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At least in German, there's the popular comic "nichtlustig" ("not funny") which has as a recurring theme of lemmings in absurd situations trying to kill themsel
by bhaak 10y ago
At least in German, there's the popular comic "nichtlustig" ("not funny") which has as a recurring theme of lemmings in absurd situations trying to kill themselves. E.g. http://static.nichtlustig.de/toondb/091121.html http://static.nichtlustig.de/toondb/091121.html
Don't suppose that just because the original source of the meme disappeared or hasn't been experienced first hand, it doesn't live on.
In this case, the original source was the Disney documentary (as others have already noted) and the game was already an playful interpretation of it.
I also know several people in their 20s that got handed down an Amiga to play on when they were kids. So even younger people can have played the game and then there have been several remakes (the last I remember is the PSP version from about 10 years ago, although that should also run fine on the current PS Vita).
- cm2187 10y agoI actually didn't think of the gregarian aspect. To me lemmings are before anything a video game character that, a mindless creature that will do what it's told with not an epsilon of common sense or self preservation, and no initiative. That pretty much describes how many people behave in large organisations, where a reasonably smart and educated person will not hesitate in good faith to act against the interest of the organisation if there is a set of policies / personal interest / "it's always been like that" that permits it.
- bhaak 10y agoI'm not sure the term "lemmings" has been used at all for this kind of herd behavior as IMO the suicidal aspect is the most important feature if you used "lemming". I think nowadays "sheeple" is the more appropriate term for that kind of mindless behavior.