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And did you choose decent one this time or Rimjob_stew one?

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[–] comicallycluttered@beehaw.org 4 points 2 years ago

Part pun, part general description, part alliteration. Also, preferably easy to say/read without CamelCase or under_scores or hyphen-ation.

I like comics. I also like comedy. My mind is an absolute fucking mess, full of nonsense, and I have trouble keeping things in order.

I find the best way to deal with it all is to laugh at it.

Mixing it all together, comically cluttered. Amusingly disorganized, both physically and mentally.

[–] fckreddit@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Considering I moved here after deleting my Reddit account, I present to you...

[–] plactagonic@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago
[–] CatBusBand@beehaw.org 3 points 2 years ago

Anyone heard of Mitchiri Neko? I want a cat marching band

[–] derelict@beehaw.org 3 points 2 years ago

I used “Saint Derelict” as a pen name for some poetry in high school, then in college I used it without the Saint as a character name in Numenera, and it stuck as a gamer name. I used it here because my other online handles are either unwieldy or name-based and I didn’t want a new one

[–] jerome@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] sour@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

shortened from username generator name

[–] Tahssi@yiffit.net 3 points 2 years ago

My is just the name of my fursona. I came up with it years ago by just combining parts of random words until I got something I liked and that was unique.

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

neco arc on kbin :D

[–] slowd0wn@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Mine originally was a reference to an album by Val Emmich, “Slow Down Kid”. I used that for a long time and finally decided that since I’m in my 30s it was time to drop the “kid” part. slowd0wn is now my online/gamer handle and has been for several years

[–] Cybrpwca@beehaw.org 3 points 2 years ago

I was really into Changeling: The Dreaming, cyberpunk, and old DOS 8.3 filenaming back in the day. It just stuck.

[–] nlm@beehaw.org 3 points 2 years ago

It's shortened from what I actually wanted, NorthernLightMountain, since that was too long. That in turn is based on the main antagonist (MorningLightMountain) in my favorite book from my favorite author, Peter F. Hamilton.

I live quite far to the north so I figured it would be a nice twist on the name.

Used to go by other handles on other sites but figured I'd start fresh over here.

Still hoping for a change to a bit longer display names. :)

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

I blurted it out in a chat one day in reference to something, and realizing it would be a clever band name or something... Well when I need a new identity to serve as a vehicle for my current creative output, here we are. I realized that it was at least somewhat clever and oddly not taken anywhere. So I am running with it.

shameless plug: doomcough.bandcamp.com :P

[–] aperson@beehaw.org 3 points 2 years ago
[–] plactagonic@beehaw.org 3 points 2 years ago

So mine is because of Bell end of year 2022.

As things happens in Ukraine, we had one girl from Kharkov on summer camp. She started dating one friend here and he keeps "dictionary" of things she misspelle.

There is a lot of good usernames there but the plactagonic relationship is my favourite.

[–] computerfan0@beehaw.org 3 points 2 years ago

I chose the username "computerfan" because I'm a fan of computers. Soon I found a website where that username was taken, so I added my (at the time) favourite number to the end and kept it ever since.

[–] wildeaboutoskar@beehaw.org 3 points 2 years ago

I like Oscar Wilde and puns.

[–] FREEZX@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

14 year old me thought it was a cool gamertag. 30 year old me still agrees.

[–] 1000knives@beehaw.org 3 points 2 years ago

it’s the title of a YMO song!

[–] followthewhiterabbit@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago

The Matrix is one of my fav movies ever. The first one, anyway. That scene where Dissolved Girl by Massive Attack plays, this piece of magic is seen

I've always been small like a rabbit. You should probably follow me, too.

[–] SevenSwell@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago

It's just a cool sounding thing from my favorite anime that doesn't scream "I'm a total weaboo," also one of my favorite songs from said anime. (Eureka 7, well the song is from the """"sequel"""" and is one of the few redeeming parts, but anyway...)

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I didn't ever really have a name for my fursona and then I got my dogs, Kona and Loki. I combined their names and came up with Kolonaki, but then misspelled it when I entered it in something the first time. Now it's Kolanaki.

It kinda sounds Hawaiian (pronounced cola-nah-key). 😋

[–] skepticalifornia@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago

I live in California and I am naturally skeptical of anything you tell me 🤔

[–] mtizim@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago

I thought of an username made up of shortening my first and last name when I was like twelve, and I just kept it. It's unique, unpronounceable, and long enough so I can claim it literally anywhere.

[–] jcarax@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago

Julian Carax, a character in The Shadow of the Wind.

[–] primscha@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago

It's a play on words for my name and generic. If anyone I know sees my username, they won't know it's me lol.

[–] Thevenin@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago

In electrical engineering, a thevenin equivalent circuit is a small, simplified circuit that mimics the behavior of a large, complicated one for the purposes of calculation.

Whenever I talk on forums, I make effort to distill ideas that are often nuanced and math-heavy into something everyone can relate to. The thought once struck me that I'm making a thevenin equivalent of myself, and the name stuck.

[–] AnarchoYeasty@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

In Anarchism one of our most influential books is The Conquest of Bread by Pyotr Kropotkin, also known as the Bread book. I needed to burn my old social handles and at the time the anarchist meme sub reddits would call our dank memes yeasty memes (since bread) and so I chose the name AnarchoYeasty

[–] TerryTPlatypus@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago

Oh, lol, nice one. The people will rise...like loaves of bread when baked in the revolutionary oven of evolution

[–] ladydascalie@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago

In French the word "Didascalie" is used for stage directions, often scribbled in the edges of a play, oftentimes by the author. "Les" indicates a plural, so my name would read "Les didascalies", or "the author's notes".

It pronounces basically the same as Lady Dascalie, hence where the name came from.

[–] noeontheend@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago

It's a reference to my last name, which, at least in the U.S., is much more commonly spelled with an e on the end. I always have to clarify that there's "no e on the end" whenever I give/spell my name to anyone.

I also make no secret of my actual identity and only say things I'd be comfortable saying in person. I know there's some risk of running into a crazy stalker person, but thankfully I haven't dealt with anything like that so far in my Internet years.

[–] HowlsSophie@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago

It's a tribute to my husband and love for Studio Ghibli movies, specifically Howl's Moving Castle. He is my Howl and I am his Sophie ☺

[–] heliodorh@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago

Mine is the first name plus last name initial of my OC, whom I renamed after realizing I was trans! So I use it everywhere lol.

[–] metaltoilet@beehaw.org 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

For whatever reasons my friends were messing around giving each other weird nicknames and I ended up with metal toilet (we had just been in a gas station that must’ve had a metal toilet). I tried it out I a couple things and it’s stuck since.

[–] plactagonic@beehaw.org 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] metaltoilet@beehaw.org 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'm not gonna lie, I have no clue what I just watched.

[–] plactagonic@beehaw.org 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Clown core - this song is recorded in toilet. My friend show it to me with words - Do you want to see guy playing sax and keyboard at the same time?

[–] metaltoilet@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago

I was both loving it and profusely confused. Thanks!

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