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I just opened my lemmy.world account a few minutes ago, so it's my 0th cake day!

It might be your cake day too!

PSthis image was created with 'Imagine' app using the prompt "A colorful cake with lit candles and a happy cartoon mouse standing on it while smiling"

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Reject reddit, embrace leming

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Oh, Lemmy is called that because the logo is a lemming ? I thought it was a mouse!

Why was a lemming chosen as the mascot for this federated social media program ?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Actually I have no idea. I chose my username based on that old game lemmings lol

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

The game was one of the inspirations for the name:

Why's it called Lemmy?