1d ago

What do we call ourselves?

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?

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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...
- I like m@tes. I would want to stick with the pirate theme and in lots of the world, "mate" is a friend.
  Love the idea of assuming we're all on the same side. Because we are.
  Then the circled a is a good reminder.
  This is solid stuff, db0.
- Ahoy m@tey!
- Good one m@te
- 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

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