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Why is Lemmy called Lemmy? (lemm.ee)

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[–] [email protected] 40 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Per Lemmy's GitHub

Why's it called Lemmy?

Lead singer from Motörhead.
The old school video game.
The Koopa from Super Mario.
The furry rodents.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Lemmy Koopa was actually named after Lemmy from Motörhead. In fact, most of the Koopalings were named after musicals.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Huh. I didn't know that. To be honest, I didn't know that there was a Koopa named Lemmy until I looked at their github either. I've never played Mario.

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