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?
Like beans, jeans, and the rest…seasonal meme.
On what is the point:
Too bad “Orbs” doesn’t rhyme.
I forgot about the orbs. Maybe I’m less of a wizard type and more of a lamp type than I thought.
Just be glad it’s not jeans again
The Moth don’t care if The Flame is real, 'Cause Flame and Moth got a sweetheart deal.
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.
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.
I like moth
Lemmy gets a meme then beats it to death in 24 hours.
I prefer to think of merging it into the gestalt.
Poetry.
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.One person decided to create a trend by switching on the lamp and the next thing we know it’s full of moth.
Memes come and go, moths are forever.
Lemmy users behaving like Reddit users.
We don’t appreciate the “R” word around here.
He has not seen the light.
The fact you’re Downvotes supports your statement.
Fuck moths, they are fucking gross and terrifying.