Seriously, I don’t get it.
One person collected\created a ton of them and started to post them in droves to set a trend other would follow for a while. While the amount of them is moderate by reddit standards, smaller Lemmy userbase and it’s c/shitpost community got quite overwhelmed with that, up to the point you can’t scroll for a minute without seeing another moth meme. People got divided over the mothposting as you can see in that thread, with some choosing to ban\downvote\report them arguing they aren’t fun, too numerous and are mostly from one account, similarly to spam\flood; and some like me found it as a field for humor\creativity while bored, an event akin to what I’ve enjoyed back on r/196.
I’m not informed of any deep meaning or conspiracy theory behind it, it’s just a silly posting routine probably being someone’s project. But you can draw weird conclusions yourself, like it being a lamp seller’s campaign in the summer when their demand takes a nosedive due to more sun hours each day (yay, Lemmy’s so popular it has ad campaigns!); or, you know, it may be a commentary on how human race is captured by the idea of a weaponized atom that may eventually end it - and this is relevant when discussing the ongoing ME conflict that some see as a WW3\NewVietnam starter.
Do with that information what you will. Now that I think of it, it could be funny if the original mothposter wrote your post instead, so people mildly annoyed with their little mischief got to write a reply and then got an Aha moment recognising the username in a different community. Maybe the mothperson is you?
These started popping up just after I started seeing a bunch of moths in my house. How did they get in my phone?!
Be the meme you wanna see
Idiots like to do idiotic things on the internet. There’s nothing to get.
Spam by one user, plus some isolated copycats
I just wanted to say
My just-woke-up brain combined these two into “how do you cope with moth memes”
Well, how do you cope with moth memes?
Bats.
Beans
Beans, Bears, Battlestar Galactica
Imagine a fictional creature that has wings like a bat and foot-beans like a cat
I decided to start blocking the people posting them. It turns out, it was literally one user making it a spam problem. I blocked one or two more on principle and haven’t seen a moth meme since.
It’s really interesting how there are quite a few people who don’t realize it’s only one person posting them. Like yesterday I was talking to someone who complained about ‘all the people’ posting moths and it was quite funny when he realized it really was just one single user. I guess not many look at the usernames.
I’ve been aggressively blocking annoying users and communities and my Lemmy experience has been much better for it.
Oh man wait till you hear about the beans
Personally, I’ve enjoyed the resurgence because of nostalgia for that time of memes. Even shared a bunch to another server and got praise lol
Shitposters on Lemmy tend to do stuff in waves and one particular user posted the memes to the point of spam which artificially started this one. That’s all there is to it.
That’s all there is to it
I feel personally attacked. I identify myself with these memes.
It’s not even funny IMHO, or maybe I’m getting old
I’m old and I think they’re fucking hilarious. I think what you’re missing is the “be a moron” part.
Some of these memes are clever, some even made me smile.
For real. They weren’t even funny the first time they came around in 2018. Shitposts used to be quality
We’re getting old 😂
They have lämp.
Lemmy hivemind
Just an internet fad, it will be over soon enough.
Return to beans!
I’ve been patiently waiting for moths pondering orbs
Best I can do (right now)
Please post a moth pondering it’s lamp
That does seem like it’s a meme waiting to happen, what with orbs glowing like lamps.
Would you prefer beans?
