Did you know, the famous shot of lemmings falling of a cliff in the documentary that started the ideas that lemmings will just die following their peers off a cliff was actually a bunch of documentary makers pushing a bunch of lemming off of it to make a cool shot and not actual lemmings behavior ?
You probably did actually…
heard about it on jre, didn’t even attempt to verify, so no sauce but a trust me bro, this version of the story has little enough consequences and aligns with my beliefs enough that I don’t mind believing it even if it isn’t true
In short, those of us that found lemmy from reddit are definitely lemmings.
I heard of lemmy before all this and just didn’t get it - i knew nothing about the fediverse and that the instances can interact - I would have started exploring sooner.
Yes, I’m willing to follow all of you off a cliff.
Did you know, the famous shot of lemmings falling of a cliff in the documentary that started the ideas that lemmings will just die following their peers off a cliff was actually a bunch of documentary makers pushing a bunch of lemming off of it to make a cool shot and not actual lemmings behavior ? You probably did actually…
Is this legit? Do you have a source I could read? If this is real that’s so effed
heard about it on jre, didn’t even attempt to verify, so no sauce but a trust me bro, this version of the story has little enough consequences and aligns with my beliefs enough that I don’t mind believing it even if it isn’t true
No offense but that doesn’t seem like a good mentality to have…
You can find it on the wikipedia page of the film, but if you search for it on the internet you find a ton of sources https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Wilderness_(film)
Wikipedia says the scene was staged
the lemming Wikipedia page was interesting in general regarding myths surrounding them.
In short, those of us that found lemmy from reddit are definitely lemmings.
I heard of lemmy before all this and just didn’t get it - i knew nothing about the fediverse and that the instances can interact - I would have started exploring sooner.