I’ve seen a lot of memes/jokes related to moths looking for lamps. Why does the community love these memes? What’s the point?
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Like beans, jeans, and the rest…seasonal meme.
On what is the point:
One person decided to create a trend by switching on the lamp and the next thing we know it’s full of moth.
Fuck moths, they are fucking gross and terrifying.
Lamps are electrical sources of artificial light. Moths are insects which exhibit positive phototaxis, i.e. an inherent attraction towards light sources. So the memes riff on how moths are naturally attracted to light.
Now why talk about moths? I don’t know, but I think they’re kinda neat, and that’s enough for me.
why talk about moths?
If an extinction-level event happens soon and all this info is stored in an EMP-proof bunker somewhere, future alien historians will say that the moths and the lamps represented how helpless we felt in the face of our certain demise.
Lemmy users behaving like Reddit users.
We don’t appreciate the “R” word around here.
He has not seen the light.
The fact you’re Downvotes supports your statement.
