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submitted 1 year ago by misnina@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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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[-] amanneedsamaid@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 year ago

I would be extremely surprised.

[-] lvxferre@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Kobayashi's long last brother?

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[-] lvxferre@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Two small hints for mine: 1. Latin, and 2. it has nothing to do with the smoking chimp avatar.

[-] Foon@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

I'm actually curious what people would say about mine!

[-] misnina@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Foon to me is the sound of a pool noodle being thrown.

[-] Foon@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

That's hilarious, I think I'll use that next time someone asks me where the nickname comes from 😁

[-] Akasazh@feddit.nl 1 points 1 year ago

It's Dutch short for telefoon

[-] Foon@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

That's a good one too!

[-] Communist@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

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

[-] Akasazh@feddit.nl 1 points 1 year ago

I don't think googling will help, but I'm up for some guesswork.

[-] sup@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago
[-] threevi@infosec.pub 1 points 1 year ago

Came up with this name during my edgy teenager phase

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[-] MyNameIsRichard@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago
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[-] Fizzlebleam@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

I think my username is hard to guess

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[-] marz@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago
[-] Hexorg@beehaw.org 0 points 1 year ago
[-] lvxferre@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago

"Hex" alongside the pic of Doom guy reminds me Hexen, another old style first person shooter. So I guess that you enjoy the genre?

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[-] Steve@lemmy.one 0 points 1 year ago

My username means, I am Steve.

[-] asexualchangeling@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Reading this post makes me realize I should probably make an avatar at some point, oh well maybe later

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[-] Satiric_Weasel@beehaw.org 0 points 1 year ago

If you figure it out, would you kindly tell me? I have absolutely no idea.

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[-] TheV2@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago

It's not what you probably think first...

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[-] ulu_mulu@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

I like this game, tho I can't figure out any name in this thread lol, try mine :D

p.s. my avatar has nothing to do with it

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[-] Kurt@lemmy.one 0 points 1 year ago
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[-] HarvesterOfEyes@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago

Ok, let's do this. If you can guess where it's from, you have great taste.

^And^ ^don't^ ^worry,^ ^I^ ^don't^ ^actually^ ^harvest^ ^eyes.^

[-] misnina@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago

Harvesting eyes of cuthulu from terraira?

[-] HarvesterOfEyes@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago

Nope, never played Terraria. Here's a hint: I gotta have more cowbell!

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[-] lvxferre@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago

I gave up and looked it up. Thank you for your nickname! (You likely get what I mean, I don't want to spoil it for the others.)

[-] HarvesterOfEyes@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago

Uhh...I actually don't, haha! I'm probably missing something, sorry!

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[-] MrsEaves@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago

Ahhh, excellent. Let’s see if I can find my community here. Guess away.

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