Edit: This only applies to Reddit immigrants, me included. The OGs are still Lemmings.
Lemmings has been a popular option thrown out too.
I feel like anything other than lemmings is trying too hard
I thought this was already decided, lol
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I’m Hispanic and I still don’t get why ‘‘beaner’’ is a slur lmao
beans do be amazin’
What hispanic slur?
Much prefer this tbh
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I dont understand how people don’t get it we are all lemmings!
Yeppers.
Especially when you consider that the lemmings were forced off the ledge in the original footage. They don’t actually follow each other to their deaths.
I’m definitely not dead.
B-but lemmings…
I had never seen a real lemming before, but I never expected something that cute. I don’t know if we can live up to that name now…
They get eaten by a bunch of different animals like foxes and owls.
In 10 years only old people will even care what Reddit was. I think it’s better to define ourselves entirely within the context of Lemmy, rather than in reference to events at Digg/Reddit/whatever.
I think I would prefer lemmings
I think would prefer Motorheed, which of course, is the plural of Motorhead. You are a Motorhead. You and I are two Motorheed.
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Well and you know what they say about those
I was hoping this was 30 Rock. 10/10
I’m not going to complain about people talking about Reddit in the short term, since the implosion of that site was a fairly recent (and ongoing) thing that most of us experienced (I imagine there are one or two Lemmy users that just picked it as their first link aggregator/discussion site, but realistically most of use came from Reddit) so naturally people are going to want to talk about it. I’d rather not make the Reddit exodus part of our central identity.
Lemming is fine. Sure, we spend most of our time just walking from left to right, but any one of use could be the one to build the next staircase, bash through the next wall, dig the next tunnel, etc. that will let the rest progress to the next stage.
And then of course there are the blockers who get blown up when their usefulness has run its course. Not sure how they fit into the metaphor.
That brought back a lot of memories. I remember my mom being addicted to the game for a while. MS-DOS days!
I am also giving it a pass for the first few weeks, but I’d really like to stop seeing so much reddit content soon. Lemmy is its own entity, and we can respect that by letting it become something independently of other sites.
It’s like when a friend complains about an ex; let it go on for a while because they’re still hurt and need to vent, but at some point letting things go and moving on is the healthy path to healing
I think a big part of the problem is that the exodus happened in waves. Some people were on Lemmy for ages. Others came over when Reddit announced its API charges. Others came when Spez did his AMA. Others during the blackouts. Then finally there were the people who came over when the apps stopped working. Each of those people come over with fresh wounds that they want to talk about, but for the people who were among the first to come over it can get a bit tiresome.
you’re already calling us lemmy users, if you want you can shorten it to lusers.
I think Lemmings has stuck so far.
Doesn’t make sense for all the people who weren’t part of the exodus though.
I mean I am a reddit refugee myself and I don’t really like the idea. It feels a little bit like a “Hostile takeover” if we reference more and more reddit stuff. Lemmy has its own culture. And personally I don’t want Lemmy to become like reddit. I like it the way it is.
something something Cave Johnson
something something lemon arson
No.
Everywhere Reddit goes, it takes the cringe with it, it seems.
When God gives you lemons, you find a new god.
TBF, people made lemons.
