• @[email protected]
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    10 months ago

    40 yo you embracing the name again because you realized that agonizing over what random people think about a perfectly fine username isn’t worth your time.

    (I could’ve made a picture here but I’m also not agonizing over what random people think about my laziness.)

    • IninewCrow
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      2310 months ago

      Who says 40 yo you can’t come up with an embarrassing username?

      Not in your case though Jesus_666

      • @[email protected]
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        1410 months ago

        That name was legitimately chosen in my mid-teens for a short-lived troll account. I wanted something that sounded controversial without actually making a statement.

        Then I realized that my old username sucked and just stuck with it.

        • @Touching_Grass
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          710 months ago

          I wanted something that sounded controversial without actually making a statement.

          This guy fucking Internet’s

    • idunnololz
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      610 months ago

      Very true xXxTheChildPredatorxXx.

  • @chronicledmonocle
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    3410 months ago

    12 yr old me: My username will be StrokeMyMagnum

    18 yr old me: That’s still a badass username

      • @Klear
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        710 months ago

        Because it’s gone within minutes of any instance going live.

  • @[email protected]
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    2010 months ago

    After I stopped caring about having a unified online persona, I just picked random names everywhere. Sometimes I’ll just drop a name that doesn’t fit anymore.

    Feels so freeing. Like this is my at work account. When I hand in my work laptop, it’s gone.

  • Margot Robbie
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    1910 months ago

    Or you can use your real name as your username, like me!

  • Subverb
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    1610 months ago

    My 19 year old stepson set his gmail address when he was 13. It contains the phrase “anal beads” and the number 420. He hates it when I bring it up.

    • @[email protected]
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      210 months ago

      I set the Xbox username “Myname420”, myname was of course my name. I didn’t know what 420 meant at the time, I just thought it looked good. Later I wanted to change it, but it was paid and I didn’t care that much, it only showed up in Minecraft when I logged in (because that was the only game tied to that username I played).

  • @[email protected]
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    1310 months ago

    Having worked for online customer support it was always fun to get the people who were embarrassed to read you their email address to look up their account.

  • @[email protected]
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    1110 months ago

    My entire professional persona is tied to the username I thought was super cool when I was 12. I’m so glad it’s not offensive and only a little lame.

  • slazer2au
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    610 months ago

    Na, username worked out like a charm.

  • @Shelbyeileen
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    510 months ago

    Neopets I was ShelbysTheBomb and SqueeksDaFlyer. In 2019, I joined again as ShelbyEileenCosplay. The website really hasn’t changed and it’s nostalgic and so good for my mental health

  • @Matriks404
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    310 months ago

    I remember cringing some time after I made my username. Later figured out, that it’s actually OK, and I use it everywhere.

  • Dizzy Devil Ducky
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    310 months ago

    I’m glad I have my outlook account because my other emails are pretty unprofessional.