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?

  • db0OPM
    0•2 days 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…
    • Unruffled [they/them]
      0•17 hours ago

      I like it!

      Technically I think it should be M4735 or M4T35 in 1337/L33T, but that is nowhere near as readable for most folks.

    • @flicker@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      0•2 days ago

      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.

    • 野麦さん
      0•2 days 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