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Fediverse users are femurs?

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[–] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 220 points 2 months ago (14 children)
[–] Chocrates@lemmy.world 69 points 2 months ago (1 children)

We solved this like a year ago! Though I had completely forgotten what it actually was.

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[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 58 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 34 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I’m the little dude who lays 3 stairs and then goes boldly forward.

[–] DrunkenPirate@feddit.org 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I‘m the one with that rope. A Lemmnja.

[–] watersnipje@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 months ago

I’m the diggy diggy hole lemming

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[–] Artyom@lemm.ee 22 points 2 months ago

Lemmings is just the best name for us. It's so anti-corporate, you can rest assured not a single PR team would ever greenlight it in the history of PR teams. We don't need a PR team to approve our nickname, we don't want a PR team to approve our nickname, we don't want to have anything to do with whatever a PR team wants.

In case anyone was unsure, lemmings don't even jump off cliffs, that was literally just Disney staff throwing lemmings off cliffs like a bunch of psychopaths.

[–] NorthWestWind@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago

Lemme lend my fellow lemmings some lemons.

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[–] AsudoxDev@programming.dev 74 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)
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[–] Blackout@fedia.io 55 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] alphacyberranger@sh.itjust.works 45 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] elvith@feddit.org 14 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Guys, come quick!!!! I found the cliff!!!!!

[–] MelodiousFunk 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'm not falling for that one again, Mr. Disney Documentarian.

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[–] binomialchicken@lemmy.blahaj.zone 30 points 2 months ago (4 children)

I am more attached to the idea of the fediverse as a whole than to Lemmy.

I think we should all be called "feds."

[–] sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)
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[–] Drusas@fedia.io 9 points 2 months ago

I'm not so sure of your solution, but as an Mbinner....

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[–] GooberEar@lemmy.wtf 23 points 2 months ago

Lemming is the correct answer, but I'll also accept Lemmin' mostly because I'd love for there to be some kind of meet-up, like a Lemmin' Party or something.

[–] DudeImMacGyver@sh.itjust.works 23 points 2 months ago (1 children)
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[–] bitwaba@lemmy.world 20 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] foggy@lemmy.world 17 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

The fun thing about demonyms this is that there's no grammatical rule for them.

It's just kind of socially agreed upon.

Nobody from Boston would say they're bostonite. They would say a Bostonian.

However, there are many more miltons. In the world around there are miltonians and miltonites.

People from Liverpool are liverpudlians.

People from Venice are venetian.

People from St Kitts are called kitty cats.

[–] Poots@mander.xyz 7 points 2 months ago
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[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 15 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

It's all about the beans so how about bean... Wait I think that one's already taken.

[–] OpenStars@discuss.online 13 points 2 months ago

Get with the times, now it's jeans.

No wait, it's now... Nope, already changed, it's back to beans again, carry on.

[–] crawancon@lemm.ee 6 points 2 months ago

I think we're beams now. I keep seeing them everywhere. beans and beams.

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 12 points 2 months ago (3 children)

I don't want to be grouped together with any of you.

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[–] Etterra@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago (2 children)
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[–] d00phy@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] PopcornPrincess@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

Poor mouse.

[–] fine_sandy_bottom@lemmy.federate.cc 8 points 2 months ago (2 children)

There's never been any consensus that I'm aware of. All the suggestions are cringey.

We're just users.

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[–] BlucifersVeinyAnus@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 months ago (2 children)
[–] BananaPeal@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 months ago

Lemmyvores?

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[–] wick@lemm.ee 7 points 2 months ago

Redditors but with extra steps

[–] craftyindividual@lemm.ee 7 points 2 months ago

I found this humerus.

[–] nokturne213@sopuli.xyz 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

We are all the Ace of Spades.

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[–] TedJ70@aussie.zone 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Lamingtons. I will hear no debate on this.

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[–] jdeath@lemm.ee 6 points 2 months ago

don’t you dare compare us with those R-words!

[–] Eiri@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Do we need a name? Most social networks don't have a special name for their users.

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[–] Iapar@feddit.org 6 points 2 months ago (5 children)
[–] can@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Lemmies? Lemons? Lemmy Lemons? 🍋

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

When life gives you lemons......uh.......make linux memes and federate?

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[–] Klaymore@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

An interesting comment from when this was asked a year ago.

Funniest one imo is Lemmegians (as in Norwegians). Not a very practical name though.

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