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What are your thoughts on being called Lemmings if this platform becomes a staple? (lemmy.world)

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

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Curious to know, I'd heard "lemming" used in a semi derogatory way, since "a person who unthinkingly joins a mass movement, especially a headlong rush to destruction" is the dictionary definition. It seems to be the first thing to come to mind as to what you'd call a Lemmy user.

This platform certainly is embodying a mass movement to get off of reddit, and I'm definitely all for it! But I can't help but feel this could be one of those baby names that sounded cute and catchy but could be bullied later into life. What are your thoughts?

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sir, you are a Buddha.

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

I like self sorting systems. Let the easily offended become offended and go somewhere else. They do have the right to be offended, after all.

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

Which group of easily offended people is going to be the largest?

Those who get offended and therefore leave,
or those who get offended but stay, because their curiosity won't let them go,
or those who get offended and stay to troll and throw 💩 around and watch the world burn.

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

Tough to say. But everyone in category 3 would have done it anyway.