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What noun/nouns do people use to refer to people that use Lemmy? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 58 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Lemmings is common

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Every time I read lemmings it sounds as though we all jumped off the Reddit cliff to kill ourselves in the Lemmy mines. It's not wrong, it just isn't the best mental image lol.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago

Well if it makes you feel better, lemmings don't actually leap off cliffs. It's a myth that started with a 50s Disney nature documentary where the crew literally threw some lemmings off a cliff. Pretty messed up.

[–] [email protected] 41 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Almost always "Lemmings." Reason is below.

In a 2020 post, Lemmy's co-creator Dessalines wrote about the origin of the name Lemmy. "It was nameless for a long time, but I wanted to keep with the fediverse tradition of naming projects after animals. I was playing that old-school game Lemmings, and Lemmy (from Motorhead) had passed away that week, and we held a few polls for names, and I went with that."[8]

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago

Nerds

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've been using "feds".

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Fedophiles

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

thanks, I hate it

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

isnt it "tankies"?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

I think bootlicker is a better fit!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

I think 'lemmings' is the most commonly used term. I would have used 'motorheads' myself though.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Lemurs

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Anti-Reddites

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Dudes