Recently I wanted to refer to the general populace of the divisions by zero, but it occurred to me we don’t have a good shorthand for it,. I.e. like one talks about “lemmings” or “redditors”. We could use something for members of lemmy.dbzer0.com.

Ideas?

  • db0@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPM
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    2 months ago

    One thought I had

    m@tes

    • It uses the word mate which is A) Pirate-coded B) Non-gendered
    • It uses 1337speak, which fits with the domain name (dbzer0)
    • It uses a circled ‘a’ which, you know…
    • 野麦さん@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      2 months ago

      How about b@ts, as in “bats” referring to many things, among them:

      • Landstreicher’s translation of Stirner’s “bats in the belfry” expression
      • “Bats,” referring to the expression of insanity for our neurodiverse and other friends
      • Bats, the animals, live in dark caves and only come out at night (pejorative for us being internet nerds)
      • It uses the @ symbol and fits all of your criteria
      • Bats are cool