This has probably been asked before but I wanted to add another layer/an alternative.
So, I ask, where did your username/pseudonym/nickname originate from? What’s the meaning behind it?
Or alternatively, which is the most creative/interesting nickname origin you have come across?
Because I like these little guys: Grasshopper Mouse
I’m a squirrel.
and I’m a tuna!
Hello!
Caveman eat tuna
Hi tuna!
/dev/urandomTake a guess 😅
Ironic name like calling a large person Tiny.
Clearly you are a young whippersnapper!
Old demo crew I formed with school friends when I was a teenager.
My cousin, brother and I used to get high and play MTG quite a bit back in the day. There’s a card called “Reef Pirates” that we used to joke around and call them Reefer Pirates. When I was making an account on Diablo 2 some time around then it’s what popped into my head and stuck.
When Counterstrike first came out a quarter century ago one friend had a PC and we would take turns playing it and wanted to compare stats on some 3rd party stat tracking site so we could talk shit on each other. Finding a unique name was a pain, but I got lucky with this one, which is probably based on something Jay from Clerks said.
I’ve been lucky that it isn’t taken when signing up for stuff so I keep using it. A happy little accident.
Ranidaphobic; but going with Frog-Man was a too on the nose rip off of Bat-Man (and it’s taken anyway).
I have no imagination and my legal name is Tanis Nikana.
It scans like a username when it’s all lower case and jammed together though.
I liked playing tachanka on R6, tht is short for TheHolyTachanka
I read it in one of the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy books
My girlfriend calls me that regularly.
I’m a huge fan of Bathory, so I just combined Quorthon with his previous stage name, Ace.
Got any anti-aging tips?
Quality blood from young virgins™
Used to live in Norway when I joined reddit, and the whole Norse lore resonated with me. Back then I had a number attached, that wasn’t needed on Lemmy anymore.
Shakespeare and Serious Sam.
