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I don't mean my username! Yours!

I guess this is more of a game and maybe not strictly the right place. But, the idea is to make a top level reply with you asking 'guess' or saying ':)' or what have you, and everyone else should answer what they think the username means or refers to, without looking any words or concepts up! Off the cuff, what do you think it means when you see this person's username?

Not sure about the mobile apps, but if you hover over someone's name in Lemmy it will show their username if they have a display name set. My username is quite boring and straightforward, but I like seeing other people's weird usernames especially on semi-anon places.

Bonus: What do you visually think when you read it? Even if you misread it as a typo, what did you imagine when you read it & saw their avatar?

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[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (4 children)

My username means, I am Steve.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Steve is Steve.... sounds too convenient to be true.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Right? I'm highly skeptical here as well ๐Ÿคจ

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[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (3 children)

the nerds on here will probably get it quickly ;)

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Faulty operating system with an army?

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'm not nerd enough! Obviously thinking of a colonel in distress, but everytime I read colonel I think of a middle school friend who would not believe me that it's not pronounced "ko low null"

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[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Mine's insanely on the nose... i'm not very creative.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Creativity is not equally distrubuted in your regime. Does not seem very communist to me.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Some may get mine others may think Iโ€™m a weirdo.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (4 children)

This is probably my least enigmatic pseudonym, but maybe someone will have something to say about it.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (4 children)

There is literally no mystery to my username.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I would be extremely surprised.

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

a man should clean himself

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Kobayashi's long last brother?

[โ€“] MetalAirship 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I feel like mine should be pretty easy but let's see

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Probabalt zepplin like someone else said, but I was thinking more like a final fantasy airship.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[โ€“] MetalAirship 3 points 1 year ago

yep, occupying a permanent spot as #1 on my favorite bands list

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Mine isn't very interesting, but sure

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I can't remember any characters named ryuko, but sound familiar. in a bastardization it can be girl/young dragon.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

If you think mine is cannabalistic, I don't blame you :P

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Clever. I actually read it as freewifihotspots before seeing your comments.

Um... Dim Sum but I get my choice of married women? Sexy I guess.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Someone who wasn't feeling creative

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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (5 children)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Mine is because I'm just a Firefly fan

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Hm...sheldon screaming bazinga like a bot at ikea

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Well now my username just feels boring haha

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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Mine should be rather apparent. I lack creativity.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Gotta have those calcium programms

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