I've seen a lot of memes/jokes related to moths looking for lamps. Why does the community love these memes? What's the point?

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[–] 59 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Like beans, jeans, and the rest…seasonal meme.

On what is the point:

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  • [–] 18 points 1 year ago
    [–] 16 points 1 year ago

    I like moth

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  • [–] 30 points 1 year ago

    Memes come and go, moths are forever.

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  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Just be glad it's not jeans again

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  • [–] 22 points 1 year ago

    One person decided to create a trend by switching on the lamp and the next thing we know it's full of moth.

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  • [–] 17 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Lemmy gets a meme then beats it to death in 24 hours.

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  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Lamps are electrical sources of artificial light. Moths are insects which exhibit positive phototaxis, i.e. an inherent attraction towards light sources. So the memes riff on how moths are naturally attracted to light.

    Now why talk about moths? I don't know, but I think they're kinda neat, and that's enough for me.

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  • [–] 13 points 1 year ago

    why talk about moths?

    If an extinction-level event happens soon and all this info is stored in an EMP-proof bunker somewhere, future alien historians will say that the moths and the lamps represented how helpless we felt in the face of our certain demise.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    They're attracted to electric light, which kills them. They're not attracted to gaslight, which is one of the reasons people are protesting the replacement of gas lighting in Berlin.

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  • They're not attracted to gaslight

    Is this true? I remember using gas lights while camping in the 90s, they definitely attracted bugs, but I can't remember if moths were specifically. Where I live now moths would be the primary issue and we have a bunch of old gas lamps. Maybe I should use them. Except for the pollution and other bug death.

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  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago

    At this point I'm referring to all Lemmy meme storms as beans.

    Not poopin'? That's a bean.
    Moths? That's a bean.
    Beans? Oh you better believe that's a bean.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago

    It's literally a single guy

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    'tis the season, I guess?

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago*

    The Moth don't care if The Flame is real, 'Cause Flame and Moth got a sweetheart deal.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IG8l2ArHzDo

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Good question. Best to ask those posting the moth memes. Otherwise, we are just going to be guessing.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    I'm kinda hoping the community backlash is just outposting the memes with other content, then everyone wins as Lemmy gets an activity spike

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    I guess everyone likes live storytelling events!

    Fr “The Moth” is a pretty decent regular podcast/event series.

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  • [+] -9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Lemmy users behaving like Reddit users.

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  • [–] -4 points 1 year ago

    Fuck moths, they are fucking gross and terrifying.

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