<div dir="ltr">It's a derogatory term that originally referred to modifying street cars for racing, mainly for looks, not performance.<br>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.<div><br><a href="https://www.carthrottle.com/post/aj5v9qg">https://www.carthrottle.com/post/aj5v9qg</a><div><a href="https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=ricer">https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=ricer</a></div><div><br>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...<br>To be fair, some of the wings will add force while cornering, which can actually be useful, but if you know, you know...<br> </div><div>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".</div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Apr 28, 2025 at 11:59\u202fAM Mikalai Birukou via kwlug-disc <<a href="mailto:kwlug-disc@kwlug.org">kwlug-disc@kwlug.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><br>
> For the less cool kids around here: what is ricing?<br>
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Lunch time?<br>
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