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I like lemmings but it might be a bit derogatory. Even with that I still think it's better than 'redditors', which always sounded/looked goofy to me.

Any ideas? What do we call Lemmy users?

My current vote is for lemmings. I think it's cute.

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[–] Torty@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

I tried transforming the word Lemmy in the same way as demonyms for countries ending in Y just to see how it'd shake out.

Anything calling to anyone? πŸ˜…

Germany -> Germans -> Lemmans

Para/Uruguay -> Para/Uruguayans -> Lemmyans

Muscovy -> Muscovites -> Lemmites

Hungary -> Hungarians -> Lemmians

Norway -> Norwegians -> Lemmegians?

Turkey -> Turks? -> Lemms?

[–] d4r1us_drk@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago

Lemmites is the best one

[–] Lemmington@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 years ago

Lemmites and Lemmegians are best

[–] MonsieurHedge@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Given the rodent theming, lemmings is appropriate. It's also slightly self-deprecating, which is a plus when it comes to community monikers.

[–] fomo_erotic@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Huh. and i thought it was named after the guy from motorhead

[–] PeefJerky@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

Most of the people migrating from Reddit wouldn’t have much of a problem with self-depreciation.

[–] john47@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

That’s maybe right haha

[–] Camille_Jamal@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago

If you're on reddit, you're not ok

/j, but it feels true. The reddit stereotype

have a great day and be kind! :D

[–] pm_me_your_lofi@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

More poetic themes via Wikipedia β€œLemmings also appear in Arthur C. Clarke's 1953 short story "The Possessed", where their suicidal urges are attributed to the lingering consciousness of an alien group mind, which had inhabited the species in the prehistoric past.”

The past mascot was an alien

[–] Srootus@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] rmuk@feddit.uk 1 points 2 years ago

I think the hivemind has already spoken, but damn, I wish it was Lemons.

[–] BillTheTailor@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Not a fan of lemmings, since everything we know about them in popular culture is incorrect - they don't commit mass suicide - and is suicide really the image we want for ourselves? @Lemminary has the right idea.

[–] Ultra980@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I didn't think that about lemmings

[–] ram@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago

It's a myth popularized by Walt Disney in a documentary where they made the claim and dumped a bunch of lemmings off a cliff into the sea to prove they did just that.

[–] ZenkorSoraz@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)