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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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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I think my username is hard to guess

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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)
[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

In that case, my first image that shows up is Allen from the harvest moon friends of mineral town remake. And I hate him. : )

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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I'd love to participate but I think mine may be a little too easy. haha

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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Yeaah mine's really hard to make any sense of. It was an automatically generated username some time back, and then I kept using it all over the place because it was kinda short and still kinda unique. I'd love some suggestions on how to pronounce it though, no clue in that regard!

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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Nobody is guessing this one

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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (3 children)

we're friends if you know what mine is

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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (4 children)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It's not what you probably think first...

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[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago (3 children)
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