Originally Posted by
FlashBazbo
Lighten up, Francis! Did I touch a nerve? Wow.
I wasn't mocking anyone. "Lemmings" is marketingspeak for those who create the crest of a sales wave. No derision meant, but I guess I can see how the term could be seen as pejorative. I will change it in my original post to be better understood.
I am duly censored.
The use of "lemmings" when referring to people following a trend is based on the common belief that lemmings will follow each other over the edge of a cliff. It implies that the people are idiots for following the trend. I've never heard it used non-pejoratively, and I don't see how it could be.