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Why is Lemmy called Lemmy?

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Reddit is called as such because “I read it on Reddit”

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Otome-chan@kbin.social
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It’s called lemmy because all the lemmings join it.

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alternative_factor@kbin.social
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The thing that’s nice about being a “lemming” is that in reality they are very feisty critters and don’t do the weird mass running off of cliffs things that they are “known” for.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/iqaA3eiHFRM

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infamousbelgian@lemmy.ml
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I don’t know. Lemmy find an answer for you.

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AllYourSmurf@sh.itjust.works
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This might not be the official answer, but it feels like the right answer.

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OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml
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Lemmy know when you do

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RustyWizard@programming.dev
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Lemmy drag Deez nuts across your face?

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fomo_erotic@lemmy.ml
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ayyyyyyy gottem

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User Deleted@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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Because servers are closed and people were yelling “Lemmy In!”

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Einar@lemmy.ml
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Lemmy tell you why…

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kommanditbolag@kbin.social
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Lemmy find you where I read it

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stevehobbes@kbin.social
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Lemmy get a link

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aegisgfx877@kbin.social
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Lemmy google that for you

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Briguy24@kbin.social
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…yes…

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Einar@lemmy.ml
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Once upon a time there was a Lemming called…

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LostCause@kbin.social
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It made me look up Lemmings, and apparently they get a bad rep for being suicidal which is a myth coming from when some humans forced a bunch of them off a cliff for a documentary.

I feel like there is some metaphor with Reddit in there, but I can‘t quite grasp it.

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