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[–] UnknownQuantity@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Because I wanted to be obscure and mysterious, but if I'd call myself MrMysterious I'd know deep inside that I'm a wanker.

[–] floppy@rabbitea.rs 5 points 2 years ago

You can work it out yourself by looking at my instance name.

[–] AveragePotato@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)
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[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Agents 0 to 640 were taken.

[–] Izzy@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

A real life nickname I've had since I was 7. I've just stuck with it for the past 26 years. It actually originated from the Beanie Baby Lizzy. And Izzy is just Lizzy the Lizard without Legs. 🐍

[–] airbus@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Just some random thing that comes on my mind at the time, i guess.

[–] sickday@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Coolest shit I’ve ever pulled off happened on a sick day

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[–] sparky678348@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago

Way back in the day I wanted my club penguin to be named sparky, but that name was already taken. So club penguin recommended to me sparky678348

[–] TheDude@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)
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[–] CarlsIII@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago

What if Carl’s Jr. had a son

[–] GlendatheGayWitch@lib.lgbt 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It's a play off Friend of Dorothy.

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I was binge watching the show "Letterkenny" One of their plotlines was about a Ostrich. Allegedly.... Im Australian, No Ostriches, only Emus.

[–] ahornsirup@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago

I had a bottle of maple syrup on my desk and I'm not a very creative person.

[–] drzoidberg@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago
[–] HairyOldCoot@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 years ago

Self descriptive.

[–] BowserBasher@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

To paraphrase a longer explanation, I’m a Nintendo fan, I like Mario games, I love the Bowser fights. I wanted some alliteration on that and Bashing came to mind. Played with that and ended with BowserBasher

[–] nickwitha_k@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

The first time I tried karaoke, I was a bit intoxicated and worried that, having a common name, another Nick would get confused. My parents worked by full name incorrectly, so, I figured that that would be a great way to differentiate it, not realizing at the time that the name "Nick" itself normally has a "k" in it, making "Nick w/ a K" arguably more confusing. After sobering up, I found the whole concept wonderfully silly and decided to switch to it as my main screen name.

[–] noodle@feddit.uk 5 points 2 years ago

I like noodles

[–] eatisaiy@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago
[–] Cobrachickenwing@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 years ago

Food you want to eat but won't risk your life for

[–] CrabAndBroom@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago

I hit randomize in a passphrase generator until it farted out a mental image that made me laugh.

[–] my_blackest_day@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

My favorite song from an artist

[–] Whaler_Shaver@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)
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[–] Disgusted_Tadpole@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago

That is just who I am

[–] GrammatonCleric@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

I stopped taking my daily interval 💊

[–] LemmyWinks666@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)
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[–] first_must_burn@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

In order to rise
From its own ashes
A phoenix

First
Must
Burn.

~Octavia E. Butler, Parable of the Talents

[–] Steeve@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 years ago
[–] Solo@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago
[–] Still@programming.dev 4 points 2 years ago
[–] MegaUltraChicken@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

BillyWitchDoctor.com work mostly with chicken.

[–] FordBeeblebrox@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I’m one of Zaphod’s cousins

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[–] MegaTony@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

My name is not Tony

[–] aaaa@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Because fewer a's were all taken

[–] monke@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)
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[–] SidonMyHardOn@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

I just want to have a good time

[–] faintwhenfree@lemmus.org 4 points 2 years ago

I chose mine because one day I had nothing to do and was super bored, so I just stared at ceiling and blackedout. And mind you I wasn't tired or anything neither did I sleep, I just lost consciousness because I was bored.

[–] ColdWater@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

I lived in Tropical country and iced cool water is the best

[–] serfraser@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It's the back of my name stuck on the front of my name. Also hope it makes me sound like a knight of the seven kingdoms.

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[–] MelancholikhPatata@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago

I came up with it when I created my second acc on Reddit; I didn't want to spend time thinking of a username so I just thought of the first two words that described my mood at the time and went with it. It means "melancholic potato", I like how dumb it sounds

[–] beta@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 years ago

Beta as in Beta Pictoris, a cool star.

[–] ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

I wanted to add "the magnificent" to the end of it but it didn't fit so

[–] ConstipatedWatson@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Well, I'm waiting to drop a standard line that can be deduced from my username, but I still haven't landed a good post to do so...

Also, I wanted it to be disjoint from my former Reddit usernames

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[–] PopcornPrincess@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

I like popcorn.

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