Reddit is called as such because “I read it on Reddit”
Per Lemmy’s GitHub
Why’s it called Lemmy?
- Lead singer from Motörhead.
- The old school video game.
- The Koopa from Super Mario.
- The furry rodents.
As a metal fan, both Lemmy and Mastodon give me a little chuckle every time I think of their names.
Lemmy is God.
BRB, starting a new service named Dethklok.
Lemmy Koopa was actually named after Lemmy from Motörhead. 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.
Yes.
I don’t know. Lemmy find an answer for you.
Lemmy know when you do
Lemmy drag Deez nuts across your face?
ayyyyyyy gottem
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.
Because servers are closed and people were yelling “Lemmy In!”
Why is kbin called like something KDE developers would use to parse their binaries?
I just assumed since their icon looks like a mouse, that it’s named after the small rodent called a lemming.
But then why do they have that logo?
its also a lemming
Lemmy tell you why…
Lemmy find you where I read it
I think it is somewhere in here :D https://join-lemmy.org/docs/en/users/07-history-of-lemmy.html
I lemmied on Lemmy
Somebody liked the Motörhead rock band, maybe (Lead vocalist’s name was Lemmy)?
It’s called lemmy because all the lemmings join it.
Why are you called sociablefish?
Maybe they need to go back to school.
