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[–] Xariphon@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

Mine is an old Black Crusade character name. The original Xariphon was a scholar-warrior.

[–] PresidentCamacho@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Shit!

I got bored of winning all these fuckin accolades for porn.

Then the world started runnin outta french fries and burrito coverins, people starvin and shit.

Enough was enough!

President Camacho 2024!

[–] toofpic@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I was making a WoW character (back in the days even the Burning Crusade wasn't there yet). It was a troll with big tusks, so I thought he'd need a toothpick or two.
And the spelling is from "Don't be a menace to South Central...", there was a stupid gangster under this name, he's my soul animal.

[–] Dvixen@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Had it for forty years, it was my CB radio call sign.

[–] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 year ago

Mistakes.
I created a test account on SDF pubnix. Since it was a test account, I didn't use my usual username, but just user224. Then some good user (xiled) decided to verify my account. Thus I had to stick with it.
Then later on Twitter I've seen SDF announce their Lemmy instance. Not knowing what Lemmy is, I've used the same username as on SDF pubnix, which was an accident.
I can't change it either, and this account has some history already. Just building up on mistakes. Just like when I find a "temporary" solution to something.

[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 3 points 1 year ago

It was my username on my porn account on Reddit. I derived it from my not porn account that I also used for other things and people IRL knew. I ended up using this one way more so kept it when Reddit banned me and I came over here.

[–] Bearlydave@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

It was tough, but I squeeked it in just under the wire.

[–] astanix@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I don't remember where my name came from but maybe it's a variation off the NES game The Astyanax

It's just a name I put into a BBS when I signed up 35ish years ago and I've used everywhere since.

[–] Two2Tango@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago

It's my lizard's name

[–] NorthWestWind@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Abbreviation of my real name yields "NW". I decided to add wind to make it a Hong Kong slang.

I appreciate numbers.

[–] kirbowo808@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I just love the Kirby game series cuz it’s really cute but I also love Kirby himself as well at it being a reference to Kirbo from TerminalMontage, who I also equally love as is one of my fave YouTubers.

808 is a reference to the Roland TR-808 drum machine, referencing to many of my favourite electronic/alternative/hip hop musicians that have used it.

Also I love being cringe too so there’s that too xD

[–] popekingjoe@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

It came from a one-off inside joke with some online friends (I don't remember the context) as PopeJoeI (Pope Joe the First). I eventually embraced it fully and changed all my online handles. At some point, Discord added crowns to server owners where it wasn't immediately obvious who owned it and it evolved into "Pope-King Joe".

[–] Twinklebreeze@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

A fairy name generator.

[–] Jubei_K_08@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Named after Jubei Kibagami of Ninja Scroll, first anime movie I ever watched. The 08 was my jersey number when I played soccer.

Ninja Scroll

[–] HollowNaught@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

It's a reference to Hollow knight and Subnautica

Also it's a double negative

[–] Kraiden@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

Golden Sun for GBA... except it was taken so I added an I... it's occasionally taken so sometimes I switch it for a 1 but I hate doing that

[–] Noodle07@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I eat a lot of pasta

[–] TheOgreChef@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I had a boss back in the day that I had a really good rapport with, and he would jokingly call me Shrek because I was almost a foot taller than he was. I also worked in a lot of restaurants in my late teens to early twenties and found a love for cooking that has never really gone away.

[–] sailormoon@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I am the pretty Guardian in a sailor suit who fights for love and justice!!!

[–] CharlesReed@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

I just really like the character.

[–] Emperor@feddit.uk 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

A resemblance to Ming the Merciless in Flash Gordon. It's my nickname amongst my friends and round the pub (some of whom don't know my birth name) to the point you could go into my local and ask for the Emperor and someone would point you in the eight direction. So when I signed up online, it made sense to use this name and it has since became my nom-de-plume and is, in effect, my Common Law name.

[–] moosetwin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago

my dad came up with it on his own and I adopted it

[–] uhmbah@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

A half-assed variation of "bah humbug"...

[–] Popsip@pawb.social 2 points 1 year ago

I used to like soda a lot when I was a kid.

[–] De_Narm@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles. It's the name of an optional NPC that writes you a few letters and then dies. He has no relevancy at all, but I like him. Based on where you are, he may be written without the 'r'.

[–] PopcornPrincess@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I like popcorn and may or may not be royalty..

[–] SwingingTheLamp@midwest.social 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I stole it from some old-timey sailors who were shooting the breeze.

[–] mac@infosec.pub 2 points 1 year ago
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