Ricing came from the term rice-rocket from Japanese car enthusiasts which referred to the mods for their cars (physical mods, paint, stickers, etc). Transformed into rice/ricing eventually just because terms tend to shorten, and eventually jumped to other circles.
I usually think of a theme as a widely distributed/standardized set of appearances that anyone can load and use while a rice is customized and unique to that person
The only thing that comes to me is that someone who was really into tuning/spiffing up Japanese cars was involved in the community early on. I’ve always found it weird, and I’d honestly kinda prefer to just use “theme” or “spiff” or one of the many other words that the Godfucked curse of the Earth that is the English language provides for the purpose.
Ricing vehicles (mostly cars) used to be a big thing, enough so that when “rice” first started being used it was a common term to even people not into the hobby. I think it’s a… not skeumorphism, but whatever the tern is for anachronisms like “files” and “folders.” Metaphors carried over from the before-times.
Unlike “disks” which is a term that used to refer to a specific thing that’s largely been replaced by rectangular solid state devices. I feel as if there are, or should be, terms for these language elements.
Close enough, I suppose. I feel as if there’s another term, tho; someching specific to speech. Like, I’ve hearg it before, but can’t recall it.
I tried to minor in linguistics in college, before I realized it wasn’t quite what I thought it was. I may have heard a term there. Now I have to go check if there’s a c/linguistics somewhere.
Also never understood why it’s called “rice” instead of a “theme”. Every DE uses the term “theme” but /unixporn uses the term “rice” for some reason.
Ricing came from the term rice-rocket from Japanese car enthusiasts which referred to the mods for their cars (physical mods, paint, stickers, etc). Transformed into rice/ricing eventually just because terms tend to shorten, and eventually jumped to other circles.
I usually think of a theme as a widely distributed/standardized set of appearances that anyone can load and use while a rice is customized and unique to that person
The only thing that comes to me is that someone who was really into tuning/spiffing up Japanese cars was involved in the community early on. I’ve always found it weird, and I’d honestly kinda prefer to just use “theme” or “spiff” or one of the many other words that the Godfucked curse of the Earth that is the English language provides for the purpose.
dude with flames, topless anime character designs, no hood and a fart can skids into view
VTEC YOOOOOO
fart can intensifies
Carefully eases over speed bump
Sssssccrraaaape
Ricing vehicles (mostly cars) used to be a big thing, enough so that when “rice” first started being used it was a common term to even people not into the hobby. I think it’s a… not skeumorphism, but whatever the tern is for anachronisms like “files” and “folders.” Metaphors carried over from the before-times.
Unlike “disks” which is a term that used to refer to a specific thing that’s largely been replaced by rectangular solid state devices. I feel as if there are, or should be, terms for these language elements.
Anachronism?
Close enough, I suppose. I feel as if there’s another term, tho; someching specific to speech. Like, I’ve hearg it before, but can’t recall it.
I tried to minor in linguistics in college, before I realized it wasn’t quite what I thought it was. I may have heard a term there. Now I have to go check if there’s a c/linguistics somewhere.
Edit: !linguistics@mander.xyz
why not throw in just a teensy bit of racism in your vocabulary :9
I think because the term of modifying japanese cars are called Rice
i prefer to call them themes, it’s more descriptive. i usually call them rices ironically. i guess use whichever term you prefer idk
History.