Now that we are all switching to Lemmy, now is the time for all the redditors with embarrassing usernames to make their username right! Don't screw up this time!
My old Reddit username has my birth year in it. Not as cringy now that I’m older, but when I made my account I was 15 lol. Big time “Summer Reddit” energy
You can set your own display name, and you can have any username you want if you run your own instance or at least join a small one. Getting that one special username is not that important which is great because it's another feature that keeps egos in check.
thank you ! oh damn right it is, i'm completely satisfied with it! Though, the origin of my name comes from something MUCH different than Alice in Wonderland...
Not embarrassing but I had a pretty unimaginative username and always felt I could have done better. Lemmy gave me a chance to have a kickass username… and I squandered it by feeling too much pressure and writing whatever came to my mind first in the prompt :(
Yeah no way hose. Changing the name here would be admitting to myself that it was a stupid nickname back then. I mean, i know it was a stupid nickname but admitting it is a step too far.
Incidentally when I was an Uber driver I picked up a passenger who was a tall, super muscular black man wearing very little clothing, like a lion cloth or something.
I had been expecting someone named Jenny.
He told me he was Abbadon, Archangel of the Abyss, and that he was here because humanity was on the brink of massive death.
I wasn’t sure what to say. I pressed him for details but he said it would not be good to tell me.
He asked how I knew the city so well. I told him I was just following the blue line. He said “what blue line” and I showed him the Uber app on my phone. He asked about the capabilities of the phone. Seemed fascinated by the way the map changed in real time as I drove.
The drop off point was a diner. But given it was a few hours before dawn the diner was closed. I asked if he wanted me to take him somewhere else instead. He said no, “This is exactly where I need to be”.
I came up with the name in highschool. Me and some friends had a gaming club. We all chose usernames from demonology. Abbadon was some kind of 7th layer duke or something. It was the most appealing name since others had allready taken beelzebub and all higherups. Over the years I've found that depending on the source, Abbadon can have different roles and ranks or not even be mentioned at all.
I’d actually argue that it’s easier to get good names simply because each instance can have its own username pool. For instance, my username could also be used on other instances by other people. Me creating this account doesn’t stop someone from creating the same name elsewhere.
see last time I thought other people were my problems ~12 years ago.
Now I just have people problems instead of like, homework problems, or computer problems, or car problems.
Wife cheats on me? People problem.
My project a month an a half late because the previous project said "I dunno and gave up?" (haha you bastards could have written the exact same code im doing now three years ago) People problems.
Taxes? People problems. Family sick or injured or in surgery? People problems.
I wouldn't enable 2fa yet either there are some bugs, and the code it generated for me didn't work and locked me out of my account for a good bit. I'm not sure why but the 2fa link didn't work for me so I copied the secret out of the url and put it in my authenticator but it never worked. Just fyi.
Did this, since you can't change reddit usernames. But since I'm new to the fediverse, I did take a long time dithering over which instance I should register on.
i'm using my original reddit username on lemmy, it got shadow banned without explanation over a decade ago, so i created a different one which became my main account, now with over half a million comment karma, stopped writing stuff on that site 2 weeks ago
Anyways instances have strict inspections on registrations before approving, especially the username. If the username is inappropriate, just create a different username.
My preferred nickname was taken on Reddit, I had to use a lame one (~5-10 years ago when I was creating the account).
My obsessive personality dictates that however awesome the platform is, if I can't use netvor (without any suffixes etc.) I just don't ever really form any attachment to the platform. Normally traits like this are problematic but it probably saved me from shittons of hours of arguing with Someone wrong on the Internet, so there's the bright side. 🔆
So I noticed this in the user settings (at least here in Liftoff, not sure how it looks elsewhere), but you can set a "display name". Seems like a cool feature.
i've managed to get my u/n on whatever way back to the original demonoid. it wasn't until discord that i found another one, but they capitalize the U for some dumb tasteless reason... i was operating the minecraft discord and Unerds was part of this roblox discord that had somehow managed to get the discord.gg/minecraft name, and they were brigading us. it was kinda funny... ultimately the minecraft community team came on board and they knew people at discord and the url was acquired for us.
Shoot…
So you’re saying you don’t want insightful, thoughtful comments from u/rimjob_steve this time around?
I went for thought-provoking this time around.
It's easy to get a username at the moment.
Yes! Don't use a password generator to make a username
Too late bro
Couldn't get the username you wanted? It's probably available on another federated instance.
Don't tell me what to do
Completely understand why people would want to change their names. But why mess with perfection in my case?
I'll change it later...
Don't tell me how to live my life.
That would be a cool username
I'm pretty happy with mine.
He's alive! And on lemmy!!
I'm not alive, I'm undead.
what do people say when You sneeze?
Now he should die for our sins!
Let's crucify this guy
I'm pretty happy with mine too.
Are we talking pre-crucifixion, zombie, or the missing lore three day period between?
I wanted something with no reddit drama attached what so ever
Got mine
Will do!
Shit
how did I do?
I have no regrets
Nailed it.
Showerthought: This post is just an opportunity for users with inappropriate usernames to show them off.
Selfhost your own instance, and you can have any username
Who will be our RimjobSteve?!
I made the leap to Lemmy from reddit....16 ft through an announcers table
Oh no
I chose well this time
Well, fuck.
oh well... there's always next time
God... dammit
Sup
Ah, my first kindred spirit
But, I am looking forward to changing my political views and recontextualizing my reality from a stirring post by CumFartCocktail :(
I'm just here because Spez sucks.
Well I am too, so can you really blame me that I burned down reddit for my personal gain and an increase of magnitudes in my wealth?
I didn't even think about this lol.
I don't understand on why on a website where you can be anyone that you would choose to be something gross.
That would have been waaaay funnier if it came from an account named sexybabyboy92
You guys are aware that you can change your display name, right?
I got this!
I made sure not to use my real name this time. I had too much karma when I realized how dumb a move that was.
Feeling good
Uhh... I got nothing.
@[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected]
Idk if these accounts exists but...
Perfectly happy with my username thank you very much
I have just the best username.
Wanted PanGalacticGargleBlaster but apparently that was to long. So now I'm probably named like a gay pornstar. Well, it is what it is
Eh I'll be fine.
Can't improve on perfection
I think I did fine
My old Reddit username has my birth year in it. Not as cringy now that I’m older, but when I made my account I was 15 lol. Big time “Summer Reddit” energy
Make sure it will stay relevant
Well this is a bit awkward
Reddit couldnt let me reach my full potential. Look at me and tremble!
I just chose my real name.
I had this one in my head for yeaaaaars and I'm so glad I can start from scratch here in the fediverse.
..oops
Definitely corrected the mistake, I went much dumber this time around.
You can screw it up. My display name here, for example, isn't my login name.
Still waiting for u/fuckswithducks
Heck yeah
I tried so hard, but only got this far.
And in the end
It didn't really matter rrrr rrrr
i... failed...
You can set your own display name, and you can have any username you want if you run your own instance or at least join a small one. Getting that one special username is not that important which is great because it's another feature that keeps egos in check.
Kept the same username I've had for 20+ years.
Snake? Snake?! Snaaaaaake?!!?!?!
Same - only not 20 years, more like 15-16 years.
Reddit for 8. Steam for longer.
I had this as my AIM name, back before I had anything related to online gaming. Possibly used a different name in EverQuest but I can't remember lol
I put a typo in my username when I first signed up on Reddit. I got it right this time! I think...
I'm still waiting for our legend rimjob_steve.
I think I smashed it this time
Nice! That's a good one. I also feel good, I feel like I should never have to put a /s next to my comments ever again lol
It's supposed to be "ThisGuy'sNeverSerious."
Shit!! Guy? I was supposed to be Gay! Oh well next time
Resplendent, brilliant, gravitous, monumentous choice sir!
Shit
Alice. Literally just my name
You can change it now if you want! Alice is a good name though, especially since I am a fan of Wonderland.
thank you ! oh damn right it is, i'm completely satisfied with it! Though, the origin of my name comes from something MUCH different than Alice in Wonderland...
Good parenting
Will now I know who to come to when it is time to ask.
Alice in Chains rocks and they have a solid place in my heart, for sure.
This is true. I wonder if Spez is already taken...
I always regretted my reddit username, I did better this time (I guess)
My last one was "AmiawakeWasTaken"... so glad I got here first this time!
I think I did well...
I got my name
Too late. I told my wife I wouldn't use it again because it wasn't the greatest, but don-ju-wan-me-baby?
You just had to bait them didn’t you?
I always miss these things
I've been the pope too long to give up now
I don't even watch wrestling. Just the idea of an elbow drop is hilarious to me. Like the rocks people elbow.
I actually did watch a WWE thing on Hulu recently. I made it about 22 min. They took a commercial break during the match.
I love mud and have no ragrets.
Thanks god I can change my display name
Let ChatGPT decide. Not disappointed.
I'm Batman.
I addad an "h" in front.
I don't get it? If your embarrassed by it just make a new one?
it's part of growing up. wear your -69adidas69- user name loud and proud.
I was finally able to get my gamertag as a username. All is good over here at Lemmy
For me it was just getting in first so I didn't have to add numbers.
True
I'm just using the same username I use for everything lol
I'll have my peas 😡!
I'm surprised I got this!
I definitely took the time to make sure I was more incognito this time around. 🤣
Sorry that ship sailed
I think mine is ok
Technically you can have any username you would ever like, just spin up your own instance!
Listen, RUMPLEFORESKIN is not embarrassing, OK? I just didn't want my kids asking about it. Jeeeeze.
Tbh, my first thought was to use my old one. Then I really went for a fresh start, and actually I like this one better.
Too late for that.
I choose to forever cringe at my first chosen name.
Absolutely.
I like my new user name.
A wizard does not change his username, he carries it with the same pride or shame that one does of any nickname earned in highschool-college.
Rate my username.
Not embarrassing but I had a pretty unimaginative username and always felt I could have done better. Lemmy gave me a chance to have a kickass username… and I squandered it by feeling too much pressure and writing whatever came to my mind first in the prompt :(
Nooooow you tell me smh
[email protected] 💀
Think I did ok, but does it really matter when I can just create my own instance and choose whatever username I want?
I knew I should have added "3000" to the end of my lemmy name. DestroyerOfWorlds just sounds so weak now.
I didn't exist before, and I still don't. I have never existed, and I never will.
I'm happy with my new username.
My username was Foreskin-Gaming69, don't ask
fart noises
Oh damn it!!
Yeah no way hose. Changing the name here would be admitting to myself that it was a stupid nickname back then. I mean, i know it was a stupid nickname but admitting it is a step too far.
What can I say? I like my name so much I went and made it my Lemmy domain and my username.
Lol I used a random name generator
It hurts
waiting for Reddit’s own isis-blowjob-slave to make an appearance
I nicked one that I liked.
I was thrilled to find my spirit animal available as a username.
Anyone comes up in here with random word + random word + random number, we're going to have a fight.
Eat me.
My reddit name was based off of a meme from 2009... Funny at the time but boy it certainly showed it's age as time went on.
I should have thought of that.
...is anyone going to tell everyone about display_name?
Shhhhhh......
My first username from over a decade ago was horrible.
I got my username back! I missed it. Got banned from reddit and used some alt for a while.
I like this username. Keeping it.
Wow, you're active! A whopping 372 comments since the exodus
Incidentally when I was an Uber driver I picked up a passenger who was a tall, super muscular black man wearing very little clothing, like a lion cloth or something.
I had been expecting someone named Jenny.
He told me he was Abbadon, Archangel of the Abyss, and that he was here because humanity was on the brink of massive death.
I wasn’t sure what to say. I pressed him for details but he said it would not be good to tell me.
He asked how I knew the city so well. I told him I was just following the blue line. He said “what blue line” and I showed him the Uber app on my phone. He asked about the capabilities of the phone. Seemed fascinated by the way the map changed in real time as I drove.
The drop off point was a diner. But given it was a few hours before dawn the diner was closed. I asked if he wanted me to take him somewhere else instead. He said no, “This is exactly where I need to be”.
I gave “Jenny” five stars.
I came up with the name in highschool. Me and some friends had a gaming club. We all chose usernames from demonology. Abbadon was some kind of 7th layer duke or something. It was the most appealing name since others had allready taken beelzebub and all higherups. Over the years I've found that depending on the source, Abbadon can have different roles and ranks or not even be mentioned at all.
Yeah the other day five hours went by like nothing. I’m a little worried.
I refuse.
Some usernames should stay the same though, right?
who took spez?
That's what I was thinking too. All 11 inches of me.
I was born Kamehameherp, and I will die Kamehameherp.
Too late
I removed the numbers from my username. Because I'm all grown up now.
I just don't like Disney.
#noregrets
I’d actually argue that it’s easier to get good names simply because each instance can have its own username pool. For instance, my username could also be used on other instances by other people. Me creating this account doesn’t stop someone from creating the same name elsewhere.
At least its something
How did I do?
You did great. Sounds like you were the second person ever to get an account online or the second successful chat bot ever unleashed to the web.
Thank you fellow human!
see last time I thought other people were my problems ~12 years ago.
Now I just have people problems instead of like, homework problems, or computer problems, or car problems.
Wife cheats on me? People problem. My project a month an a half late because the previous project said "I dunno and gave up?" (haha you bastards could have written the exact same code im doing now three years ago) People problems.
Taxes? People problems. Family sick or injured or in surgery? People problems.
I got my first name :)
The early birds get the 3 letter words
I don't think my username is embarrassing enough.
Ah fuck
My username is god honouring thank you very much
Look, I've had some form of this cringe-ass username for 20 years now, this is just part of who I am now.
Meh, im too old to learn new patterns. Same username for me
Mine is good. Hacker name given to me by associates over 24 years ago.
It would have been excellent comedic timing of your username was something stupid like shitsmear69420 or onelongboob1978 or whatever!
(I swear to God, if I see either one of those user names lurking around here I'm going to poop a brick)
I wouldn't enable 2fa yet either there are some bugs, and the code it generated for me didn't work and locked me out of my account for a good bit. I'm not sure why but the 2fa link didn't work for me so I copied the secret out of the url and put it in my authenticator but it never worked. Just fyi.
I still used numbers
Word
I'm a 2023 Ford pinto
Cool and anonymous enough.
Ah fck. Missed it
Meh. It's not embarassing if the literature i'm exploring is totally
pornnot porn.Oh my username screwed all night alright. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
i guess i got this right. this username is banned on reddit lol
Should've went with my old banned username..
Or maybe not, people were always saying weird things about it bc it was basically "YourMouthIsMyShithole"
Its the username I wanted on reddit. Blast whoever had it there, vengeance is mine!
Cryptid foot doc checking in.
Lol prepare for "PM_ME_[WEIRD_SHIT]".
Totally not a screwup
I am content with good enough.
Well, I'm much happier with this one than my old reddit one anyway.
Tryin this one out. Let's see how it agee
Hola, Sangria?
Huh.
I barely changed mine but I heard that you can't trust someone with boy in their name and also I grew older so it was time to change mine.
Still unable to.
Oh well. Maybe on the next Revolution.
It's how I've chosen to see myself from this day on.
Too late
What app is closest to RIF?
Embarrassing?
Are people this averse to making a new account?
Seems like privacy-oriented Lemmy wouldn't care that much but even Reddit with its karma system wasn't that big of a hurdle to new accounts
Edit: apparently Lemmy DOES actually have a karma system
My Reddit name was “ihaveredonme” which is not how British people would say it.
I should have taken a super short nick, but alas.
I like mine.
I just wanted something kinda nifty, but ultimately forgettable. I think I succeeded.
I hate coming up with a username on any platform and am lazy every time.
I got like 5 usernames over on Reddit and don't like any of them. I'm using this on Minds too. Anybody else playing over there now?
Ah dang, you're right, I could have probably just been Mike
I did good, me thinks.
You know that you could just make another account, right?
Anyone who gets the obscure reference in my name wins nothing
think I improved it...?
I finally got my original username I'm happy
FORK. I made the same one I used with Reddit. Gol darn it.
I’ll make a new one, probably. I’m already a mod on this account so I’ll just dual wield.
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Edit: Thanks, @CommunityLinkFixer.
So like @[email protected]?!
I hated my Reddit username so much. I feel free!!
Why didnt i think of that? Im a 38 year old man now. My teenage nickname doesnt fit me anymore..
Oops
Don't mind me, being a single crustacean hasn't been thaaaat bad eh? Hahahhshhjkfhhhah :(
Fuck that, embrace your teenage cringe self
I kept the same name.
Can't beat first name for a main non-anonymous account
I’m just happy I didn’t need to add a number to mine
Yo yo!
Nah. I'm embracing my naive mistake.
My name will never not be relevant!
Now I know how it works
You're 8 days too late for me, mate!
I used my real first name (15 year old account) so I'll be glad to finally use a fictional name
I never learn..
Someone swiped my username here.
Did this, since you can't change reddit usernames. But since I'm new to the fediverse, I did take a long time dithering over which instance I should register on.
Yea I had an automatic username with a nazi associated number and I could not change the username.
good idea.
I've changed mine. Not that my previous name was embarrassing in any way, but I just wanted to change my name.
No.
i'm using my original reddit username on lemmy, it got shadow banned without explanation over a decade ago, so i created a different one which became my main account, now with over half a million comment karma, stopped writing stuff on that site 2 weeks ago
I'm using my IRL given name here. I like my Reddit username (and was kinda surprised it was not already taken), but it was kind of a mask.
What's wrong with ChewingLlama9435?
GOD DAMN It!!! What was I thinking?!? It’s to late 😑
I'm quite happy with mine :D
Got it right this time then!
Yea i just have some acnt
I’m good with mine still 😂
Made a typo, too late.
Anyways instances have strict inspections on registrations before approving, especially the username. If the username is inappropriate, just create a different username.
I'm pretty happy with what I got
I used the same username.
My time has…come.
Paging Mr. throbbingpens
Too late =(
My preferred nickname was taken on Reddit, I had to use a lame one (~5-10 years ago when I was creating the account).
My obsessive personality dictates that however awesome the platform is, if I can't use
netvor(without any suffixes etc.) I just don't ever really form any attachment to the platform. Normally traits like this are problematic but it probably saved me from shittons of hours of arguing with Someone wrong on the Internet, so there's the bright side. 🔆🤭
Too late 😔
I chose the same one because I got attached.......
No regrets!
I’m happy my name was still available.
I like to have a consistent identity.
I got my original username back.
Same, I've had this handle since 1993, and after the clothing company opened I don't often get it without numbers on the end.
It's more in line with my other online presence
So I noticed this in the user settings (at least here in Liftoff, not sure how it looks elsewhere), but you can set a "display name". Seems like a cool feature.
Too late for me lol
I snagged the name I wanted this time instead of having to add a bit of punctuation since a dead account was already using it on Reddit.
I actually installed threads just to grab "my" name, but it's already gone there so fick em
Cool
I hope i am safe now.
Pretty much the same username I've had for years now. Gomiboy...yep,.it trash boy in Japanese. Kinda wish I had gone with something else now
I've never felt so free as finally ditching my 2013 tier username
God damn right
i've managed to get my u/n on whatever way back to the original demonoid. it wasn't until discord that i found another one, but they capitalize the U for some dumb tasteless reason... i was operating the minecraft discord and Unerds was part of this roblox discord that had somehow managed to get the discord.gg/minecraft name, and they were brigading us. it was kinda funny... ultimately the minecraft community team came on board and they knew people at discord and the url was acquired for us.
But, I like my username. Why would I change it?
HairyButtocks96, at last, you will be finally mine.
Yep. Thought about that
I chose a username with numbers on Reddit, now a lot cleaner.
I had this exact thought. It was time to shorten, and make it less weird.
Way ahead of you o7
I decided to just go with a randomly generated name. Privacy and all :P Also, don't have to stress over it being bad
I screwed up getting my username without a number. It might still be available but I m also a little lazy and dont feel like changing now.
Yup
Thank you sweet baby Jesus
I changed mine but I have no idea why I picked this
Nice...
At least its something
Already ahead of you
No obe knows who you are behind the mask. Be cringy, it's not a negative.
I want to bang Widowmaker