_carmin@lemm.ee to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · 11 个月前Why Linux is Better Than Windows 11www.youtube.comexternal-linkmessage-square81fedilinkarrow-up1178arrow-down123
arrow-up1155arrow-down1external-linkWhy Linux is Better Than Windows 11www.youtube.com_carmin@lemm.ee to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · 11 个月前message-square81fedilink
minus-squarevort3@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down1·11 个月前Could you please explain how is ricing racist?
minus-squareunderscores@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down6·11 个月前It was a term for modded crappy japanese motorcycles and cars, that derived from a slur for asian people.
minus-squareTerraRoot@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down5·11 个月前I think the important bit people miss here is “was”, language changes, it was an insult, now it just means adding shiny stuff to your desktop.
minus-squareJumuta@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up5·11 个月前I think the modern usage also has the nuance of fragility and temporality. You wouldn’t call a polished and extremely stable customisation a ‘rice’, you’d probably call it a theme
minus-squarezarkanian@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-211 个月前I’m all for using “theme” as a replacement.
minus-squareTerraRoot@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 个月前How about “farkle” to take another term from the motoring world?
minus-squareJumuta@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·11 个月前I just said ‘theme’ has different connotations?
minus-squareunderscores@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·11 个月前Plenty of people still know or use the other meanings, and it’s still based on common stereotypes. Reclaiming slurs only really works when it’s done by the targeted group, and when the word is being used with positive connotations.
minus-squarezarkanian@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down2·11 个月前It isn’t cool if it’s offending people, though. And clearly it is.
Could you please explain how is ricing racist?
It was a term for modded crappy japanese motorcycles and cars, that derived from a slur for asian people.
I think the important bit people miss here is “was”, language changes, it was an insult, now it just means adding shiny stuff to your desktop.
I think the modern usage also has the nuance of fragility and temporality.
You wouldn’t call a polished and extremely stable customisation a ‘rice’, you’d probably call it a theme
I’m all for using “theme” as a replacement.
How about “farkle” to take another term from the motoring world?
I just said ‘theme’ has different connotations?
Plenty of people still know or use the other meanings, and it’s still based on common stereotypes. Reclaiming slurs only really works when it’s done by the targeted group, and when the word is being used with positive connotations.
It isn’t cool if it’s offending people, though. And clearly it is.