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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

What is "ricing"? Sounds like you might be talking about theming?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, ricing is slang for the r/unixporn kind of themeing. It comes from car culture, where RICE stands for "race-inspired cosmetic enhancement"

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Fwiw rice is a backronym, it originally comes from just "rice burners" which were the kind of cars & motorcycles that got "cosmetically enhanced"

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

it originally comes from just “rice burners”

The term is often defined as offensive or racist stereotyping.

Yikes, I think I'll just stick to "themeing"

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Ricing is usually used for extreme, often gaudy theming and personalization, with emphasis on looks rather than real usability

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Idk if I would say it's looks > usability, and it's certainly not gaudy... There are theming styles that are much more unusable and gaudy than the "riced" look.

It's an aesthetic that idealizes a kind of barebones utility, and while it often will lean towards the look over the usability, the look itself is like a "beautiful utilitarian" - minimalistic, uncluttered, etc.