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[–] ForthEorlingas@lemmy.fmhy.ml 10 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Per Lemmy's GitHub

Why's it called Lemmy?

  • Lead singer from MotΓΆrhead.
  • The old school video game.
  • The Koopa from Super Mario.
  • The furry rodents.
[–] glvss@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

As a metal fan, both Lemmy and Mastodon give me a little chuckle every time I think of their names.

BRB, starting a new service named Dethklok.

[–] cutitdown@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

Lemmy is God.

[–] agentsac@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Lemmy Koopa was actually named after Lemmy from MotΓΆrhead. In fact, most of the Koopalings were named after musicals.

Huh. I didn't know that. To be honest, I didn't know that there was a Koopa named Lemmy until I looked at their github either. I've never played Mario.

[–] infamousbelgian@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I don't know. Lemmy find an answer for you.

[–] OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] RustyWizard@programming.dev 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Lemmy drag Deez nuts across your face?

[–] fomo_erotic@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Stinkor@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Lemmy take a screen cap of that and share it with your

This might not be the official answer, but it feels like the right answer.

[–] darkhog@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

Why is kbin called like something KDE developers would use to parse their binaries?

Because servers are closed and people were yelling "Lemmy In!"

[–] stux@geddit.social 1 points 1 year ago
[–] astigma@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago
[–] Otome-chan@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

It's called lemmy because all the lemmings join it.

[–] ivanafterall@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why are you called sociablefish?

[–] Ragnell@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Maybe they need to go back to school.

[–] original_reader@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] kommanditbolag@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Lemmy find you where I read it

[–] Briguy24@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] original_reader@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Once upon a time there was a Lemming called...

[–] GingeyBook@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago

I lemmied on Lemmy