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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] 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

It reminds me of the 1991 videogame I played when I was a child https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemmings_(video_game)?wprov=sfti1

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

That's one of the things that this platform's name is appearently based on. Just FYI; so you and the main developer have something in common :)

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

Same, this is what I think of as well. So a cute and nostalgic connotations for me (even if they didn't have a great sense of self preservation).

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

This is what I think of every single time I hear the word lemmings - a little line of those 8 pixel dudes trotting along.