What's with the moths and lamps?
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Lamps are electrical sources of artificial light. Moths are insects which exhibit positive phototaxis, i.e. an inherent attraction towards light sources. So the memes riff on how moths are naturally attracted to light.
Now why talk about moths? I don't know, but I think they're kinda neat, and that's enough for me.
why talk about moths?
If an extinction-level event happens soon and all this info is stored in an EMP-proof bunker somewhere, future alien historians will say that the moths and the lamps represented how helpless we felt in the face of our certain demise.
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Like beans, jeans, and the rest…seasonal meme.
On what is the point:
wrote on last edited by [email protected]Too bad "Orbs" doesn't rhyme.
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Lemmy users behaving like Reddit users.
The fact you're Downvotes supports your statement.
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I've seen a lot of memes/jokes related to moths looking for lamps. Why does the community love these memes? What's the point?
At this point I'm referring to all Lemmy meme storms as beans.
Not poopin'? That's a bean.
Moths? That's a bean.
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I've seen a lot of memes/jokes related to moths looking for lamps. Why does the community love these memes? What's the point?
I'm kinda hoping the community backlash is just outposting the memes with other content, then everyone wins as Lemmy gets an activity spike
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I've seen a lot of memes/jokes related to moths looking for lamps. Why does the community love these memes? What's the point?
Lemmy gets a meme then beats it to death in 24 hours.
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I've seen a lot of memes/jokes related to moths looking for lamps. Why does the community love these memes? What's the point?
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I've seen a lot of memes/jokes related to moths looking for lamps. Why does the community love these memes? What's the point?
wrote on last edited by [email protected]The Moth don't care if The Flame is real,
'Cause Flame and Moth got a sweetheart deal. -
Lemmy users behaving like Reddit users.
wrote on last edited by [email protected]We don’t appreciate the “R” word around here.
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Lamps are electrical sources of artificial light. Moths are insects which exhibit positive phototaxis, i.e. an inherent attraction towards light sources. So the memes riff on how moths are naturally attracted to light.
Now why talk about moths? I don't know, but I think they're kinda neat, and that's enough for me.
They're attracted to electric light, which kills them. They're not attracted to gaslight, which is one of the reasons people are protesting the replacement of gas lighting in Berlin.
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I've seen a lot of memes/jokes related to moths looking for lamps. Why does the community love these memes? What's the point?
It's literally a single guy
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You'd think this was the entire point of the post...
️🤌Well, it's easy to find the users with a moth fetish.
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Too bad "Orbs" doesn't rhyme.
I forgot about the orbs. Maybe I'm less of a wizard type and more of a lamp type than I thought.
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Lemmy gets a meme then beats it to death in 24 hours.
I prefer to think of merging it into the gestalt.
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I've seen a lot of memes/jokes related to moths looking for lamps. Why does the community love these memes? What's the point?
'tis the season, I guess?
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I've seen a lot of memes/jokes related to moths looking for lamps. Why does the community love these memes? What's the point?
Fuck moths, they are fucking gross and terrifying.
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I've seen a lot of memes/jokes related to moths looking for lamps. Why does the community love these memes? What's the point?
I guess everyone likes live storytelling events!
Fr “The Moth” is a pretty decent regular podcast/event series.
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We don’t appreciate the “R” word around here.
He has not seen the light.
