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Do you consider the term "rice" or "ricer" to be racist? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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The Wikipedia definition seems to indicate it has origins as a racist term and I've never understood why unix users have adopted this terms instead of something benign like "themes" or "theming" which I remember being in use long before I ever heard "rice". So what gives? Why use "rice" instead of "theme"?

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[–] [email protected] 60 points 1 year ago

The term comes from car modifications, when people would modify Japanese cars. Folks called them "rice burners" and it evolves from there.

I have never heard this in the Linux community, though, so it might just be a you thing