I think it’s kind of funny, not sure if it was intended that way. Aren’t lemmings known for following each other, even if it is clearly not the right thing to do?

“I’ll take my seat atop the Brooklyn Bridge With a Coke and a bag of chips To watch a thousand lemmings plummet just because The first one slipped” -Aesop Rock, 9-5ers Anthem

  • @awdsnsEnglish
    5•1 year ago

    I think it’s funny. Also, while just researching to debunk the common “Lemmings committin mass suicide misconception”, I came across these additional gems:

    In 1532, the geographer Jacob Ziegler of Bavaria proposed the theory that the creatures fell out of the sky during stormy weather and then died suddenly when the grass grew in spring. This description was contradicted by natural historian Ole Worm, who accepted that lemmings could fall out of the sky, but claimed that they had been brought over by the wind rather than created by spontaneous generation.
    […]
    Another myth may have roots in the fiercely aggressive nature of lemmings during population booms, and the corresponding leftovers of predatory frenzies: lemmings do not explode.

    • @PlutoniumAcidEnglish
      5•1 year ago

      rather than created by spontaneous generation

      People back then were mindbogglingly stupid to believe that.

      I am absolutely certain that future humans (should they exist) will say the same about our society, especially after the rise of “social media”.