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

I originally chose this as my Minecraft nickname, it's the name of a JavaScript library that I used (https://webpack.js.org)

[–] 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.

[–] trash@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago

Because it's accurate

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

Mine should be obvious.

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

Two random nouns

[–] Nemo@midwest.social 4 points 2 years ago

It's my real name.

[–] EndlessApollo@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

There was a now deleted YouTube video by OneMinuteGalactica called "Apollo launches his viper funny" where Apollo from the original BSG tries to take off, but the launch tube just goes for miles and miles while the bridge crew and other pilots scramble to figure out what's going on. I thought the reference to it was funny and sounded cool when I was 15ish and it's pretty much stuck

[–] Ultra980@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

I have no f***ing idea.

[–] flop_leash_973@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Because it sounds perverse, slummy/moist, and randomly generated in equal measure.

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

1: Has just three letters. 2: Doesn't really mean anything. 3: I like how it sounds.

[–] sour@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)
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[–] Smokeydope@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

I like to smoke dope.

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

Randomly generated by another website and I thought it was funny.

[–] sherman@kerala.party 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)
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[–] Wussy@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

I'm afraid to say why.

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

iron maiden song, a poker hand, and my name has 2 a's.

[–] NotSpez@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago

Mine was easy

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)
[–] Blastasaurus@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago

Because my tiny little arms have been replaced with laser-cannons.

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

My name is not Tony

[–] 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.

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

song by a band that fitted with my habit of nuking my PC every couple of weeks, either because I wanted to try a different Linux distro or because I got some kind of Limewire chlamydia

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

Well. I am a wench. And quite jaded. I wanted to make something I had not really used before, back when I joined the place that shall not be named, and it sort of stuck. I also really love the color green. If it makes you feel any better I am a much happier person today than I was then. Still a wench though. 😈

[–] AquaTofana@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

I'm a Bailey Sarian Fan.

[–] _TK@lemmy.antemeridiem.xyz 3 points 2 years ago

TK is a journalism joke. In that field, placeholder headlines used to commonly be written in as "Headline TK" or "TKTKTK" etc. It comes from back when newspapers were typeset physically before set in lead to be sent to the printer. It is short for To Come. Many editing marks are misspelled on purpose to make them stand out from the final text. "TK" is an unusual pairing of letters, so it stands out.

[–] Poggervania@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

It’s an alteration of an older PSN name I used a while back and it has a really nice ring to it.

[–] qazasxz@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago
[–] Susaga@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago

Because 10 year old me didn't know how to spell in japanese.

[–] BiggestBulb@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

Discord nickname that originated from OneShot (the game my icon is from). I chose it like 4 or 5 years ago and it stuck on Discord so I just adopted it to here

[–] IndisposedShakerCup@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

I left a shaker cup with some drink mix in there for weeks, totally forgot about it. Now it's a science project

[–] SendMeBakedBeans@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

I just think they're neat

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