Guitar Decomposed: 5. Mutating the Third

Re:Guitar Decomposed: 5. Mutating the Third by sk0g on Friday May 29, 2020 @08:14AM (#23349022)

Is ricing a computer term? Thought it was a (funny|racist) reference to JDM cars and how engrossing a hobby tweaking those cars can be.

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Re:Guitar Decomposed: 5. Mutating the Third by byproxy on Friday May 29, 2020 @11:07AM (#23350798)

Yea, it definitely has racist undertones related to import tuners. "Rice" implying "asian." I find it a bit uncomfortable to read people posting their customized Linux desktops, for example, and calling them "riced out."

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Re:Guitar Decomposed: 5. Mutating the Third by Tade0 on Friday May 29, 2020 @09:53AM (#23349977)

I only ever heard this as a car culture term.

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Re:Guitar Decomposed: 5. Mutating the Third by japanoise on Friday May 29, 2020 @06:38PM (#23356422)

Maybe I'm showing my power level a bit here. To me it means "tweaking something's aesthetics in a way that doesn't improve, perhaps even degrades, performance".

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