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[–] irdc@derp.foo 5 points 2 years ago

I really don't care.

[–] CarlsIII@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago

What if Carl’s Jr. had a son

[–] floppy@rabbitea.rs 5 points 2 years ago

You can work it out yourself by looking at my instance name.

[–] airbus@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Just some random thing that comes on my mind at the time, i guess.

[–] my_blackest_day@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

My favorite song from an artist

[–] UnknownQuantity@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Because I wanted to be obscure and mysterious, but if I'd call myself MrMysterious I'd know deep inside that I'm a wanker.

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Agents 0 to 640 were taken.

[–] sparky678348@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago

Way back in the day I wanted my club penguin to be named sparky, but that name was already taken. So club penguin recommended to me sparky678348

[–] sickday@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Coolest shit I’ve ever pulled off happened on a sick day

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[–] drzoidberg@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago
[–] nickwitha_k@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

The first time I tried karaoke, I was a bit intoxicated and worried that, having a common name, another Nick would get confused. My parents worked by full name incorrectly, so, I figured that that would be a great way to differentiate it, not realizing at the time that the name "Nick" itself normally has a "k" in it, making "Nick w/ a K" arguably more confusing. After sobering up, I found the whole concept wonderfully silly and decided to switch to it as my main screen name.

[–] Izzy@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

A real life nickname I've had since I was 7. I've just stuck with it for the past 26 years. It actually originated from the Beanie Baby Lizzy. And Izzy is just Lizzy the Lizard without Legs. 🐍

[–] CrabAndBroom@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago

I hit randomize in a passphrase generator until it farted out a mental image that made me laugh.

[–] ahornsirup@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago

I had a bottle of maple syrup on my desk and I'm not a very creative person.

[–] theluddite@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I write an anticapitalist tech blog at theluddite.org

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[–] HairyOldCoot@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 years ago

Self descriptive.

[–] TheDude@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)
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[–] noodle@feddit.uk 5 points 2 years ago

I like noodles

[–] GrammatonCleric@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

I stopped taking my daily interval 💊

I was binge watching the show "Letterkenny" One of their plotlines was about a Ostrich. Allegedly.... Im Australian, No Ostriches, only Emus.

[–] Whaler_Shaver@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)
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[–] GlendatheGayWitch@lib.lgbt 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It's a play off Friend of Dorothy.

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[–] sour@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)
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[–] ChamrsDeluxe@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

It's the name of my youtube and twitch channels.

The name is a bit of a long story using text to speech in Sea of Thieves to annoy another crew. Tried getting to to speak in an irish accent and misspelled "charms" and the way the TTS said "chamrs" was just hilarious. So there we go.

[–] abracaDavid@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

There's a character on Adventure Time named AbracaDaniel and I just switched in my name.

[–] AveragePotato@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)
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Out of habit. It was my reddit username for almost a decade and the first thing that came to mind when I made a lemmy account.

Why I originally chose "justlookingfordragon" on reddit: I was looking for fellow Pokémon X/Y players with dragon-type safaris willing to share their codes, but the simplest usernames like "dragon" and "safari" were already taken, and "Imjustlookingforadragontypesafarikthxbai" didn't fit the character limit. I originally didn't even plan to keep the account, so I didn't care that the username was silly and awkward.

"Wolf Link" was a nickname that came later.

[–] ColdWater@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

I lived in Tropical country and iced cool water is the best

[–] FordBeeblebrox@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I’m one of Zaphod’s cousins

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[–] jadedwench@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Well. I am a wench. And quite jaded. I wanted to make something I had not really used before, back when I joined the place that shall not be named, and it sort of stuck. I also really love the color green. If it makes you feel any better I am a much happier person today than I was then. Still a wench though. 😈

[–] trash@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago

Because it's accurate

[–] aaaa@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Because fewer a's were all taken

[–] Still@programming.dev 4 points 2 years ago
[–] Steeve@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 years ago
[–] first_must_burn@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

In order to rise
From its own ashes
A phoenix

First
Must
Burn.

~Octavia E. Butler, Parable of the Talents

[–] Wussy@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

I'm afraid to say why.

[–] MegaTony@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

My name is not Tony

[–] Solo@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago
[–] SidonMyHardOn@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

I just want to have a good time

[–] Cyo@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

1: Has just three letters. 2: Doesn't really mean anything. 3: I like how it sounds.

[–] SangriaFerret@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Randomly generated by another website and I thought it was funny.

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