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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted, clever little truths, hidden in daily life.

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Fediverse users are femurs?

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[–] [email protected] 220 points 4 months ago (14 children)
[–] Chocrates 69 points 4 months ago (1 children)

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

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[–] [email protected] 58 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 34 points 4 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

I’m the diggy diggy hole lemming

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 4 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 11 points 4 months ago

Lemme lend my fellow lemmings some lemons.

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[–] [email protected] 74 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 55 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 45 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 months ago (1 children)

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

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[–] [email protected] 30 points 4 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."

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

Fediversians

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago

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

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 4 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.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 4 months ago (1 children)
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[–] bitwaba 20 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] foggy 17 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 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.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago
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[–] [email protected] 15 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 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.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 months ago (3 children)

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

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

Poor mouse.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

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

We're just users.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Lemmings was the consensus pretty much every time this question comes up

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago

Redditors but with extra steps

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago

Lemmyvores?

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago

I found this humerus.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 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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[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago (5 children)
[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Lemmies? Lemons? Lemmy Lemons? 🍋

[–] Lost_My_Mind 13 points 4 months ago (1 children)

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

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Lamingtons. I will hear no debate on this.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

We are all the Ace of Spades.

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