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[–] mathterdark@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Math was my favorite subject in school, and I think that adding the phrase "after dark" to something made it sound cooler. So I combined the two to create my username.

EDIT: my display name (not username) is the exact opposite of the display name I used on aliensite

[–] limpid_luster@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

childhood memory i guess

[–] TheWoozy@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Very vaguely related related to my old reddit dead name.

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[–] morphballganon@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Because Ganondorf should have been a clone of Samus in Smash Bros Melee, not Captain Falcon. At the time, his one appearance (Ocarina of Time) had him using a projectile-focused moveset. This would have inevitably given him morph ball motions (down-B and roll), which would have ultimately been swapped out, but it's a fun thought that it would have been like that during part of development.

[–] SouthEndSunset@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

I live on South End and I love sunsets…combined, it makes no fucking sense.

[–] excitingburp@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Crunchyroll autogenerated it. I liked it.

[–] Nittick@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

My friends name is Nick and was thinking about him when I came up with this name. Also wanted a cool unique name like my brothers came up with for their gamer tags.

[–] Nika03@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

I don't really remember, but it's short - 4 letters, 2 syllables and it's a real name. It's not my real name though and yes, people love referring to that n-word when they see my username. I have it for years and I don't regret it.

[–] darreninthenet@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago

I'll give you one guess...

[–] qwertychomp@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Because this was my username on reddit before I deleted my account, and I don't have the creativity to think of something else

[–] yuki2501@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

I'm trans and I like Sci Fi.

[–] notenoughbutter@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

ummm I was you know...

[–] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 years ago

A weird set of events. First I just wanted to sign up on SDF Public access UNIX system but I didn't want to waste my username for testing it out in case I did something wrong. So I went with user224. However a good user named xiled verified that account for me so I stuck with that username.

Later SDF posted on Twitter about running their own Lemmy instance, and since I didn't yet know what Lemmy was, I used the same username. Slowly I made comments and posts locking myself into the stupid "user224" username. And I can't change it.

[–] BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Name of my favourite novel.

[–] limelight79@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Random word plus random number after it. I decided I needed to be a little more careful with my info.

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

That actually makes me a little sad. I thought you were a Charlie Chaplin fan.

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[–] Arinshot@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

I asked chatgpt for generated usernames, and this was one that I liked

Because The Doors is my favorite band.

[–] whoisearth@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

It's a long convoluted story but when I was a teen (I'm 46 now) I created a series of designs I called "earthbound angel" over the years it morphed to whoisearth.

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

I like Doctor Who and it comes from my favourite season with my favourite companion.

[–] LoganNineFingers@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago

Same here! (not user name myself but favourite season and doctor)

[–] Arsenal4ever@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Fan of The Arsenal.

[–] UsernameLost@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

I lost my username once and couldn't recover the account

[–] tomkatt@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

It's a variation on what my wife calls me. It's been my username on forums and such for a long time.

[–] Historical_General@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

It's the generated handle of my reddit account and I was happy with it because its a good name and it's over here.

[–] flameguy21@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

Been using this user name since I made a PSN account when I was 12 lol

[–] JohnSaveourSocks@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

I thought my name in English meant "John Savior", so I just decided to make my online alias "JohnSavour", but for some reason I elongated it to "JohnSaveourSocks".

(Turns out it actually means John Servant, so "JohnServesYou" would've been more accurate.)

[–] fiddlesticks@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 years ago

I have no clue.

Someone on reddit a long time ago said, look at the item to your right, that's your new username, what is it? It was before I had ever made an account so I took that as time to make one. I was at work so a bag of plasma was there. Done deal.

[–] kaklerbitmap@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago
[–] ahriboy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 years ago

My name is dedicated to the Nine-Tailed Fox from League, who she is my main in Wild Rift.

PS: I haven't played Wild Rift after I felt tired of getting tilted in Ranked.

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