I believe this was the post that started it: https://sh.itjust.works/post/715364
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As I remember it (and I have a terrible memory), the fedi beans memes started pretty early on, like 2018, and came from a place of "we don't get trending memes from other platforms so let's start our own." I think it came to lemmy from other fedi platforms pretty early on, and gets deployed periodically as a kind of palate cleanser. I blame the Brits, but I don't have evidence to support that.
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It's a great source of protein, and cheap.
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You gotta ask Nicole about that.
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Same reason they say narwal and bacon on reddit.
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Beans and potatoes man.. both are goats
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In the early days of Lemmy you were only allowed to post about beans and if you strayed off topic Mothra would come get you.
Now we discuss all sorts of things, like beans.
Oh, and beans.
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Beans there, done that.
Say it out loud.
Now say it again.
wait be honest, does it mean nothing at all
and has no meaning
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Beans is just a Lemmy/Fediverse meme
Ancient Lemmy lore. Back when it was only beans.
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It spread to the rest of Lemmy after Hexbear federated a few years ago. Hexbear's been beanposting since the pandemic:
https://hexbear.net/post/39003
https://hexbear.net/post/42969
https://hexbear.net/post/52408
Over at the Lemmy.ml instance, there are a bunch of Mr. Beans fans. They thought it was a gas to start the meme, in reality it is a lukewarm fart with no follow through.
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