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What do you think (this person's) username means, without looking it up? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I know you mean satiric as satire but I sort of read it as "sarcastic" which fits with your reply, lol. A weasel that is ineffective on the internet, because satire is dead.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Am I late to the party?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I don't know how long lemmy posts tend to last/float up and down, so let's just say you're right on time?

Zero The Red, being in The Red means in debt, so you are trying to 'zero out' the the debt in some place. Could be taken metaphorically.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I like that interpretation :p but I had a different thought process with my name

The "Zero" is a nod to Zero from the Megaman X series (I love him mad) and "the Red" is a nod to Axle the Red, a maverick boss from Megaman X5. He's my favorite boss across the MMX games, so I did a dumb mashup of the two lol

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

That's how my best friend makes his usernames! It's very fun that way.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (3 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Go for it!

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Came up with this name during my edgy teenager phase

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

The story of WasPentalive - My normal avatar is a depiction of the R-Pentamino in John Conway's game of life. A 5 cell arrangement that throws off a number gliders in different directions. In one account I was simply PentaLive (Penta = 5 Live=the game of life) but I lost the password to that account at the same time as I no longer had access to the email address I registered. So I had to create a new account - I was Pentalive so I became WASPentalive.