I'm rolling with users being called lemmings. A group of lemmings is called a slice. We could call communities slices.
7 0 ReplySo we can do /local/ posts like 'what's up homeslice'
3 0 ReplyWhy slices?
3 0 ReplyA group of lemmings is called a slice.
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For some reason, people tend to object to my preferred term, fedophiles.
5 0 ReplyI had a physical reaction to reading this.
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I came here looking for Lemmy but all I found was lemmy 😉
5 0 ReplyI'm good with "people" but lemmings seems to be the preferred option.
3 0 ReplyBioluminescent federated agents
2 0 ReplyAlright so this may be unpopular but in my opinion demonyms are cringe as fuck, so my personal choice would be "fans of Motörhead"
1 0 ReplyCringe as fuck
Yes. But a problem? Nah. Which of these sounds better?
Lemmy's Motörheads: What do you think sun plasma tastes like?
Lemmy's fans of Motörhead: Insert poll
Fans of Motörhead of Lemmy: Lend me your rears.
3 0 ReplyDemonyms are for places, like people from Boston are Bostonians. Your issue is with collective nouns I think.
2 0 ReplyI appreciate that, I take shit-talking pretty seriously and it's important to be as accurate as possible. That said, I'd like to amend my previous statement.
In my opinion, both demonyms and most other types of collective nouns are cringe as fuck. One notable exception of course being crows, because calling it a murder is fucking metal 🤘
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