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TIL "Lemmy" comes from, indeed, the game Lemmings, as well as Lemmy from motorhead. (feddit.nl)
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Where does the name come from?

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.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Oh man what a classic game, got to go find a freeware version of that and try it out again

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

Then it derives from the reason, Lemmy Kilmister was called that, too. He was constantly broke and asked everybody "can you lemmy a fiver?" I can relate.

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