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No Stupid Questions @lemmy.world Provoked Gamer @lemmy.ca 12mo ago

How do I come up with a good username?

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Just go with what makes your heart sing
- Wookie nookie, huh?
  
  Sure does
  
  Wookiee*
- Beautifully said, ChewbaccasClitoris.
Depends on what you'll be using it for. ie: 'UrGranny' could be fun for games but it might not work as intended on OF.
- "UrGranny" would definitely work for OF. Literally anything would probably work for OF. People are freaks.
- OnlyGrans
- "She is the Ultimate Nan...the Epic Octogenarian...the Ur-Granny."
Naming things is the hardest part of everything.

That's why I'm never going to have children.
- Just pick the 15th most common name of the previous year. Then your kid will be fine.
  
  This is legit a really good move. Not too common, so you need a nickname because there will always be five children with the same amen on the playground. But also common enough that they will very rarely have to spell it out.
- Just name your kids after your ~~richest~~ favorite relatives and wait for that sweet sweet inheritance dosh to come your way
a cool 3-letter username can be neat

Found out when I tried to get a domain name for my initials. Very fucking expensive.
- It sure is.
Just don't add any random numbers to the name, which I see you haven't done, so I think you're good.
- Yeah, everyone hates random numbers.... right?
https://wutangclan.net/name-generator/

worked for childish gambino
- My nickname got me 'holly bell toad'. My name got me 'wacky officer'.
  
  I think I'd take wacky officer honestly lol.
  
  Froggy prophet.
- I dig my result and it will be my future username for something one day
  
  I will save mine should I ever become a vigilante or something like that.
Puns, babay
- Punsaby! 👍
- Lol I love your username
  
  Thanks :)
Usernames aren't good or bad. It can be "you" or it can be anything. Just follow your heart or your gut.
- Or let your password manager do it for you.
  
  Hunter42
- Thanks I’ll follow this advice
A good username is what you like.
- Huh, are you tagged with @@[email protected] then? That probably breaks a lot of clients lol.
  
  Edit: the sync Android client handles it fine.
  
  Lemmy check something
  
  @[email protected]
  
  [email protected]
- Well said, fucker
Provoked Gamer is pretty baller. Are you asking for a friend?
- In that case it could be Provoked Gamer's Friend.
  
  Or possibly Provoking Gamer
- I wanna have two usernames, one for personal and one for online so I don’t want people to be able to google search my username and see everything. I do like this username though lol.
Just toss some stuff you enjoy together. It's not like you only ever get one- I've had a few over the years.

Mine is just a combo of two mythological figures that also have to do with stars/outer space. I like Sci-Fi, and I like mythologies.
- Yeah, this. The 2 usernames I currently use both include types of Japanese mythological creatures, and before that I used basically whatever was on my desk with some random numbers
  
  I originally tried to just use Orion, and it was almost always taken.
  
  So SolOrion was originally a fallback choice that just kind of took over.
- One more vote for mythological inspiration!
Use bitwarden's username generator.
I went with something that would be inscrutable. You're welcome!
- You evil genius. I've been just keyboard mashing for recent usernames, but I like this version.
What's wrong with the one you made this post under?
- Nothing, I just want another username that I use to separate my personal accounts (like discord, Snapchat, etc.) from my online accounts (lemmy, Reddit, etc.)
Use something that puts a silly picture in the head of whoever reads it.
- Or a weird concept.
I ask chatGPT. Just give it a theme and it'll start stitchin random words together
- i find that whenever i’ve done that it just comes up with some philosophical shit that doesn’t work as a username
- That’s a great idea! I’ll try I out.
Whatever truly describes who you are
- Gotta keep it simple and to the point.
- 'And then jesus said, do not judge a man by his instance'
  
  It’s wild. I got here by way of your awesome pic but dreamed last night that Martin Luther King, Jr. said “we must judge communities based on the content of their characters and not by the prejudices we have against their instances”.
Ask ChatGPT for a list. Give it some basic guidelines.
Define good username pliz
- That one's pretty good.
  
  Thanks love
You don't.
A hex number that is meaningful to you.

Or just find a D&D name generator and use that, idk.
- Number Six: I'm not a number I'm a free man!
It’s hard to go wrong with tv show or movie references
- Yep. Tv, movie, music or game references rarely goes wrong.
- I can think of a few references that, without context, would be a bad look.
i got mine from using a random word generator until i hit one i liked the look of
Combine your pet names and be sure to make it look extra special with the "display name" field on your profile.
I just used a generator.
My username has been some variation of monster since I first decided to use it on Mario Kart DS
Just go with whatever tickles your fancy.

But watch out...
Look in the mirror. Ask yourself what you see.

Then feel free to be ironic, literal or whatever. The world will never know
- Congratulations! Your username Dirtymirror is usable.
  
  hey, i've already used that method for my username.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RU8LAXwLPTc
i just put the first thing that crossed my mind

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