What are you, a cop?
Jk but for real, how'd you get your username?
this post was submitted on 22 Feb 2024
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It's my stage name
Backstory needed
Hmm..
Uhh. I was inspired by a manager.
Im a pig with a doctorate, and one has figured it out yet!
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Govt-issued
Data structure and algorithm class in college.
My cat’s name is Shadow. I do a lot of techy things, so “EXE” felt like a cool thing to add. “ShadowEXE” doesn’t flow as much as “ShadowCatEXE”. I also have alt names with DLL instead of EXE, but it’s not as cool.
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Pure Pwnage reference
I've been using Monster ever since I randomly chose it during a Mario Kart race while on a school trip. There were 8 of us playing Mario Kart DS and I wanted to stand out.
My friends' band in high school was called Dances with Bread. I was their biggest fan, so I wanted a username that was bread themed. But I also felt like a username that had a sci-fi feel to it. ToastedPlanet was available on Reddit and it was available on Blåhaj Lemmy. But I managed to mistype it on DeviantArt as ToastePlanet which is embarrassing to say the least.
Pulp fiction.
I was in a 3 little pigs mood at the time.
Alliteration, Rhythm, Rhyme, and I like properly made tea.
:,(
It sounded funny. It has nothing to do with Linux, but yet I still run Linux.
I was messing about in a fighter simulator (previous milenium) and the game told me I did an insane move. It sticked, so I called myself TheInsane. In an online game, that nick was already in use, so I got the suggestion to take TheInsane1... nah, there is only 1 answer to everything, so I added that. It stuck since then. I got me the matching domain in '22.
I'm using KoffieNu as well, as it matched my domain koffie.nu (proud owner since '98), mainly on mastodon, git and some dutch lemmy instances.
Who knows?
A cheesy 90s drink, they were fun to see how far you could spit the jelly bits, or just a kinda fun drink I rarely saw as a teen. Nothing great but when you lived in the middle of nowhere it didn't take much in the mid 90s to be entertained as a teen.
Well, the box was staring at me when I created this account.
I like making up names and wanted a unique name for myself. So.. I ended up with Thelsim.
I wanted it to be unique, gender neutral, and easily pronounceable.
It's embarrassing. I'm not telling.
Self explainotry
Preteen me was bad at Japanese.
I was tickled pink about this prehistoric fish that went viral a little while back and I thought I would adopt its name.
First word that came to mind when I was like 13 followed by an arbitrary number and letter. It just means ball or sphere in German. I took up naming things by simple shapes by then so I guess there must be something I like about it.
It was the in-game alias of a very skilled swordsman and skirmisher in the MMORPG called Vindictus. We became good friends and played regularly for several years, conquering the toughest horrors, but one day, he never logged back on. So I started using his username to honor his kindness and prowess with the blade. If you're reading this, just remember that everyone in Lost Paradise [LP] remembers you!
Just made that shit up. I was trying to think of something stupid that wouldn't identify me in any personal way, and this one made me chuckle
Deep cut Expanse reference. Specifically to an episode that had a lot of personal meaning for me.
I'm a gentleman that enjoys neon lights.
It's like when kids make up a ridiculous nickname for you in grade school, but it sticks and you end up using it on your business cards.
My original reddit name. It is on my 2 Guinness World Records for "Largest Online Secret Santa".
It means = Paramedic, guy(pig), and I did "save" two babies as a Paramedic.