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jonnythan:
It's funny that people use the word lemming, because what you just said about them is patently false.

It makes it even more amusing to learn that the common myth about lemmings comes from an old Disney film where the filmmakers herded a mass of lemmings into drowning themselves to make a dramatic peice about animals.

Disney executing thousands of animals to make a good film is hilarious.


I think the word Lemming is most often associated with "mindless follower" because of the popular (and old) computer game called "Lemmings". They just walked and walked, your job was to solve the puzzle to get them safely to the door. Otherwise, they would just walk straight into the ocean, lava, off a cliff etc.

Whenever someone says "lemming", I think of:
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https://www.shearwater.com/products/teric/
http://cavediveflorida.com/Rum_House.htm

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