[kwlug-disc] PewDiePie switched to Linux and encourages his viewers to do so too

[CrankyOldBugger]

I have to admit.. as someone who grew up driving Chryslers the size of
small planets, I find "ricing" these tiny little cars to be extremely
hilarious..  especially when they put "fart cans" on the mufflers to make
them sound like real cars...

In my day, if the car made that sort of noise it meant getting the toolbox
out of the trunk (you never drove a '71 Newport without tools handy...)


On Mon, 28 Apr 2025 at 16:07, Jason <jasonpa at gmail.com> wrote:

> It's a derogatory term that originally referred to modifying street cars
> for racing, mainly for looks, not performance.
> Historically, a lot of the imported cars from Asia, such as the JDM
> (Japanese Domestic Market) street racing scene were modified with larger
> rims, exhaust, wings, etc.
>
> https://www.carthrottle.com/post/aj5v9qg
> https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=ricer
>
> Whenever I see a front wheel drive Civic with a huge wing adding rear
> downforce (and reducing front wheel traction, killing power) I laugh a
> bit...
> To be fair, some of the wings will add force while cornering, which can
> actually be useful, but if you know, you know...
>
> If you go on Reddit /r/unixporn - that's where you'll see all the desktop
> setups similarly modified for looks... aka "ricing your desktop".
>
> On Mon, Apr 28, 2025 at 11:59 AM Mikalai Birukou via kwlug-disc <
> kwlug-disc at kwlug.org> wrote:
>
>>
>> > For the less cool kids around here: what is ricing?
>>
>> Lunch time?
>>
>>
>>
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