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[–] ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 101 points 1 month ago (3 children)

For anyone interested, this is how wild asparagus grows:

[–] Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 169 points 1 month ago (2 children)

If you trimmed the bush back it'd look larger.

[–] webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 13 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I would not recommend for people to casually start trimming plantlife in the wild. /s

Unironically though there might be lots of insects living within that ecosystem that rely on it. If you don't need something for a dish or specific resource, just leave it alone.

[–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 44 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I think this was a dick joke

[–] Railcar8095@lemm.ee 26 points 1 month ago

It's always a dick joke. Or Loss.

[–] ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world 20 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

A penis pun

[–] Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

It was a dick joke.

[–] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago

I don't want an ecosystem in my bush

[–] dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

This is what I keep telling the Mrs.

[–] watermelonpaloma@lemmy.sdf.org 19 points 1 month ago (1 children)

We have loads of wild asparagus where I live. My new favorite activity this year has been asparagus foraging!

[–] HollowNaught@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

I was fully prepared for the image to load and for it to be the same one as the post lol

[–] OhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.world 74 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I work with a team of people from all over the world , and the word “eggplant” came up the other day. They asked me why Americans call an “aubergine” an “eggplant.”

So I showed them a photo of an unripe eggplant:

[–] dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de 18 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Americans really do label things like cave men just saying the most simple words to describe something:

  • Eggplant > looks like an egg and is a plant
  • Sidewalk > side of road you walk on

I’m all out of example but I’m sure there are more like this and I like it.

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 17 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Parkway and driveway got mixed up for some reason

[–] edgemaster72@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Whoever named those must be descended from the people that named Iceland and Greenland

[–] joel_feila@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Parkway was a road that went near park or other scenic spot. Drive ways were drives that connected private estates to a main road. Way back in the day those could actually be long enough the main house was not visible from the main road.

[–] Grappling7155@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 month ago

It’s not unique to Americans. A lot of cultures use compound words to describe new things

[–] RobotZap10000@feddit.nl 66 points 1 month ago (3 children)
[–] ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world 28 points 1 month ago

A joke of a plant

[–] dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 21 points 1 month ago

What's crazy is that not only is that the same species as broccoli, cabbage, and cauliflower, but practically the entire plant in that photo is edible.

[–] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 19 points 1 month ago

Brussels is such a weird city

[–] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 27 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That's nothing, look at pineapple.

[–] Denjin 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

And the first English speaker who saw one went "you know what that reminds me of, apples. Wait, hear me out, apples on a pine tree."

[–] lengau@midwest.social 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It's because it looks like a pinecone, which at the time were also called pineapples.

[–] Ghoelian@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 month ago

Iirc that was because apple was just a generic term for fruit at the time, not any specific type.

[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 17 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

I was expecting something like "MyPeeSmells" when I scrolled back up. I'm more disappointed than I should be.

[–] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

See, that's asparagus tricking you into thinking that is how it grows, by crafty memeing. When we (and by we I mean all right thinking ~~asparaguys~~ humans) know it isn't.

[–] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Let's hope they don't form an alliance with the "birds"

[–] RBWells@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

Fennel too- I always thought the white part was below the earth, like an onion. But no, the whole fennel sits on the earth, on a tippy root that's underground.