Now that we are all switching to Lemmy, now is the time for all the redditors with embarrassing usernames to make their username right! Don't screw up this time!

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'm just here because Spez sucks.

I didn't even think about this lol.

God... dammit

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

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

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

I got this!

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.

Uhh... I got nothing.

Feeling good

I have just the best username.

Perfectly happy with my username thank you very much

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

Idk if these accounts exists but...

Eh I'll be fine.

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

I think I did fine

Can't improve on perfection

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

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

Make sure it will stay relevant

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

Well this is a bit awkward

I just chose my real name.

..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.

Heck yeah

Still waiting for u/fuckswithducks

i... failed...

I'm still waiting for our legend rimjob_steve.

Alice. Literally just my name

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

I think I smashed it this time

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

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.

Shit

I think I did well...

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

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

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

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?

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 love mud and have no ragrets.

I got my name

I always miss these things

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

I'll have my peas 😡!

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

Thanks god I can change my display name

True

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

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

Let ChatGPT decide. Not disappointed.

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

I'm Batman.

I addad an "h" in front.

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

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

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

I think mine is ok

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.

Sorry that ship sailed

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

Too late for that.

I'm surprised I got this!

I like my new user name.

I'm happy with my new username.

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

SexWithSilverWolf@lemm.ee 💀

It hurts

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

Lol I used a random name generator

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.

Nooooow you tell me smh

Absolutely.

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 :(

My username was Foreskin-Gaming69, don't ask

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.

I choose to forever cringe at my first chosen name.

fart noises

Oh damn it!!

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

Rate my username.

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

Some usernames should stay the same though, right?

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

I refuse.

My first username from over a decade ago was horrible.

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.

I nicked one that I liked.

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.

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

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

Eat me.

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

I should have thought of that.

At least its something

I just don't like Disney.

I was born Kamehameherp, and I will die Kamehameherp.

Too late

How did I do?

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.

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?

#noregrets

I still used numbers

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

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.

Ah fuck

I don't think my username is embarrassing enough.

My username is god honouring thank you very much

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)

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

The early birds get the 3 letter words

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

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.

I got my first name :)

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

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

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

Cryptid foot doc checking in.

Totally not a screwup

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

I'm a 2023 Ford pinto

Lol prepare for "PM_ME_[WEIRD_SHIT]".

Embarrassing?

Hola, Sangria?

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

Too late

Cool and anonymous enough.

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

Oh well. Maybe on the next Revolution.

I like mine.

What app is closest to RIF?

Still unable to.

Ah fck. Missed it

Huh.

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

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

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

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.

I am content with good enough.

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

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

I kept the same name.

Anyone who gets the obscure reference in my name wins nothing

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

I finally got my original username I'm happy

I did good, me thinks.

My name will never not be relevant!

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

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

Fuck that, embrace your teenage cringe self

Oops

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

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

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.

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Edit: Thanks, @CommunityLinkFixer.

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?

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

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

think I improved it...?

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

Now I know how it works

Yo yo!

Nah. I'm embracing my naive mistake.

So like @alexeyd1000@lemm.ee?!

Paging Mr. throbbingpens

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.

No.

I used the same username.

Too late =(

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

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

I’m good with mine still 😂

I'm quite happy with mine :D

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. 🔆

🤭

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

It's more in line with my other online presence

I'm pretty happy with what I got

Someone swiped my username here.

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 😑

good idea.

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

I got my original username back.

Made a typo, too late.

Got it right this time then!

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

What's wrong with ChewingLlama9435?

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

Too late 😔

I never learn..

No regrets!

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

My time has…come.

At least its something

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.

HairyButtocks96, at last, you will be finally mine.

God damn right

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

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

Already ahead of you

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

Way ahead of you o7

Yep. Thought about that

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 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.

Cool

Too late for me lol

Thank you sweet baby Jesus

Nice...

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

I hope i am safe now.

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

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

Yup

I want to bang Widowmaker

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