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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It’s literally a single guy
Like beans, jeans, and the rest…seasonal meme.
On what is the point:
Too bad “Orbs” doesn’t rhyme.
Lemmy gets a meme then beats it to death in 24 hours.
Memes come and go, moths are forever.
At this point I’m referring to all Lemmy meme storms as beans.
Not poopin’? That’s a bean.
Moths? That’s a bean.
Beans? Oh you better believe that’s a bean.I like moth
One person decided to create a trend by switching on the lamp and the next thing we know it’s full of moth.
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.
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.
Just be glad it’s not jeans again
The Moth don’t care if The Flame is real, 'Cause Flame and Moth got a sweetheart deal.
I’m kinda hoping the community backlash is just outposting the memes with other content, then everyone wins as Lemmy gets an activity spike
Good question. Best to ask those posting the moth memes. Otherwise, we are just going to be guessing.
You’d think this was the entire point of the post… 🤷♂️🤌
Lemmy users behaving like Reddit users.
We don’t appreciate the “R” around here.
The fact you’re Downvotes supports your statement.
