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[–] CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 9 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Is Lemmy short for lemmings? Like those little guys that follow each other. The walkers, the diggers and the ones that stopped the others from plunging off the cliff.

[–] Seagoon@aussie.zone 7 points 1 year ago

I thought lemmy was the guy from motorhead

[–] baconmash@aussie.zone 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

This is their logo

Image: Lemmy logoimage

[–] CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 5 points 1 year ago

Ah so it is a lemming but a different lemming. I think it might be tongue in cheek though. Haha.

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