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[-] Daxter101 75 points 1 year ago

Huh? Why, what is so special about Lemmings that---

Wikipedia: In popular culture, a longstanding myth holds that they exhibit herd mentality and jump off cliffs, committing mass suicide.

Huh.

[-] lechatron@lemmy.world 67 points 1 year ago

Disney killed a bunch of them to help perpetuate the myth.

and further that the same small group of lemmings was transported to the location, jostled on turntables, and repeatedly shoved off a cliff to imply mass suicide.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Wilderness_(film)

[-] irmoz@reddthat.com 14 points 1 year ago
[-] ech@lemm.ee 16 points 1 year ago

Because Disney.

[-] emptyother@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

So its about big corpos spreading misinformation and trying to kill something small to earn more money. Lemmy (and the fediverse) wouldn't know anything about that, right?

this post was submitted on 16 Jul 2023
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