How did you come up with your username?

I’ll go first, it’s simple, the Internet is literally an open field where anyone can do whatever they want.

@lemmy

    • 1984@lemmy.todayEnglish
      8·
      2 months ago

      This was a thing in the beginning, a lot of instances had just spinning buttons on signup if email didn’t work correctly.

  • e0qdk@reddthat.comEnglish
    14·
    2 months ago

    My old username from reddit and HN was already taken and I couldn’t think of anything else I wanted to be called so I just picked some random characters like this:

    >>> import random
>>> ''.join([random.choice("abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789") for x in range(5)])
'e0qdk'

    I have that literally in my kbin profile, but it’s not on my reddthat one. (I think I tried to copy it there originally when I set up the account but ran into some issue with Lemmy’s UI – been long enough that I forget what exactly.)

  • PassingThrough@lemmy.worldEnglish
    15·
    2 months ago

    Between Lemmy and Reddit, I’m a long time lurker, rarely a poster, especially as toxic as Reddit was I just found what I was looking for and moved along. Don’t mind me, I’m just:

    PassingThrough.

  • fireweed@lemmy.worldEnglish
    13·
    2 months ago

    I signed up during the Rexodus, which happened to be a lovely summer day so I was hanging out outside at the time of sign-up. I glanced around my yard looking for inspiration, saw my fireweed patch, and figured that was as good a name as any.

    Fireweed is a hardy plant native to much of North America, with beautiful pink flowers that native bees love, and it requires little maintenance once established. It is also edible and has medicinal properties! Please consider planting it (or seed-bombing it in an empty lot) if you live in its native range! More info here

    • Das_Bruno@lemmy.mlEnglish
      5·
      2 months ago

      Definitely was not the fire weed I was thinking. That said, you’ve inspired me to try to grow some of my own!

    • Klear@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      3·
      2 months ago

      I never knew that! Might be that I didn’t have a soundcard yet back when I was playing the game.

      • letsgo@lemm.eeEnglish
        2·
        2 months ago

        The video was from the Amiga version. Maybe you played it on PC. The sound was amazing, both the tunes and the SFX. I can highly recommend replaying it on an Amiga emulator, or at least watch the above video.

  • KazuchijouNo@lemy.lolEnglish
    11·
    2 months ago

    It’s my surname “translated” to japanese: “Del Castillo” --> “和地城乃”

    It roughly translates to “From the peaceful land/dirt castle”. I also chose those kanji for the phonetics. “Dehl kasteejo” -> “Kazuchijō No”

    Castillo : Castle 城 (jō) : Castle

  • CaptainEffort@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    10·
    2 months ago

    Actually it came from a pretty dark place lol. I’d made an attempt on my life a couple of months prior, and felt completely hopeless and lost, unable to find the strength to do pretty much anything.

    So I made it ironically, and it ended up sticking.