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[–] waterbogan@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Was my reddit username for ten years. When I joined reddit it was through the swimming sub, looking for info on waterproof MP3 players so I could swim laps while listening to AC/DC, Iron Maiden, Slayer, etc etc. I'm a bogan that swim laps pretty much every day.... therefore waterbogan

I appreciate numbers.

[–] toofpic@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I was making a WoW character (back in the days even the Burning Crusade wasn't there yet). It was a troll with big tusks, so I thought he'd need a toothpick or two.
And the spelling is from "Don't be a menace to South Central...", there was a stupid gangster under this name, he's my soul animal.

[–] astanix@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I don't remember where my name came from but maybe it's a variation off the NES game The Astyanax

It's just a name I put into a BBS when I signed up 35ish years ago and I've used everywhere since.

[–] Xariphon@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

Mine is an old Black Crusade character name. The original Xariphon was a scholar-warrior.

[–] Twinklebreeze@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

A fairy name generator.

[–] SweatyFireBalls@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I have always loved magic/mages/wizards/locks/witches/shamans in video games. When you have to make tons of alt accounts on MMOs or RPGs everytime i did another mage playthrough I started coming up with names for the memes. Some were okay, some were bad.

When I went to do a hardcore playthrough of a game and was trying to think of a "sweaty" (sweaty being someone who puts in a lot of effort, for those unaware) pun, sweatyfireballs was born. I was so proud of if it, it became my new go to user name over my long running previous name that I came up with for my mage on vanilla wow. I peaked that day.

[–] dlok@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I was originally called deadlok, it was a gaming name I came up with when I was 10 and stuck to it other than contracting it a bit.

[–] gibdos@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Back in the olden days I played Phantasy Star Online on the Dreamcast at a buddys home. I didn't have a username for online play and I think he had gotten his from a Majoras Mask guide, so I flipped through it and randomly chose Gibdos. It's been my one and only username for over 20 years now.

[–] Resol@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Resol = bunch of jumbled letters that are completely meaningless, but can be interpreted as either the first 5 letters of "resolution", or the backwards spelling of "loser"

van = Dutch word meaning "of" or "from"

Lemmy = this is insanely obvious

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[–] Dvixen@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Had it for forty years, it was my CB radio call sign.

[–] Bearlydave@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

It was tough, but I squeeked it in just under the wire.

[–] Daaric@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

It used to be the name of my character back when I played DnD, and the very origin was some online dwarvish names generator.

[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 3 points 1 year ago

It was my username on my porn account on Reddit. I derived it from my not porn account that I also used for other things and people IRL knew. I ended up using this one way more so kept it when Reddit banned me and I came over here.

[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 year ago

Axollo - Moonstruck and replaced the letters.
My earlier name was childhood cringe.

[–] Noodle07@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I eat a lot of pasta

[–] IndiBrony@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I'll let you guess the second half 👍

The first half is actually short for Indigo.

Back in the day my old internet alias was Indigo Michigan. I eventually dropped the Michigan when I became a Brony. "Indigo Brony" didn't really sound great, so I shortened it.

[–] Jubei_K_08@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Named after Jubei Kibagami of Ninja Scroll, first anime movie I ever watched. The 08 was my jersey number when I played soccer.

Ninja Scroll

[–] Two2Tango@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago

It's my lizard's name

[–] PresidentCamacho@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Shit!

I got bored of winning all these fuckin accolades for porn.

Then the world started runnin outta french fries and burrito coverins, people starvin and shit.

Enough was enough!

President Camacho 2024!

[–] Kraiden@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

Golden Sun for GBA... except it was taken so I added an I... it's occasionally taken so sometimes I switch it for a 1 but I hate doing that

[–] TheOgreChef@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I had a boss back in the day that I had a really good rapport with, and he would jokingly call me Shrek because I was almost a foot taller than he was. I also worked in a lot of restaurants in my late teens to early twenties and found a love for cooking that has never really gone away.

[–] GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I think mine is kinda obvious but in case it isn't, it's "GNU" in the International Radiotelephony Spelling Alphabet. I got it because I like aviation and Linux... and also because I'm too autistic to get a more normal one

[–] Brewchin@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

As with all my online accounts:

  • Visit a name generator website.
  • Find one that doesn't suck.
  • Check if it's available.
  • Here we are.

And each has a different email address. I hope adtech loves me. 😁

[–] shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

If by that you mean the URL one, it's a combination of different anime characters, but if by that you mean the one you see on comments, it's short for the one I've had at birth. You can change how it looks in the account settings.

[–] metaStatic@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

wanted a zerg sounding name when I started playing SC2 and then mained terran instead

[–] plactagonic@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago
[–] ggnoredo@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

I mostly enjoy but not competitive online player from UO and Everquest era so I tired of typing good game no re do

[–] gwildors_gill_slits@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago
[–] De_Narm@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles. It's the name of an optional NPC that writes you a few letters and then dies. He has no relevancy at all, but I like him. Based on where you are, he may be written without the 'r'.

[–] YeetPics@mander.xyz 2 points 1 year ago

Typing and limited clicking

[–] Emperor@feddit.uk 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

A resemblance to Ming the Merciless in Flash Gordon. It's my nickname amongst my friends and round the pub (some of whom don't know my birth name) to the point you could go into my local and ask for the Emperor and someone would point you in the eight direction. So when I signed up online, it made sense to use this name and it has since became my nom-de-plume and is, in effect, my Common Law name.

[–] Alchalide@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I had to make a new name for the then brand new game: league of legends. I was high af and came up with this. Inspired by boss names in wow I guess.

[–] RoseRose56@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I used the username blackandred56, until one day I used blackrose56, and since then it's blackrose56 or roserose56. I just liked rose.

[–] HelixDab2@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Random word generator.

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