Shoot…

So you’re saying you don’t want insightful, thoughtful comments from u/rimjob_steve this time around?

I went for thought-provoking this time around.

It's easy to get a username at the moment.

Yes! Don't use a password generator to make a username

Too late bro

Couldn't get the username you wanted? It's probably available on another federated instance.

Don't tell me what to do

Completely understand why people would want to change their names. But why mess with perfection in my case?

I'll change it later...

Don't tell me how to live my life.

I'm pretty happy with mine.

I wanted something with no reddit drama attached what so ever

Got mine

Will do!

Shit

how did I do?

I have no regrets

Nailed it.

Showerthought: This post is just an opportunity for users with inappropriate usernames to show them off.

Selfhost your own instance, and you can have any username

Who will be our RimjobSteve?!

I made the leap to Lemmy from reddit....16 ft through an announcers table

Oh no

I chose well this time

Well, fuck.

oh well... there's always next time

I didn't even think about this lol.

But, I am looking forward to changing my political views and recontextualizing my reality from a stirring post by CumFartCocktail :(

God... dammit

I'm just here because Spez sucks.

I don't understand on why on a website where you can be anyone that you would choose to be something gross.

That would have been waaaay funnier if it came from an account named sexybabyboy92

I made sure not to use my real name this time. I had too much karma when I realized how dumb a move that was.

I got this!

You guys are aware that you can change your display name, right?

Feeling good

Uhh... I got nothing.

I have just the best username.

@spez@lemmy.world @spez@lemmy.ml @spez@beehaw.org @spez@sh.itjust.works

Idk if these accounts exists but...

Perfectly happy with my username thank you very much

Wanted PanGalacticGargleBlaster but apparently that was to long. So now I'm probably named like a gay pornstar. Well, it is what it is

My old Reddit username has my birth year in it. Not as cringy now that I’m older, but when I made my account I was 15 lol. Big time “Summer Reddit” energy

Eh I'll be fine.

Can't improve on perfection

I think I did fine

Reddit couldnt let me reach my full potential. Look at me and tremble!

I had this one in my head for yeaaaaars and I'm so glad I can start from scratch here in the fediverse.

I just chose my real name.

Well this is a bit awkward

Make sure it will stay relevant

..oops

Definitely corrected the mistake, I went much dumber this time around.

You can screw it up. My display name here, for example, isn't my login name.

Still waiting for u/fuckswithducks

i... failed...

Heck yeah

Alice. Literally just my name

I think I smashed it this time

I'm still waiting for our legend rimjob_steve.

You can set your own display name, and you can have any username you want if you run your own instance or at least join a small one. Getting that one special username is not that important which is great because it's another feature that keeps egos in check.

I put a typo in my username when I first signed up on Reddit. I got it right this time! I think...

Shit

Kept the same username I've had for 20+ years.

I think I did well...

This is true. I wonder if Spez is already taken...

I always regretted my reddit username, I did better this time (I guess)

My last one was "AmiawakeWasTaken"... so glad I got here first this time!

I've been the pope too long to give up now

Too late. I told my wife I wouldn't use it again because it wasn't the greatest, but don-ju-wan-me-baby?

I always miss these things

I love mud and have no ragrets.

I don't even watch wrestling. Just the idea of an elbow drop is hilarious to me. Like the rocks people elbow.

I actually did watch a WWE thing on Hulu recently. I made it about 22 min. They took a commercial break during the match.

You just had to bait them didn’t you?

I got my name

I addad an "h" in front.

True

it's part of growing up. wear your -69adidas69- user name loud and proud.

I'm just using the same username I use for everything lol

Thanks god I can change my display name

Let ChatGPT decide. Not disappointed.

I'll have my peas 😡!

I don't get it? If your embarrassed by it just make a new one?

I was finally able to get my gamertag as a username. All is good over here at Lemmy

I'm Batman.

For me it was just getting in first so I didn't have to add numbers.

Technically you can have any username you would ever like, just spin up your own instance!

Tbh, my first thought was to use my old one. Then I really went for a fresh start, and actually I like this one better.

I'm surprised I got this!

Too late for that.

Listen, RUMPLEFORESKIN is not embarrassing, OK? I just didn't want my kids asking about it. Jeeeeze.

I definitely took the time to make sure I was more incognito this time around. 🤣

Sorry that ship sailed

I think mine is ok

It hurts

Yeah no way hose. Changing the name here would be admitting to myself that it was a stupid nickname back then. I mean, i know it was a stupid nickname but admitting it is a step too far.

Absolutely.

Lol I used a random name generator

Think I did ok, but does it really matter when I can just create my own instance and choose whatever username I want?

I didn't exist before, and I still don't. I have never existed, and I never will.

Rate my username.

Nooooow you tell me smh

I knew I should have added "3000" to the end of my lemmy name. DestroyerOfWorlds just sounds so weak now.

My username was Foreskin-Gaming69, don't ask

Not embarrassing but I had a pretty unimaginative username and always felt I could have done better. Lemmy gave me a chance to have a kickass username… and I squandered it by feeling too much pressure and writing whatever came to my mind first in the prompt :(

fart noises

Oh damn it!!

I'm happy with my new username.

I like my new user name.

SexWithSilverWolf@lemm.ee 💀

I choose to forever cringe at my first chosen name.

What can I say? I like my name so much I went and made it my Lemmy domain and my username.

A wizard does not change his username, he carries it with the same pride or shame that one does of any nickname earned in highschool-college.

...is anyone going to tell everyone about display_name?

I should have thought of that.

My reddit name was based off of a meme from 2009... Funny at the time but boy it certainly showed it's age as time went on.

Eat me.

Anyone comes up in here with random word + random word + random number, we're going to have a fight.

Some usernames should stay the same though, right?

My first username from over a decade ago was horrible.

I was thrilled to find my spirit animal available as a username.

I nicked one that I liked.

I got my username back! I missed it. Got banned from reddit and used some alt for a while.

I like this username. Keeping it.

waiting for Reddit’s own isis-blowjob-slave to make an appearance

I refuse.

That's what I was thinking too. All 11 inches of me.

I removed the numbers from my username. Because I'm all grown up now.

who took spez?

I just don't like Disney.

I’d actually argue that it’s easier to get good names simply because each instance can have its own username pool. For instance, my username could also be used on other instances by other people. Me creating this account doesn’t stop someone from creating the same name elsewhere.

I was born Kamehameherp, and I will die Kamehameherp.

At least its something

How did I do?

#noregrets

Too late

see last time I thought other people were my problems ~12 years ago.

Now I just have people problems instead of like, homework problems, or computer problems, or car problems.

Wife cheats on me? People problem. My project a month an a half late because the previous project said "I dunno and gave up?" (haha you bastards could have written the exact same code im doing now three years ago) People problems.

Taxes? People problems. Family sick or injured or in surgery? People problems.

Ah fuck

I wouldn't enable 2fa yet either there are some bugs, and the code it generated for me didn't work and locked me out of my account for a good bit. I'm not sure why but the 2fa link didn't work for me so I copied the secret out of the url and put it in my authenticator but it never worked. Just fyi.

I still used numbers

Look, I've had some form of this cringe-ass username for 20 years now, this is just part of who I am now.

I don't think my username is embarrassing enough.

My username is god honouring thank you very much

Meh, im too old to learn new patterns. Same username for me

I got my first name :)

The early birds get the 3 letter words

Mine is good. Hacker name given to me by associates over 24 years ago.

It would have been excellent comedic timing of your username was something stupid like shitsmear69420 or onelongboob1978 or whatever!

(I swear to God, if I see either one of those user names lurking around here I'm going to poop a brick)

Cryptid foot doc checking in.

Totally not a screwup

Its the username I wanted on reddit. Blast whoever had it there, vengeance is mine!

Meh. It's not embarassing if the literature i'm exploring is totally porn not porn.

Oh my username screwed all night alright. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

Still unable to.

Embarrassing?

I like mine.

Ah fck. Missed it

Are people this averse to making a new account?

Seems like privacy-oriented Lemmy wouldn't care that much but even Reddit with its karma system wasn't that big of a hurdle to new accounts

Edit: apparently Lemmy DOES actually have a karma system

Oh well. Maybe on the next Revolution.

Lol prepare for "PM_ME_[WEIRD_SHIT]".

My Reddit name was “ihaveredonme” which is not how British people would say it.

Cool and anonymous enough.

I'm a 2023 Ford pinto

I should have taken a super short nick, but alas.

Too late

It's how I've chosen to see myself from this day on.

Huh.

Hola, Sangria?

Tryin this one out. Let's see how it agee

Well, I'm much happier with this one than my old reddit one anyway.

I am content with good enough.

i guess i got this right. this username is banned on reddit lol

I barely changed mine but I heard that you can't trust someone with boy in their name and also I grew older so it was time to change mine.

What app is closest to RIF?

Now I know how it works

I’m just happy I didn’t need to add a number to mine

Ah dang, you're right, I could have probably just been Mike

I did good, me thinks.

My name will never not be relevant!

I got like 5 usernames over on Reddit and don't like any of them. I'm using this on Minds too. Anybody else playing over there now?

Don't mind me, being a single crustacean hasn't been thaaaat bad eh? Hahahhshhjkfhhhah :(

I hate coming up with a username on any platform and am lazy every time.

Fuck that, embrace your teenage cringe self

You know that you could just make another account, right?

Oops

Why didnt i think of that? Im a 38 year old man now. My teenage nickname doesnt fit me anymore..

I kept the same name.

I just wanted something kinda nifty, but ultimately forgettable. I think I succeeded.

Anyone who gets the obscure reference in my name wins nothing

Yo yo!

Can't beat first name for a main non-anonymous account

FORK. I made the same one I used with Reddit. Gol darn it.

I’ll make a new one, probably. I’m already a mod on this account so I’ll just dual wield.

Colorado Avalanche fans reading this, come on over and subscribe: !avalanche@lemmy.world

Edit: Thanks, @CommunityLinkFixer.

Nah. I'm embracing my naive mistake.

think I improved it...?

I hated my Reddit username so much. I feel free!!

I finally got my original username I'm happy

So like @alexeyd1000@lemm.ee?!

I used the same username.

i'm using my original reddit username on lemmy, it got shadow banned without explanation over a decade ago, so i created a different one which became my main account, now with over half a million comment karma, stopped writing stuff on that site 2 weeks ago

My time has…come.

I chose the same one because I got attached.......

You're 8 days too late for me, mate!

I got my original username back.

I never learn..

It's more in line with my other online presence

Too late =(

Someone swiped my username here.

I'm pretty happy with what I got

I’m good with mine still 😂

No regrets!

My preferred nickname was taken on Reddit, I had to use a lame one (~5-10 years ago when I was creating the account).

My obsessive personality dictates that however awesome the platform is, if I can't use netvor (without any suffixes etc.) I just don't ever really form any attachment to the platform. Normally traits like this are problematic but it probably saved me from shittons of hours of arguing with Someone wrong on the Internet, so there's the bright side. 🔆

Paging Mr. throbbingpens

I used my real first name (15 year old account) so I'll be glad to finally use a fictional name

What's wrong with ChewingLlama9435?

Too late 😔

Anyways instances have strict inspections on registrations before approving, especially the username. If the username is inappropriate, just create a different username.

Made a typo, too late.

I’m happy my name was still available.
I like to have a consistent identity.

I'm using my IRL given name here. I like my Reddit username (and was kinda surprised it was not already taken), but it was kind of a mask.

Yea i just have some acnt

I'm quite happy with mine :D

good idea.

🤭

No.

Got it right this time then!

Did this, since you can't change reddit usernames. But since I'm new to the fediverse, I did take a long time dithering over which instance I should register on.

Yea I had an automatic username with a nazi associated number and I could not change the username.

GOD DAMN It!!! What was I thinking?!? It’s to late 😑

I've changed mine. Not that my previous name was embarrassing in any way, but I just wanted to change my name.

God damn right

Cool

Nice...

Pretty much the same username I've had for years now. Gomiboy...yep,.it trash boy in Japanese. Kinda wish I had gone with something else now

I hope i am safe now.

Yup

I changed mine but I have no idea why I picked this

I've never felt so free as finally ditching my 2013 tier username

I snagged the name I wanted this time instead of having to add a bit of punctuation since a dead account was already using it on Reddit.

I actually installed threads just to grab "my" name, but it's already gone there so fick em

HairyButtocks96, at last, you will be finally mine.

Thank you sweet baby Jesus

Too late for me lol

Yep. Thought about that

i've managed to get my u/n on whatever way back to the original demonoid. it wasn't until discord that i found another one, but they capitalize the U for some dumb tasteless reason... i was operating the minecraft discord and Unerds was part of this roblox discord that had somehow managed to get the discord.gg/minecraft name, and they were brigading us. it was kinda funny... ultimately the minecraft community team came on board and they knew people at discord and the url was acquired for us.

I had this exact thought. It was time to shorten, and make it less weird.

So I noticed this in the user settings (at least here in Liftoff, not sure how it looks elsewhere), but you can set a "display name". Seems like a cool feature.

I chose a username with numbers on Reddit, now a lot cleaner.

But, I like my username. Why would I change it?

Already ahead of you

I screwed up getting my username without a number. It might still be available but I m also a little lazy and dont feel like changing now.

Way ahead of you o7

At least its something

I decided to just go with a randomly generated name. Privacy and all :P Also, don't have to stress over it being bad

I want to bang Widowmaker

No obe knows who you are behind the mask. Be cringy, it's not a negative.