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?
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:
I choose to believe it’s named after God.
Trick answer, Lemmy is god
If Lemmy is God, and we are all Federated through Lemmy, are we all God?
That explains why everytime I google lemmy results show up for motorhead
You mean we could have had Earthworm Jim and don’t?
Don’t rule it out.
Groovy!
IDK but I can’t stop thinking of Lemmiwinks from South Park.
My SO always asks if I am “Lemmiwinking”. It does make me chuckle as my mind goes straight to South Park.
lmao its even a rodent too
Thanks for all the answers. Do you want blue? Lemmy smash.
Like Spider-Man villains, all Fediverse services have to be named after animals. Probably.
what animal is Mysterio ?
Rey Mysterio, jr was part of the wrestling stable called the Filthy Animals.
shit, you’re good…
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;
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.
Is that not a good enough answer?
Lemmy tell you a story…
