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I'm satisfied with mine and I use it everywhere. How about you?

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[–] Worx@lemmynsfw.com 50 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] NorthWestWind@lemmy.world 16 points 3 months ago

It definitely worx

[–] droning_in_my_ears@lemmy.world 46 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Can't get rid of it if I tried

[–] MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca 25 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] Crackhappy@lemmy.world 18 points 3 months ago

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[–] jewbacca117@lemmy.world 22 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Hello tinnitus my old friend

[–] kambusha@sh.itjust.works 17 points 3 months ago

You've come to ring the bells again.

[–] LordPassionFruit@lemm.ee 24 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I've been using mine since 2011, and I will continue using it for many years. I have an alternate one that I use in some cases (things that need a little more professionalism attached), but for everything else, I will forever be LordPassionFruit.

I also have never tasted passion fruit.

[–] NorthWestWind@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago

You should try passion fruit. It's great and you will truly become LordPassionFruit.

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[–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 18 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I’m not who I say I’m not

[–] jewbacca117@lemmy.world 10 points 3 months ago

Idk that sounds like something Rick would say

[–] NotSteve_@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 months ago
[–] 667@lemmy.radio 16 points 2 months ago (3 children)

It can be tiring, what with the constant coming and going of souls next door, but it’s worth being the neighbor of the beast.

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[–] Vanth@reddthat.com 12 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It's fine. I don't prioritize personally-relevant usernames. Using the same username across multiple platforms just makes it easier for data brokers and stalkers to make connections. Most of my usernames are the result of 20 seconds of thought related to some piece of media I have been consuming.

When I picked this one, I was reading about psychopomps in various cultures. This figure was one I hadn't read about before and I figured it would make for a nice, unique handle.

[–] tal@lemmy.today 7 points 3 months ago

Using the same username across multiple platforms just makes it easier for data brokers and stalkers to make connections.

I often get mine by using a FIPS-181-compliant pronounceable password generator, apg.

$ apg -n8
cepKopBic
emEsugJi
mygpheaj
godPond8
DytekHubNi
chamhopp
CoHuotsyo
NupajHeOv

On the Threadiverse, though, since the namespace was so unpopulated, figured, "eh, what the heck, be nice to have a short one". Might rotate it at some point; I did go through a number on Reddit.

[–] guy@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago

No chance I'm getting a username this simple on most platforms

[–] Evotech@lemmy.world 11 points 3 months ago

I've never seen using the same name everywhere lead to something positive. Negative however, plenty of times.

[–] slazer2au@lemmy.world 10 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Yes, I have had it for over 20 years.

[–] marker2002@lemmy.world 12 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Yes, I have had it for over 22 years.

[–] Pronell@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago

Yes, I have had it for 30 years.

[–] Nemo@midwest.social 4 points 3 months ago

Damn, only 21 for me.

[–] Burn_The_Right@lemmy.world 10 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

...vile conservative cockroaches... Sorry, what was the question?

[–] Stern@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

Fine by me. It's disconnected from prior usernames except in one case, which I prefer.

[–] MagicShel@programming.dev 9 points 3 months ago

Every few years I change up. I don't like too much info about me being discoverable. I'm very uncensored online and if I had a bunch of people paying attention or especially able to link it to my real world identity I would be very uncomfortable being who I am.

One time my Reddit name matched my FetLife name and I managed to piss someone off who went through my post history and I quickly recognized my vulnerability. So no more of that shit.

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[–] Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Of course. Derek is now both a singular point in space, and yet, Derek also contains space itself. The nexus of Derek is without dimension. The moment of Derek's creation and the eventual heat death of the universe are now inexorably the same.

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[–] jet@hackertalks.com 8 points 3 months ago
[–] JustARegularNerd@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago

Don't know if you'll see a lot of "no" replies, because I imagine if you're not happy with your username, you would've already done something by now like a new account.

I chose my username when I was a teenager and just kept with it since. The original meaning was that I'm a nerd, with both good and bad traits. It was also chosen with aspirations of being a YouTuber in mind and having something unique.

That being said, as I've matured I like to think that while I am a computer nerd, there's more to me than that single trait, so it may change in the future.

[–] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago

I like to hoot and holler

Gotta mix up names on different services to avoid being identified maliciously

I was standing very far back when the gravitas was being handed out :(

[–] RamblingPanda@lemmynsfw.com 6 points 3 months ago

What's not to love?

[–] HarbingerOfTomb@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Where is satansmaggotycumfart?

[–] Chonk@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

I love my username cause it make me feel soft n chonky

[–] BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

Yes, it's the title of my all time favourite book. I don't use it anywhere else.

[–] Tazerface@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 months ago

Sure, it reminds me of a very sarcastic raccoon.

[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

No... I had to change it because people kept making the same username joke. This nickname was chosen to remind me that sometimes peace is an option.

[–] Harvey656@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

People that pronounce the 656 in my name: six hundred and fifty six drive me nuts.

Jokes aside I've had this username for around two decades, honestly it just sorta was the only thing that stuck with my 10 year old brain.

Edit: forgot to mention runescape, that's where this started.

[–] turbowafflz@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I can't remember what mine is supposed to mean but it works

[–] atrielienz@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago

Fastest waffles in the galaxy.

[–] average_member@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

I never had complaints.

[–] Nemo@midwest.social 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Well, it's my real name, sooooo

[–] dingus@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)
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[–] nokturne213@sopuli.xyz 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I am fine with it, I have been using nocturne on the Internet since 93. Although I hate having to use a number at the end of it. When I joined sopuli I decided to replace the c with a k, since the instance is Finnish and I wanted the name to appear more Finnish. But I do not care for how it looks with the k.

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[–] nichtburningturtle@feddit.org 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

yes, but this is a permutation.

[–] pruwybn@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 3 months ago

I made a typo when I signed up lol

[–] finickydesert@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 months ago

Pfff no it's so picky and dry

[–] blindbunny@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 months ago

This has been my handle for so long I honestly don't think I'm creative enough to make another one.

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