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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    1 year ago

    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.

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      1 year ago

      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

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        1 year ago

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

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          1 year ago

          Nice! I’m a huge fan of Zero and the Megaman X series as a whole, so this name carries some emotional significance for me too :)