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TIL "Lemmy" comes from, indeed, the game Lemmings, as well as Lemmy from motorhead. (feddit.nl)

submitted 1 year ago by toothpaste_sandwich@feddit.nl to c/todayilearned@lemmy.ml

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Where does the name come from?

It was nameless for a long time, but I wanted to keep with the fediverse tradition of naming projects after animals. I was playing that old-school game Lemmings, and Lemmy (from motorhead) had passed away that week, and we held a few polls for names, and I went with that.

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[–] animist@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago

"Who would win in a fight, Lemmy or God?"

[–] psychothumbs@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Oh man what a classic game, got to go find a freeware version of that and try it out again

[–] sagrotan@lemmy.world 0 points 9 months ago

Then it derives from the reason, Lemmy Kilmister was called that, too. He was constantly broke and asked everybody "can you lemmy a fiver?" I can relate.

So, seriously, can you? Here's my PayPal: ...

[–] SkyNTP@lemmy.ml -1 points 1 year ago

That original post is a good read. I can't say I agree with all of @Dessalines@lemmy.ml, political views, but I'd like to think Lemmy is more than that.

After all, people can live and respect each other in the same community even if they have different political ideologies, as long as the values relevant to being in the community are common, and I think most of us here share that: we don't want to be at the mercy of big tech companies to decide how we communicate. Having a public forum is a matter of the common good.