General@lemmygrad.ml to Ask Lemmygrad@lemmygrad.ml · edit-21 year agoWhy was Lemmygrad named “Lemmygrad” and why was Lemmy named “Lemmy”?message-squaremessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up113arrow-down12
arrow-up111arrow-down1message-squareWhy was Lemmygrad named “Lemmygrad” and why was Lemmy named “Lemmy”?General@lemmygrad.ml to Ask Lemmygrad@lemmygrad.ml · edit-21 year agomessage-square14fedilink
minus-squareVHS [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up30·1 year agofrom the lemmy git repository: Why’s it called Lemmy? Lead singer from Motörhead. The old school video game. The Koopa from Super Mario. The furry rodents. Lemmygrad is a pun off of Leningrad because it’s a communist instance
minus-squaremuddi [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·edit-21 year agoInteresting, I thought Lemmy was started by ML or MLM socialist devs and assumed it was also a play on the abbreviation: ML/MLM -> mel/melem? -> lemmy
minus-square☭ 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗘𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿 ☭@lemmygrad.mlMlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·1 year agoit was started by at least one ML dev (dessalines), but the etymology seems to be unrelated
from the lemmy git repository:
Lemmygrad is a pun off of Leningrad because it’s a communist instance
Interesting, I thought Lemmy was started by ML or MLM socialist devs and assumed it was also a play on the abbreviation: ML/MLM -> mel/melem? -> lemmy
it was started by at least one ML dev (dessalines), but the etymology seems to be unrelated