch of dots (like rice) is descriptive but also can be a reference to a racist term used about tuning asian vehicles.
when linux users use it they’re usually just referring to a bunch of altered configuration files which are generally dot files. thus, a rice. but im not sure the term would exist if the racist term hadn’t already.
- Adderbox76 ( @Adderbox76@lemmy.ca ) English4•1 year ago
im not sure the term would exist if the racist term hadn’t already.
It definitely wouldn’t. That’s not really a term that occurs “organically” in computer language. “Rice” has nothing to do with computers, so it would have had to come from somewhere else.
- HiJ_555 ( @hij555@lemm.ee ) Español3•1 year ago
Nice colors!
- Franzia ( @Franzia@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) 2•1 year ago
Hits the spot
- ᴍɪᴋᴇ ꜱᴄʜᴀʟʟᴀɪ ( @mike97schallai@lemm.ee ) English2•1 year ago
Looks awesome!
- Tau ( @Tau@sopuli.xyz ) 2•1 year ago
Wow, this looks so cool!
- Bankenstein ( @Bankenstein@feddit.de ) 2•1 year ago
Gorgeous!
- kat ( @kat@feddit.nl ) 2•1 year ago
Doesn’t it make more sense to get rid of the gaps at this screen size?
- Cwilliams ( @Cwilliams@beehaw.org ) 1•1 year ago
Never