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The thought of being called a lemming makes me want to run off a cliff.
I bet that somewhere, at any given time, I'm being called something. It's a simple byproduct of anyone falling into the universalization trap.
Federators!
My vote is for Kilmisters
I vote for lemurs/lemurians
I don't see the relation with lemmy
Am not the first to think this since there is a discontinued lemmy app called lemmur. Plus, lemurians feel less like it's a joke compared to lemmings.
Self-awareness is not "a joke".
I only knew lemmings from the cute creatures of the game of the same name. I meant speaking it out loud to refer to someone . Imagine a big horror youtuber using lemmy as a reference in his videos the same way they do for reddit. He's trying to set an oppressive feeling throughout the video but you hear him say : the lemming potatoinmyshoe said that the black mold OP was inhaling is extremely dangerous and could destroy his lungs.
You won't feel that way when Lemmy gets more famous. For example, let's say I create a new popular social media app called "Mikavrons". "Mikavronian" would feel like nonsens. Not to mention "Reddit" is also a funny name, like it's just "read it".
I don't know, what are your thoughts? Should we care? How does everyone else feel about this?
There's this saying 'would you jump off a bridge if all your friends did?'.
Well my friends are lovely people, they're smart and wise (some one thing more than the other). They're great friends. So if I imagine myself in a situation where all of them are jumping off a bridge I think my best option, nothing else known, would be jumping too.
So call me a fucking lemming if you want, I was starting to hate that bridge long ago
It's fine, though personally i'd rather just say lem or lems for simplicity if anything tbh
I don't have any issues with Lemmings. But I prefer lemmers and lemmians.
Lemmy IS god.
Here are some alternatives:
- lemmyans
- lemmynauts
- lemmyzens
Lemmynites please
trouser_lemming
Personally, I hate the idea of pet names for any large community.
This one is particularly awful, however. I plan on ignoring it, but if it really does catch on to where it isn’t ignorable it will have an impact on my use of the service.
Let’s be honest- the name lemmy kinda um I don’t know. Memmy is worse. Please devs do something
Just call us nerds.
How about federales?
a person who unthinkingly joins a mass movement, especially a headlong rush to destruction
That's the joke, and one day our baconed narwhal.
Lemmies!
Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me
Oh oh.. Let's go... 😄