Terms like “rice racer” “rice rocket” and “rice burner” started in US car culture as a pejorative insult for Japanese and Asian import sports cars. The term evolved to “ricing a car” meaning to make cosmetic enhancements that suggest more performance without any actual change in performance, a practice derisively accused of Asian men or drivers of Asian sports cars with decorative modifications.
At some point the term jumped to linux/unix desktops and most people don’t seem to know the origin. It has been discussed in the past https://lemmy.world/post/3769853
Do you not find it problematic using “rice” this way when it origination as a recist term of derision in car culture?
What (I have zero clue what you are talking about)?
Terms like “rice racer” “rice rocket” and “rice burner” started in US car culture as a pejorative insult for Japanese and Asian import sports cars. The term evolved to “ricing a car” meaning to make cosmetic enhancements that suggest more performance without any actual change in performance, a practice derisively accused of Asian men or drivers of Asian sports cars with decorative modifications.
At some point the term jumped to linux/unix desktops and most people don’t seem to know the origin. It has been discussed in the past https://lemmy.world/post/3769853
Seems like I am learning quite a bit in this post.