The Wikipedia definition seems to indicate it has origins as a racist term and I've never understood why unix users have adopted this terms instead of something benign like "themes" or "theming" which I remember being in use long before I ever heard "rice". So what gives? Why use "rice" instead of "theme"?

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[–] 4 points 3 years ago (1 child)

It's from 4chan /g/, it's been in use for at least a decade there, probably longer

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