I wanted a short twitter handle and I read somewhere that the name xkcd came about because no username with actual meaning sticks as long as you yourself are changing. sure enough, it’s been a long time with it now…
My username was inspired by Randal Monroe’s write up on the xkcd name. I wont go any further into explaining it, because it’s a bit of a puzzle. My name however, was chosen because it’s meaningless. It represents only me. Same with the pic I’m using. It’s a render of a drawing I did with pencil and paper. I’m the only one with the master copy, and the only one who can create true derivatives.
I use a different usernames on each website, each one coming from something on my mind in the moment I choose.
This time, I was in-between soldering a bunch of leds for a binary clock and I just happened to read of lemmy during a break.
I was playing Counter-Strike: Source when I saw that one of the opponents were called “Doctor Derpstein”. So I jokingly called myself “Doctor Herbstein”. The name stuck somewhat. I shortened it to “DrHerbstein”, and later still to just “Herbstein”. I don’t really like the name that much, but at this point I’m used to it.
I think I was in 7th grade when I came up with the original version. When I started my bachelor people started calling me “Herb” for short - even IRL. At this point it would simply feel weird to change it.
Fun fact about the name: it’s also the name of a small-ish city in Germany. I only found this out relatively recently when I tried searching the username on google. That got me a nice chuckle.
Year of the Black Rainbow is an epic album. I still remember getting my collectors addition with the novel. I had the CD on repeat and could not put the book down. I ended up finishing the book in like a day or two.
My username means free/independent/unconstrained in my mother language, which is Hindi. I have been using it in one way or other since a few years now.
I live in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. I live in the downtown core, and have been here since the early 2000’s. In 2009 I moved beside this place locally referred to as ‘crack macs’, a 24-hr convenience store known for people selling drugs, fighting, craziness and other things like that. After moving here and noticing the shenanigans happening outside at all times, I wanted to keep a journal of it, or a log, just for fun. Twitter was relatively new at the time, and it’s 140 character limit seemed like a good fit, so on August 31st 2009, I made @crackmacs on Twitter. I think FB/IG came in 2014, and the blog. The nickname for the location has existed since sometime in the 1980s.
It’s been over 10 years now and blogging/social media is now my full time job. I write about Calgary things, share news, fun stuff, emergencies, etc. Have over 100k mostly local followers, 30+FB groups for local topics, and a busy Discord server. We sell ad space and stuff. It’s really turned out great. The name itself hasn’t aged very well tbh. The 24-hr convenience store, “Mac’s”, re-branded to Circle K a couple of years ago, and the city has changed significantly in that time. It’s not nearly as bad as it used to be.
Been a fun ride so far.
Also Lemmy is awesome and I can’t wait for it to explode.
I spent a year in finland, where bears were once revered, and loved the country. On sanakirja.org “otso” is listed as a name for bear, but it is not used commonly. I am not sure if it is foreign or antique but it seemed to fit the suomen wannabe
I used to make edm when I was in my teens. I always wanted to create my own music genre and so I thought of “Sphinx-Core” :man shrugging: I’ve been iterating over that name over and over until I stuck with my current
I just couldn’t resist when making an account just now :) Wanted something pseudonymous and I don’t really feel the need to keep it consistent between websites.
3rd grade: i draw triangle, turns into character, name him angel. mages are cool, so he’s now a mage. i decided to use it as my username everywhere and here we are.
I got mine from when I was in school, one of my friends use to draw comics and made a character based of each of his friends and this was the name of my character.
but as it is not a rare occurrence (in my experience at least) that a particular word is a curse or has otherwise inappropriate meaning in some languages, so i’d just to think of it as cat in Russian :)
It’s a childish reason. I liked the username bytehead but most of them are taken so I ended up adding LW because I liked Daniel Lightwing from the movie “Brilliant Young Minds” x
I stole mine… at least that is how I remember it. I was a beta tester for Ragnarok Online way back in the day and there was a user run site with info on mobs and items from the game. I liked the name Nitros so much the next game I played I registered the name Nitros7. Since then I have used a version of that name pretty much where ever I go.
Because I’m on the fediverse 😉
Well you know when I made this account.
found a bug
I wanted a short twitter handle and I read somewhere that the name xkcd came about because no username with actual meaning sticks as long as you yourself are changing. sure enough, it’s been a long time with it now…
My username was inspired by Randal Monroe’s write up on the xkcd name. I wont go any further into explaining it, because it’s a bit of a puzzle. My name however, was chosen because it’s meaningless. It represents only me. Same with the pic I’m using. It’s a render of a drawing I did with pencil and paper. I’m the only one with the master copy, and the only one who can create true derivatives.
there’s probably an artcrit to be written there about the nature of a “true derivative” in the age of digital reproduction
I can never use those kinds of usernames, because I always forget them. :P
see, for me it had to be pronounceable. kick-sick-queue. that did the trick
I read this question then I signed up.
Nice.
My parents came up with it.
That’s the most user name I’ve ever read!
I’m a black man and a top (gay slang)
I use a different usernames on each website, each one coming from something on my mind in the moment I choose.
This time, I was in-between soldering a bunch of leds for a binary clock and I just happened to read of lemmy during a break.
I was playing Counter-Strike: Source when I saw that one of the opponents were called “Doctor Derpstein”. So I jokingly called myself “Doctor Herbstein”. The name stuck somewhat. I shortened it to “DrHerbstein”, and later still to just “Herbstein”. I don’t really like the name that much, but at this point I’m used to it.
I think I was in 7th grade when I came up with the original version. When I started my bachelor people started calling me “Herb” for short - even IRL. At this point it would simply feel weird to change it.
Fun fact about the name: it’s also the name of a small-ish city in Germany. I only found this out relatively recently when I tried searching the username on google. That got me a nice chuckle.
I got my username from a random American name generator.
It’s the name of the beer I was drinking when I registered.
My initials, that happen to match a very well known encryption software.
I like reptiles, I like wraps.
Coheed and Cambria fan here, their album The Afterman had a huge impact on me.
High five man, I have been a fan since IKTSSE3
Fan since YOTBR here, didn’t know about them before. IKSSE3 is perfect. Glad to meet another child of the fence.
Year of the Black Rainbow is an epic album. I still remember getting my collectors addition with the novel. I had the CD on repeat and could not put the book down. I ended up finishing the book in like a day or two.
I like rollercoasters
My username means free/independent/unconstrained in my mother language, which is Hindi. I have been using it in one way or other since a few years now.
Wow high five fellow Bharatiya!
Hello, and welcome.
Do check out communities c/India and c/Bharat here.
Just {Firsname}{Lastname} 🙈
It’s a combination of my favorite month plus my first job. As well as a few coups I did back in the 60s.
I picked the most basic name that is somehow related to me.
Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor? Maxine? Maxolomew?
When I was young my mother chose this name for me so I just kind of stuck with it and now it means a lot to me
I tend to lurk a lot.
Some punk took my username that I use on other sites so I had to choose another one that is similar to my first choice.
What was your first choice, if you don’t mind me asking?
Panzer.
Personally I like Panzerfaust better as that makes someone (or something) that punches tanks. ;)
Ok. :)
i put a bunch of words into a word mixer & picked one that looked cool
Yeah, idk man
It’s my name.
I live in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. I live in the downtown core, and have been here since the early 2000’s. In 2009 I moved beside this place locally referred to as ‘crack macs’, a 24-hr convenience store known for people selling drugs, fighting, craziness and other things like that. After moving here and noticing the shenanigans happening outside at all times, I wanted to keep a journal of it, or a log, just for fun. Twitter was relatively new at the time, and it’s 140 character limit seemed like a good fit, so on August 31st 2009, I made @crackmacs on Twitter. I think FB/IG came in 2014, and the blog. The nickname for the location has existed since sometime in the 1980s.
It’s been over 10 years now and blogging/social media is now my full time job. I write about Calgary things, share news, fun stuff, emergencies, etc. Have over 100k mostly local followers, 30+FB groups for local topics, and a busy Discord server. We sell ad space and stuff. It’s really turned out great. The name itself hasn’t aged very well tbh. The 24-hr convenience store, “Mac’s”, re-branded to Circle K a couple of years ago, and the city has changed significantly in that time. It’s not nearly as bad as it used to be.
Been a fun ride so far.
Also Lemmy is awesome and I can’t wait for it to explode.
I come up with stupid names when I’m half asleep.
literally my first name
I spent a year in finland, where bears were once revered, and loved the country. On sanakirja.org “otso” is listed as a name for bear, but it is not used commonly. I am not sure if it is foreign or antique but it seemed to fit the suomen wannabe
They’re the bane of my existence
i like fruits, they are tasty. so the german word for fruit is frucht. and fruechtchen is the cute variant of it.
The cute form of a word is called a “diminutive” in english. Trivial, but I like the word.
I couldn’t think of anything, so I went to random.org and generated a random string. 🤷♀️
It’s what was beside my laptop when I was trying to think of a name.
I personally am not Spez
I used to make edm when I was in my teens. I always wanted to create my own music genre and so I thought of “Sphinx-Core” :man shrugging: I’ve been iterating over that name over and over until I stuck with my current
Mine’s inspired by Yog-Sothoth from the Cthulhu Mythos.
I took “Kind Stranger” from Reddit and since I don’t post much, I’m a Kind Lurker.
I just couldn’t resist when making an account just now :) Wanted something pseudonymous and I don’t really feel the need to keep it consistent between websites.
It took some work to make it short enough.
3rd grade: i draw triangle, turns into character, name him angel. mages are cool, so he’s now a mage. i decided to use it as my username everywhere and here we are.
MalFunctioningTRansHUmanist is a bit too long for most websites, so I pruned it down a little bit.
Was listening to punk music and thinking about the 60s, Kennedy came to mind
I want people to show me music
Well here’s some (old) music https://archive.org/details/TinPanAlley_830
That’s pretty cool
I got mine from when I was in school, one of my friends use to draw comics and made a character based of each of his friends and this was the name of my character.
That’s really cool! do you still have the comics?
Sadly I do not.
My name starts with D, and three letter usernames are available so I randomly chose drd. Wish there was something more interesting haha.
whatever was hereFYI “Kot” is a polite term for shit in German.
well, at least it’s polite :)
but as it is not a rare occurrence (in my experience at least) that a particular word is a curse or has otherwise inappropriate meaning in some languages, so i’d just to think of it as
catin Russian :)Here comes dat boi
Taken from a video game character. It just sounded really cool to me.
It’s a childish reason. I liked the username bytehead but most of them are taken so I ended up adding LW because I liked Daniel Lightwing from the movie “Brilliant Young Minds” x
I stole mine… at least that is how I remember it. I was a beta tester for Ragnarok Online way back in the day and there was a user run site with info on mobs and items from the game. I liked the name Nitros so much the next game I played I registered the name Nitros7. Since then I have used a version of that name pretty much where ever I go.
At some point I used Aeolus, which was taken from a song I liked, but it was never available, so changed a letter and it’s been like this ever since.
i didn’t like my old one so i just kinda mashed some words together. Like “Glarg” and one of the characters of a manga i had just read.
My name and my occupation as an Android developer seemed to work well together.
It’s my name and I registered right away.
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Hi! Yes that’s my name, but with Latin characters.
A misspelled version of my favourite radio as a kid
It’s my name and it wasnt taken :)
Couldn’t find one that i liked, so i decided to stop actively looking for it. Found it the next day while listening to Linking Park
It’s my irl name, heh. I don’t feel like having a distinction. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
So…you’re telling me your parents named you after your nickname? /s
I’m a wolf! That’s, mostly all there is to it. (:
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