▲ 44 ▼ Is ricing racist? Drama ensures as Lemmings debate and Hexbear brigades yet another thread (lemmy.ml) submitted 2 years ago by gsa32@lemmy.world to c/fediverselore@lemmy.ca 31 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] mp3@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 years ago (2 children) I'm still not even sure what the term means.. permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 years ago (2 children) Customizing appearance, the apparent racist origin of the term is no longer relevant as very few would even know it and even fewer would use it in a racist context permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Mayonnaise@lemm.ee 11 points 2 years ago (1 child) I'm not about to start screaming that xyz is racist, but I would argue that just because very few would know or recognize that something has racist origins that doesn't (in my opinion) make it okay to use. I would hope that people could come up with another term to use that conveys the same message. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 years ago* I would rather words evolve and lose connotations permalink fedilink source parent [+] jerkface@lemmy.ca -3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 child) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 years ago (2 children) The point being that the connection is no longer there Like saying slave, there are no connections to slav anymore permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] rikudou@lemmings.world 1 point 2 years ago As a slav: Still salty. But hey, it's been only a thousand years or so. permalink fedilink source parent [+] hoodatninja@kbin.social 0 points 2 years ago* [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent [–] sndmn@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 years ago (1 child) My understanding, from a motorcycle enthusiast perspective, is that the term "rice burners" referred to Japanese racing bikes that run on alcohol fuels derived from rice. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Itty53@kbin.social 1 point 2 years ago [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 years ago (2 children) Customizing appearance, the apparent racist origin of the term is no longer relevant as very few would even know it and even fewer would use it in a racist context permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Mayonnaise@lemm.ee 11 points 2 years ago (1 child) I'm not about to start screaming that xyz is racist, but I would argue that just because very few would know or recognize that something has racist origins that doesn't (in my opinion) make it okay to use. I would hope that people could come up with another term to use that conveys the same message. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 years ago* I would rather words evolve and lose connotations permalink fedilink source parent [+] jerkface@lemmy.ca -3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 child) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 years ago (2 children) The point being that the connection is no longer there Like saying slave, there are no connections to slav anymore permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] rikudou@lemmings.world 1 point 2 years ago As a slav: Still salty. But hey, it's been only a thousand years or so. permalink fedilink source parent [+] hoodatninja@kbin.social 0 points 2 years ago* [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Mayonnaise@lemm.ee 11 points 2 years ago (1 child) I'm not about to start screaming that xyz is racist, but I would argue that just because very few would know or recognize that something has racist origins that doesn't (in my opinion) make it okay to use. I would hope that people could come up with another term to use that conveys the same message. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 years ago* I would rather words evolve and lose connotations permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 years ago* I would rather words evolve and lose connotations permalink fedilink source parent
[+] jerkface@lemmy.ca -3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 child) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 years ago (2 children) The point being that the connection is no longer there Like saying slave, there are no connections to slav anymore permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] rikudou@lemmings.world 1 point 2 years ago As a slav: Still salty. But hey, it's been only a thousand years or so. permalink fedilink source parent [+] hoodatninja@kbin.social 0 points 2 years ago* [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 years ago (2 children) The point being that the connection is no longer there Like saying slave, there are no connections to slav anymore permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] rikudou@lemmings.world 1 point 2 years ago As a slav: Still salty. But hey, it's been only a thousand years or so. permalink fedilink source parent [+] hoodatninja@kbin.social 0 points 2 years ago* [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] rikudou@lemmings.world 1 point 2 years ago As a slav: Still salty. But hey, it's been only a thousand years or so. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] sndmn@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 years ago (1 child) My understanding, from a motorcycle enthusiast perspective, is that the term "rice burners" referred to Japanese racing bikes that run on alcohol fuels derived from rice. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Itty53@kbin.social 1 point 2 years ago [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent