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?
Some may get mine others may think I’m a weirdo.
I don’t think googling will help, but I’m up for some guesswork.
Sup?
Mine’s insanely on the nose… i’m not very creative.
Mine’s pretty obvious.
Well is The Arbiter from Halo, or just in general?
Am I late to the party?
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.
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
That’s how my best friend makes his usernames! It’s very fun that way.
My username means, I am Steve.
I would be extremely surprised.
Kobayashi’s long last brother?
If you figure it out, would you kindly tell me? I have absolutely no idea.
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.
THAT weasel might be ineffective, but not me 😈
(I Know, answering 2 days later kinda defeats the purpose of my name… Mine is an obscure and regional reference, so i wouldn’t be mad if you don’t get it.)
I’m actually curious what people would say about mine!
It’s Dutch short for telefoon
That’s a good one too!
Foon to me is the sound of a pool noodle being thrown.
That’s hilarious, I think I’ll use that next time someone asks me where the nickname comes from 😁
Who can figure it out?
A mailer-daemon that gained sentience (became lucid).
Close! Thought the word lucid was cool and am nerdy with servers, so I chose daemon as it relates to my hobby/career.
More or less a realistic kernel service.
I like @misnina@lemmy.ml’s interpretation. But I had to comment on yours since mine is only 2 letters different. Though mine is pretty obvious where it came from :)
Honestly thought it sounded cool, like a realistic kernel service.
Mine isn’t very interesting, but sure
Nobody is guessing this one
You don’t go on pizza