Bizarre questions like this make me more confident my blocklist is working
What's going on with moths and lamps in lemmy?
Submitted 10 months ago by NotProLemmy@lemmy.ml to [deleted]
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POTOOOOOOOO@reddthat.com 10 months ago
For the safety of every moth in this community, turn you phone brightness down.
cheese_greater@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Its the only moral choice
southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
That’s just what a lamp would ask!
Seriously though, it’s a meme thing. It goes in cycles. Sometimes it’s beans. Sometimes it’s Gowron (glory to the empire!). Sometimes it’s people posting about how southsamurai has the most epic beard on the planet. Sometimes it’s moths.
whostosay@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Mothra@mander.xyz 10 months ago
What? That was so last week. The new trend is animals wearing human suits to avoid detection
Proprietary_Blend@lemmy.world 10 months ago
You know. Moth stuff.
schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de 10 months ago
You shouldn’t ask these kinds of questions under the assumption that anyone knows what you’re talking about.
cecilkorik@lemmy.ca 10 months ago
Reddit had a community “OutOfTheLoop” for these type of questions. It was very helpful for people like me who do our best to ignore these nonsense viral image macros that get blown out of proportion. The problem on Lemmy is, judging by the comments here, I think almost everyone here avoids those things like the plague, so there’s few if anyone “InTheLoop” around to explain for us.
schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de 10 months ago
FWIW we have !outoftheloop@lemmy.world here too
FeelzGoodMan420@eviltoast.org 10 months ago
Nothing. Just more unfunny shitpost bandwagon trends.
spankmonkey@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Username does not check out.
kambusha@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
Isn’t it moth pride?
Kolanaki@pawb.social 10 months ago
We’ve evolved beyond beans.
dukeofdummies@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Oh it’s a classic meme.
Basically it was this one moth that uncharacteristically posed for a photo outside a window, then it kinda morphed into a “transform any meme into one about lamps” and add the moth.
Dunno if you have moths or not where you live, but moths LOVE light. They usually smash up against your window or porch light or fly at your face in a well lit place. Terrible for anyone who hates bugs, which just adds to the humor. Adding a mostly annoying bug to your feed.
It’s the same idea where the saying “like a moth to the flame” came from. The idea being the moth flew into the candle and gets burned. You’re going straight into something bad, but you just can’t help yourself.
Thavron@lemmy.ca 10 months ago
I guess they’re attractive.
Sidyctism2@discuss.tchncs.de 10 months ago
its an older meme, but it checks out
elevenbones@piefed.social 10 months ago
not enough tbh. I do remember back in 2018 ppl were making lots of moth and lamp memes and it was wonderfully delicious.
gedaliyah@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Moths come from eggs, which are similar to beans, so… I have no idea.
edgemaster72@lemmy.world 10 months ago
If a moth wore jeans, would they wear them like this or like this? [the images are left to the reader’s imagination]
elevenbones@piefed.social 10 months ago
I dont get it... How tf does Linux figure into all this? 🤷♀️
SidewaysHighways@lemmy.world 10 months ago
big if true