the original ricers were Japanese cars (early 80s), then from there rice came to mean cars with Race Inspired CosmeticEnhancements (90s) + from there we get rice’d out desktops (which is new to me but whatever).
I am not as sure a rice desktop png is racist but if you feel like the term is opressing you or holding you back, could you consider opportunities to reclaim what is a good word (who doesn’t like rice?) and use it for positive cultural elements (modded desktops)? I don’t want to cede a good word to uninformed peoples from 40 yrs ago…history is too short to let them win!
![[Sway] another nord rice](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/15dc57a4-305c-48b2-8e63-54f585578c7e.png){kind=link}
There’s nothing inherently racist about using the term in the context of customizing a desktop.
this is the kind of thinking that gave us names like “pcmasterrace”. words mean things, their origins matter
the original ricers were Japanese cars (early 80s), then from there rice came to mean cars with Race Inspired Cosmetic Enhancements (90s) + from there we get rice’d out desktops (which is new to me but whatever).
I am not as sure a rice desktop png is racist but if you feel like the term is opressing you or holding you back, could you consider opportunities to reclaim what is a good word (who doesn’t like rice?) and use it for positive cultural elements (modded desktops)? I don’t want to cede a good word to uninformed peoples from 40 yrs ago…history is too short to let them win!