What's up with all the moth memes?

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• Bebopalouie@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Oh dear, he hasn’t seen the light.

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• TriflingToad@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

  it’s just funny I guess. I like them, it gives Lemmy ✨ character ✨

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• jawa22@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Shitposters on Lemmy tend to do stuff in waves and one particular user posted the memes to the point of spam which artificially started this one. That’s all there is to it.

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  • abbadon420@lemm.ee ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    That’s all there is to it

    I feel personally attacked. I identify myself with these memes.

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• AreaKode@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I LOVE LAMP!

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• altkey@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  One person collected\created a ton of them and started to post them in droves to set a trend other would follow for a while. While the amount of them is moderate by reddit standards, smaller Lemmy userbase and it’s c/shitpost community got quite overwhelmed with that, up to the point you can’t scroll for a minute without seeing another moth meme. People got divided over the mothposting as you can see in that thread, with some choosing to ban\downvote\report them arguing they aren’t fun, too numerous and are mostly from one account, similarly to spam\flood; and some like me found it as a field for humor\creativity while bored, an event akin to what I’ve enjoyed back on r/196.

  I’m not informed of any deep meaning or conspiracy theory behind it, it’s just a silly posting routine probably being someone’s project. But you can draw weird conclusions yourself, like it being a lamp seller’s campaign in the summer when their demand takes a nosedive due to more sun hours each day (yay, Lemmy’s so popular it has ad campaigns!); or, you know, it may be a commentary on how human race is captured by the idea of a weaponized atom that may eventually end it - and this is relevant when discussing the ongoing ME conflict that some see as a WW3\NewVietnam starter.

  Do with that information what you will. Now that I think of it, it could be funny if the original mothposter wrote your post instead, so people mildly annoyed with their little mischief got to write a reply and then got an Aha moment recognising the username in a different community. Maybe the mothperson is you?

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• MrsDoyle@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I blocked the moth person, I got sick of those posts.

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• VinesNFluff@pawb.social ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I just wanted to say

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  My just-woke-up brain combined these two into “how do you cope with moth memes”

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  • bran_buckler@lemmy.world ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Well, how do you cope with moth memes?

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    • VinesNFluff@pawb.social ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Bats.

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• judgyweevil@feddit.it ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Spam by one user, plus some isolated copycats

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• CHOPSTEEQ@lemmy.ml ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I decided to start blocking the people posting them. It turns out, it was literally one user making it a spam problem. I blocked one or two more on principle and haven’t seen a moth meme since.

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  • TammyTobacco@sh.itjust.works ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I’ve been aggressively blocking annoying users and communities and my Lemmy experience has been much better for it.

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  • Sirence@feddit.org ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    It’s really interesting how there are quite a few people who don’t realize it’s only one person posting them. Like yesterday I was talking to someone who complained about ‘all the people’ posting moths and it was quite funny when he realized it really was just one single user. I guess not many looks at the usernames.

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• harcesz@szmer.info ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  They have lämp.

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  • BlindFrog@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Throwback to subreddit mothmemes 💡

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• JackbyDev@programming.dev ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Be the meme you wanna see

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• gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Oh man wait till you hear about the beans

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• bravesilvernest@lemmy.ml ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Personally, I’ve enjoyed the resurgence because of nostalgia for that time of memes. Even shared a bunch to another server and got praise lol

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• 20cello@lemmy.world ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  It’s not even funny IMHO, or maybe I’m getting old

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  • Green_Mouse@piefed.social ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Some of these memes are clever, some even made me smile.

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  • blargh513@sh.itjust.works ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I’m old and I think they’re fucking hilarious. I think what you’re missing is the “be a moron” part.

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  • MuskyMelon@lemmy.world ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    We’re getting old 😂

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  • redsunrise@programming.dev ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    For real. They weren’t even funny the first time they came around in 2018. Shitposts used to be quality

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• cook_pass_babtridge@feddit.uk ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  These started popping up just after I started seeing a bunch of moths in my house. How did they get in my phone?!

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  • FuglyDuck@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I had one fly into the hinge of my laptop last night. What a weirdo.

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• remon@ani.social ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Just an internet fad, will be over soon enough.

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  • Thorry84@feddit.nl ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Return to beans!

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    • FoxyFerengi@startrek.website ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I’ve been patiently waiting for moths pondering orbs

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• Meltdown@lemmy.world ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Idiots like to do idiotic things on the internet. There’s nothing to get.

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• foggy@lemmy.world ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Would you prefer beans?

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• BlindFrog@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Mods should just redirect them to !mothmemes@lemmy.world

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• FeelzGoodMan420@eviltoast.org ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  The shitpost and meme communites used to be full of really good memes. Then it devolved into actual shitposts about beans and moths and other stuff that’s not funny after the 2nd time. So now they really are just a fucking trash communities, full of AI slop, political crap, and actual useless shitposts…worst part is that mods don’t seem to care… rip Lemmy. It was supposed to be a great Reddit alternative and instead is ruined due to mod negligence.

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  • somethingsomethingidk@lemmy.world ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Do you know what a shitpost is?

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    • FeelzGoodMan420@eviltoast.org ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Do you know how to read context clues? The shitpost community was one example I used. It also ised to be actually funny original meme content. Man why am I wasting my time replying to clowns? Have a good day.

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  • redsunrise@programming.dev ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    These shit-quality shitposts are like the spaz kid at lunchtime showing you his “meme collection” against your will. I get serious secondhand embarrassment from seeing them. It’s sad seeing Lemmy’s shitpost community devolve into 9gag/ifunny.

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    • FeelzGoodMan420@eviltoast.org ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Yep, and it’s very strange that we’re both being downvoted for having this opinion. I have no odea why the hivemind here is determined to make this a 9gag-like dogshit platform. It’s incredibly confusing. Why doesn’t anyone care?

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• BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Lemmy hivemind

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