To this day, I remember from probably twenty years ago or more seeing something on SomethingAwful that included the name “HPHovercraft” and it’s just the greatest. I’ll never forget it.
This has me really curious about the most obfuscated, ambiguous/difficult/problematic possible usernames both for security/privacy and interesting anomalies in general.
Feel like one could make a whole book on this -- please send any resources that could shed insight if possible
Iirc this was also an issue for hacks on the computer as well. Something about naming it pdf but it was actually an exe because they used right to left. Something like that
Iirc this was also an issue for hacks on the computer as well. Something about naming it pdf but it was actually an exe because they used right to left. Something like that
I don’t know what technically constitutes the most troublesome username, but surely some of the kaomoji Japanese folks have come up with are up there. Good luck trying to type these.
You have me curious to know more. I already know some Japanese from being a weeb, but could you explain what makes your example so difficult to type specifically? I only recognize one of the many symbols used
I think kaomoji have been a thing in Japan even before unicode was invented. The Japanese encodings and IME (input method esitors) allowed them to type a wide variety of characters, punctuation and symbols that aren’t available in most western encodings, so I feel like the Japanese folks had a head start on creative use of typography.
For example, if you want an eyeball you can just type “do” (degrees), and the IME will pull up °, and “omega” gives you ω, so it’s pretty easy to make (°ω°).
Two biggest terms I found in my research - 'Confuseables' and Homoglyphs
Allographs and homographs are good runnerups
Superbly informative wiki entry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homoglyph
Definitely not mine. First, too many people don't actually pay attention to realize it's not "fuck" and surprisingly too few people get the joke considering Lemmy is so Linux crazy. But most frustratingly, people just assume I'm an asshole because of it and then treat me like I am. Sometimes I really regret it.
Thanks. That's nice to hear. Being "cool" isn't as important to me as not being interpreted as someone intending to be an asshole. I wish people assumed the opposite, instead. I may come off like an asshole, but my intent is the opposite and I want to spread happiness and knowledge. I'm just bad at conveying my intent and meaning.
Most names I see here are just references or trying to be ultra edgy and offensive (SatansMaggotyCumFart for example). They might be memorable, but I wouldn't say they are creative.
Not many people have puns or even well done portmanteaus for usernames. 😔
Mine's not clever, just an NPC I made for an old GURPS game I ran ages ago that I've since used as my handle online. Frustratingly there's some guy in Italy who claimed it as their Steam name though so that's the one place I couldn't use it lol
FYI: your display name on steam doesn't have to be your login name and it doesn't need to be unique (but if you join a game with someone using the same name, whoever joins last will have a number appended to the end of it). You can change it whenever you want from the edit profile page.
Yk there are very rare occasions where I decide to use my brain and that is the result. You just have to be as smart as I am, then nothing is a problem anymore!
Back when I was playing World of Tanks, there were plenty of quite interesting nicknames. Unfortunately, most I remember were in my non-english language, but there were some international like Hairy Spotter, IPutTheFunInFuneral or 10InchInColdWater.
Slimey Slime McSlimington, from a page of this sources back in the old Internet. For additional reference "twink" used to refer to a tabletop RPG munchkin or power gamer; not the, uh, not the other thing.
As far as I've seen it's the oldest example of the "namey mcname" joke out there.
My personal favorite is [email protected]
Kind of similar to your own, there.
No theirs has humor, class and sophistication.
Unless you are specifying a mailto link, you need to preface the username with @ to mention them, i.e @[email protected]
Thanks.
I was attempting to say the name without mentioning them directly.
Oh, yoo-hoo, @[email protected]!
What’s up?
I love your username, but not as much as your accent.
Yours was the first I thought of after reading the question…
To this day, I remember from probably twenty years ago or more seeing something on SomethingAwful that included the name “HPHovercraft” and it’s just the greatest. I’ll never forget it.
I don't get it?
Spin on https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._P._Lovecraft
Is this a question? Is the answer no?
My brother, when he was playing Overwatch back then, was killed by someone called Kim Jong Skillz
Pretzlcoatl
Similarly, quetzaldilla.
For tumblr, that username is cute. For LinkedIn, it would be brilliant.
I think your user name is pretty freaking clever, too. Nice job!
thanks!
I think the first person to use an obfuscated name like lIiḷ|ḷiIl was pretty clever.
This has me really curious about the most obfuscated, ambiguous/difficult/problematic possible usernames both for security/privacy and interesting anomalies in general.
Feel like one could make a whole book on this -- please send any resources that could shed insight if possible
I wonder if you can break copy-paste by mixing in similar looking characters from a right-to-left language.
Actually a security concern for the web: IDN homograph attack
Iirc this was also an issue for hacks on the computer as well. Something about naming it pdf but it was actually an exe because they used right to left. Something like that
Iirc this was also an issue for hacks on the computer as well. Something about naming it pdf but it was actually an exe because they used right to left. Something like that
I don’t know what technically constitutes the most troublesome username, but surely some of the kaomoji Japanese folks have come up with are up there. Good luck trying to type these.
ଘ(੭ˊᵕˋ)੭ ੈ♡‧₊˚
You have me curious to know more. I already know some Japanese from being a weeb, but could you explain what makes your example so difficult to type specifically? I only recognize one of the many symbols used
I think kaomoji have been a thing in Japan even before unicode was invented. The Japanese encodings and IME (input method esitors) allowed them to type a wide variety of characters, punctuation and symbols that aren’t available in most western encodings, so I feel like the Japanese folks had a head start on creative use of typography.
For example, if you want an eyeball you can just type “do” (degrees), and the IME will pull up °, and “omega” gives you ω, so it’s pretty easy to make (°ω°).
Two biggest terms I found in my research - 'Confuseables' and Homoglyphs Allographs and homographs are good runnerups Superbly informative wiki entry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homoglyph
Margot Robbie used to be around here
there's no way this is legit
Are you calling Academy Award-winning actress Margot Robbie a liar!?
Reanu Keeves
Sounds familiar. I think I saw him in Skyrim a few times.
You're treathbaking! You're all treathbaking!
Hey name sibling!
Hey there lol
Definitely not mine. First, too many people don't actually pay attention to realize it's not "fuck" and surprisingly too few people get the joke considering Lemmy is so Linux crazy. But most frustratingly, people just assume I'm an asshole because of it and then treat me like I am. Sometimes I really regret it.
Telling people to filesystem check isn't cool, man. Instead, we should coach them to switch to a journaling or CoW filesystem.
Well I think you're cool. It's the kind of inside joke that makes me feel foolishly self congratulatory for getting it
Thanks. That's nice to hear. Being "cool" isn't as important to me as not being interpreted as someone intending to be an asshole. I wish people assumed the opposite, instead. I may come off like an asshole, but my intent is the opposite and I want to spread happiness and knowledge. I'm just bad at conveying my intent and meaning.
Yours is pretty good, actually.
Most names I see here are just references or trying to be ultra edgy and offensive (SatansMaggotyCumFart for example). They might be memorable, but I wouldn't say they are creative.
Not many people have puns or even well done portmanteaus for usernames. 😔
I have seen yours the most. It's not the most creative but it's definitely the most eye catching from all big Lemmy posters.
Would it be more creative knowing the origin?
It's my two dogs' names combined. Loki and Kona. But I also misspelled it and the KOLA should have been a KOLO. KOloNAki.
It's definitely fun to know that.
For me creative would be more like when something makes me giggle but only after reading it twice.
How did you put a couloured spiral in your name though?
Display name can use emojis and other special characters.
That's worrying for someone who was on yiffit
Only if you're a weirdo who incorrectly assumes all furries are zoophiles.
I thought yiff referred to the zoophile furries?
It is just a shorthand for furry porn/slang for having sex in general.
Isn't that zoophilia?
Mine's not clever, just an NPC I made for an old GURPS game I ran ages ago that I've since used as my handle online. Frustratingly there's some guy in Italy who claimed it as their Steam name though so that's the one place I couldn't use it lol
FYI: your display name on steam doesn't have to be your login name and it doesn't need to be unique (but if you join a game with someone using the same name, whoever joins last will have a number appended to the end of it). You can change it whenever you want from the edit profile page.
Fark had a “Terrified Asexual Forcemeat” back in the day and that was…memorable
Don't try to win me over with your use of t'was.
Ran across a Hunter back in my WoW days named Bowjob. Had a good laugh.
I like @[email protected]
Right back at ya.
JeffBoyardee
That's got to be mine
Where do you get your ideas from?
Yk there are very rare occasions where I decide to use my brain and that is the result. You just have to be as smart as I am, then nothing is a problem anymore!
I_HATE_KNICKERS
there were a lot of funny ones on the Opie and Anthony reddit
League of legends player named Fizz on my Jayce. Crass but clever.
@[email protected]
I feel so validated!
It took me entirely too long to catch the gag in @[email protected]
I just realised it now. I feel stupid.
Back when I was playing World of Tanks, there were plenty of quite interesting nicknames. Unfortunately, most I remember were in my non-english language, but there were some international like Hairy Spotter, IPutTheFunInFuneral or 10InchInColdWater.
Incellio removedini
Mine is the least interesting username on this site.
Saw a UrethraFranklin on reddit I think
FrenchEnglishFish, Cumuffins, Organic-CPU. All user names of my boyfriend
LokiLuciano (for those of you who don’t get the reference, Lucky Luciano was a notorious gangster. Loki is, well, Loki.)
Slimey Slime McSlimington, from a page of this sources back in the old Internet. For additional reference "twink" used to refer to a tabletop RPG munchkin or power gamer; not the, uh, not the other thing.
As far as I've seen it's the oldest example of the "namey mcname" joke out there.
I remember 8bit theatre
UGetzNoBunz