Sorry if someone has already asked this. This is my first post on Lemmy. I mean, I guess you could ask the same question about Reddit but I'm pretty sure it's supposed to be Read-It. But what does Lemmy mean? Is it a cute word for a small lemon?
Sorry if someone has already asked this. This is my first post on Lemmy. I mean, I guess you could ask the same question about Reddit but I'm pretty sure it's supposed to be Read-It. But what does Lemmy mean? Is it a cute word for a small lemon?
36 Comments
insomniac@sh.itjust.works · 99 pts · 3y
I guess it’s a tradition to name fediverse projects after animals and the original creator was a big fan of the Lemmings games and Lemmy from Motorhead had just died.
Here’s a link with info on the origin story:
https://lemmy.eus/post/5460
at_an_angle@lemmy.one · 12 pts · 3y
I choose to believe it's named after God.
Noctis@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 3y
Trick answer, Lemmy is god
T156@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3y
T156@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y
If Lemmy is God, and we are all Federated through Lemmy, are we all God?
someguy3@lemmy.ca · 11 pts · 3y
You mean we could have had Earthworm Jim and don't?
Fizz@lemmy.nz · 2 pts · 3y
Don't rule it out.
someguy3@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 3y
Groovy!
MuffinParadise@reddthat.com · 1 pts · 3y
That explains why everytime I google lemmy results show up for motorhead
MomSpaghetti@lemmy.world · 50 pts · 3y
IDK but I can't stop thinking of Lemmiwinks from South Park.
Slynk@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 3y
I know. That episode was gross. Lol.
Xylinna@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 3y
My SO always asks if I am “Lemmiwinking”. It does make me chuckle as my mind goes straight to South Park.
papalonian@kbin.social · 2 pts · 3y
The name and the icon made me assume it was a South Park reference
Xylinna@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y
My SO always asks if I am “Lemmiwinking”. It does make me chuckle as my mind goes straight to South Park.
hydro033@kbin.social · 1 pts · 3y
lmao its even a rodent too
Emperor@feddit.uk · 25 pts · 3y
Like Spider-Man villains, all Fediverse services have to be named after animals. Probably.
0uterzenith@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 3y
what animal is Mysterio ?
Emperor@feddit.uk · 29 pts · 3y
Rey Mysterio, jr was part of the wrestling stable called the Filthy Animals.
0uterzenith@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 3y
shit, you're good...
pjhenry1216@kbin.social · 0 pts · 3y
Rey Mysterio is more likely named after the Spider-man villain than the reverse. Mysterio the Spider-man villain was created about a decade before the man who became Rey Mysterio was even born.
Emperor@feddit.uk · 2 pts · 3y
Ah, but you are overlooking the presence of Rey Mysterio, snr.
pjhenry1216@kbin.social · 0 pts · 3y
Ignoring the number of villains that aren't animals, you're talking about someone who was six when Mysterio first appeared. They weren't born with the name Mysterio either.
And I also am realizing this is likely a joke because a vast majority of Spider-man villains aren't animals to begin with.
Willie@kbin.social · 1 pts · 3y
What kind of animal is a kbin?
TheDeadGuy@kbin.social · 1 pts · 3y
Well in French, carabin is a rifled horseman
Emperor@feddit.uk · 1 pts · 3y
That one is a deep dive but it's a nod to Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen, the Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences. They're all about the animals.
rm_dash_r_star@lemm.ee · 17 pts · 3y
This gets asked a lot, but we need a definitive answer from the guy who started the project, damn it. He just won't tell us other than some vague references to "Lemmy" things. I guess there's this;
Fizz@lemmy.nz · 20 pts · 3y
Is that not a good enough answer?
rm_dash_r_star@lemm.ee · 10 pts · 3y
Yeah it is, no more question.
ashley@lemmy.ca · 16 pts · 3y
https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy#whys-it-called-lemmy
Slynk@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 3y
Thanks for all the answers. Do you want blue? Lemmy smash.
caleb_allen@lemm.ee · 4 pts · 3y
I originally thought it was named after one of the authors of ActivityPub (which Lemmy is based on), Christine Lemmer-Webber. But I think that's maybe just coincidence?
Phantom@kbin.social · 3 pts · 3y
Lemmy tell you a story.....
thechickenmoo@readit.buzz · 2 pts · 3y
Lemmings are a type of rodent.
Nemo@slrpnk.net · 1 pts · 3y
And they notoriously all run together, much like instances all run together.
CarlsIII@kbin.social · 1 pts · 3y
Is it not named after Lemmy from Motörhead?
kbiner689@kbin.social · 1 pts · 3y