I mean, no. Hank has been doing the literal beans meme for years. It’s the same beans meme that’s been circling on lemmy. It’s not unique to lemmy. The memes share a common ancestor, they’re not direct ancestors either way (Hank to Lemmy or Lemmy to Hank).

Same with the Hank Bean thing. This isn’t a reference to that or vice-versa. They share a common ancestor.

I believe beans have been circulating in nerdfighteria since the 2021 P4A, though it could be 2019.