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I’m not calling them comms. find a better word if you don’t want to hear me say subs
Also we subscribe to them, so they’re subs just as easily as comms. I never use subreddit or /r/ because those don’t belong here, but you can easily replace /r/ with /c/.
You can link to comms like so:
I sometimes forget tbh.
Comms is a pretty good word imo.
Subs is fine by me, but /r is not.
Pretty much the same vibe around here too.
Can’t help but see “.ml” plastered over Chevy’s face.
Lmao, 1000% and now I cant unsee it
who do you think each major character is?
Troy and Abed give dbzero vibes (in a good way) but Abed may lean more sh.itjustworks (also in a good way)
Each instance assigned to a character? I was actually just wondering that, I think I’ll have to do a rewatch to do it right, but I think .world would either be Jeff or Britta for sure lmao
britta is hexbear for sure
Makes sense
I like to imagine I am a Troy or a Jeff or even a Shirley, but I’m really just a Leonard.
Pop what, Magnitude? Pop what?? 😭
I’ve seen your prescription socks.
I got a picture of your old nose; it was a lateral move!
Could be worse, could be a Garret.
I’m withdrawing from the race, I think a political career would interfere with my drug dealing
Remember the people who tried “sublemmys” or something stupid like that
I member! (it’s mee, I call them sublemmys)
Shout out to my very inactive Community community, [email protected].
Calling them communities makes you streets ahead
Instead of “sub” , I propose “dom”.
Please like and domscribe
As the singular authority on nicknames for communities, I’ll allow it.
As I have been calling them sublemmys because it amuses me, the change to domlemmys should be an easy one.
I vote for sublemmy
Listen, “comms” is a terrible name for this concept. I’m calling them subs until something better comes along.
I’m calling them cums
And you’re a cummer
If I tell someone to “please check out my cum” I might get into some trouble.
Watch the new meat canyon
And proud of it
Same here.
Lol how so, Lemmy (the software) calls them “communities” and comms is a nice and shortened version of that
I’m not saying subs is perfect. But comms has a much more predominant existing meaning: “communications.” It’s not clear what you’re referring to. While “sub” does have some existing meanings like “subscription” or “submissive,” those aren’t as pervasive meanings, and in my mental map it’s more associated with a subreddit or Lemmy community, so that’s what I’m going with.
Both of those words (community and comms) have common meanings that are adjacent but distinct in important ways from the Lemmy jargon meaning. That makes them confusing and awkward to use; what if you want to talk about the Lemmy community at large or some subset of it? You would have to go way out of your way to make sure all ambiguity is removed that you might be talking about a “community” as in the subreddit equivalent. Comms is not as bad in this way I guess.
That’s exactly why, actually. It’s too easy, like a kid naming their dog Mr. Woofs or naming a car Sally. I feel we can be far more creative.
I can’t, but I’m sure someone can.
What do lemmings live in. …holes? Warrens? Hives?
I could get behind “warrens”
I’ll shorten it to wars.
We’d become twice as interesting to people who’ve never heard of us.
Have you seen the wars on Lemmy?
Ah yes child. The war of the wars, I was there to witness it…
Seeing as how roughly zero percent of us are neurotypicals, yes that tracks. 😎
But on Reddit, sub is short for subreddit. How is this any different?
They’re used to subs and people don’t like change to the point that they’ll make up nonsense to justify their views.
Yeah but I want to argue about something.
Usually comms is short for communications, but I think it’s fine in context.
Not the most creative method but I’ll say something like ‘over at [community hyperlink].’ Others have pointed out that you use “/c/” as a replacement of “r/.”
Eh, I don’t know that this is something we need to gatekeep about to be honest. “Comms” doesn’t really roll off the tongue so if people want to keep saying “subs” I’m not going to correct them, it’s not like anyone would misconstrue what they mean. Plus we can’t even settle for a name amongst ourselves with Mbin keeping on referring to them as “magazines”.
Sub is fine to me in both contexts. sub(scriptions) or sub(forums) but “sublemmy” or variation just feel forced to me
What if we refer to them as cums?
I think that’s phonetically correct.
I think this actually works really well for the concept of “Lemmy tell you” “Lemmy show you”. Lemmy cum.
LMAO guys please don’t do this. I don’t want this to be my legacy.
Too, late hombre. Now share with us your favourite Lemmy cums.
Karma = cum
All these cumwhores on /c/lemmyshitpost
I’m tagging you as Lemmy cum.
Good idea!
JFC LOL
You only have yourself to blame.
Same. I call them comms, I’ve seen someone call them munnis which I thought was cute and more fun to say, but a bit less intuitive, but I’m not gonna correct anyone :)
Sub-comms. 😎
I just hate when anyone uses a name that signifies they use some site - lemmings, imgurians, redditors, whatever. I am no more a lemming than I am a reader for reading books or an eater for having dinner.
how do people get lemming? I always assumed it was Lemmy.
:D
Also when people say “substack” instead of newsletter, even about their own. Like, have some self respect – you’re doing all the work.
Subs, for subcommunity. COME AT ME!
Using “lemmings” is arguably more wrong - there are plenty of people on the fediverse who are not using lemmy.
fedfellows
Fedows
Feds
Fedophiles
FEDoras?
M’Feddit
Excellent [counter-]point.
I know it’s a joke but there are probably users who get genuinely angry and unleash all kinds of undeserved abuse when they see this. Old habits are hard to break, so let’s be human.
I like ‘subfeddit’, or we could go another way and call the something like ‘district’ or ‘constituency’, coz each one has a rep haha
It sounds bad though and it makes me think of subscriptions which are what a subgroup of communities unique to each user.
I have to remember that each time though it’s happening quite often now.
I try to let people know gently that they are using the wrong term, which I think is reasonable though I suppose my tone might be misinterpreted.
/c/onstabularies
this just makes me want a sandwich
Calling them subs just like I call safe spots in every soulslike a bonfire.
