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WOW lol, big fan of kids shows who put in some jokes for the adults, that is a spicy one tho!
Animaniacs was special.
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Congratulations, that's the joke.
I worked with a guy named Aaron Dick who who was cursed with always getting [email protected]
Aaron was actually very nice.
Someone whose name is Dick must face a lot of issues in addition to email IDs
His parents knew exactly what they were doing when deciding on a name with A.
I worked in IT for a bit and the automatically generated emails were first initial last name
With manual adjustments in some cases, such as Sarah Hart (shart@...)
My company users first letter of the name and the full surname. I thought it was odd when I saw Gina.Ross@... Until I realized.
It's just an invitation to use the Unix finger utility to find user info on them. Like a shortcut to a profile.
I have always made a .plan file on every unix-like system I have been on. Just in case I get fingered. Heck, even my at home single user devices have a .plan. Just to give the hackers a treat.
This is a priceless gift, Megan. Use it to its fullest potential, and great things will follow.
Once saw [email protected] at an employer. On the other hand Hannah thought it was hilarious.
Hmm, that's probably enough to dox myself to ex-collegues.
Okay if the ha came from Hannah, was her last name Dcock? Or was it Hannah D. Cock?
Hannah Adcock.
Oh, duh. As a person who's had the same firstletterlastname format email at a company I've worked at, I should've realized that lmao
Mostly I get given my first name or full name. Getting just [email protected] feels pretty awesome when it's a common-ish name too.
That's a serious power move in a large org.
Unfortunately that's always been in small orgs lol
Though in one that grew rapidly, I was in the last batch of people whose mugs had no last names on them. I think my employment contract was like #80 or something and 3 years later when I left, there were like 200 or 300 people working there
The other way around would be cooler. Sounds like a pirate in pain.
I used to work with a guy named Paul Nessel who became "PNESS" on our network.
And then you’re suspended for an offensive username.
I really hope she was able to get a different email. Cause after this has made the rounds on the internet theres no way that address is even usable anymore.
And the poor lady probably already had a childhood filled with name-based insults.
honestly this is your fault for having the last name finger. skill issue tbh
@uwu.edu is a very emaily of a college