Because of the naming model I once got the email porn@companyname.com. it was hilarious until we realized anytime I was attached to a group email, the spam filters would remove it.
Hahaha that's an awesome email. She should totally just roll with it. When saying out the email to people just deadpan the delivery for maximum effect.
Particularly bad since there are more flexible ways of creating usernames that can prevent collisions or unfortunate combinations.
In particular, firstname.lastname, with the addition of middle name first-letters if they exist. Sure, you can still get name collisions, but this method gives you a level of flexibility and professionalism that OP’s does not.
You can even partition people by function or position by using subdomains. So in this case, it could have been megan.finger@student.cwu.edu such that they never are confused for anything other than a student.
Or maybe by campus. Or a combination of @position.campus.city.institution.edu, especially if we are looking at an institution with tens of thousands of students in multiple locations across multiple cities.
At our university, we give students a list of 6 possible usernames based on what's available and which algorithm used to generate the name. Work pretty well, and sometimes people get really cool ones. They can change their username between their choices at will, again based on availability.
This reminds me of the story I read once about Baseball Reference's old link naming structure.
It was similar to this scheme, but it took the first five letters of the last name, and the first two of the first name. There were variants and workarounds for players with the same letters in their name, and such.
But then there was the result for Jewish player Kevin Youkilis...
Nah, just didn’t grow up somewhere like Florida. Most of us can’t name the Presidents, but holy shit there’s a depth to the slurs you’d hear thrown around.
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hOrni@lemmy.world · 167 pts · 2y
Because of the naming model I once got the email porn@companyname.com. it was hilarious until we realized anytime I was attached to a group email, the spam filters would remove it.
thanks_shakey_snake@lemmy.ca · 59 pts · 2y
When will science finally unlock a spam filter with a sense of humor?
jaybone@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 2y
This kind of shit is only going to get worse the more we rely on AI.
TheUncannyObserver@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 44 pts · 2y
So you couldn’t be emailed, seems like a win to me! The only thing worse than corporate emails are teleconferences.
Honytawk@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 2y
Imagine how many meeting you'd have to sit through though.
XTornado@lemmy.ml · 31 pts · 2y
"Oh damn.. I missed that business meeting, oh so sad..the filter strikes again"
"Oh you wanted it yesterday... Oh sorry it seems I didn't get it...the filter strike again"
StThicket@reddthat.com · 30 pts · 2y
My wife got the email anal@company.com. She was not happy.
RootBeerGuy@discuss.tchncs.de · 17 pts · 2y
So you chose the next best username...
Gork@lemm.ee · 87 pts · 2y
Hahaha that's an awesome email. She should totally just roll with it. When saying out the email to people just deadpan the delivery for maximum effect.
franklin@lemmy.world · 52 pts · 2y
"I'm sorry, finger you where?"
ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de · 92 pts · 2y
.....@cwu.edu
GBU_28@lemm.ee · 27 pts · 2y
At uwu.uwu I mean fuck
RestrictedAccount@lemmy.world · 33 pts · 2y
And add an awkward pause before you continue with the @
Infynis@midwest.social · 20 pts · 2y
Spelling it out is worse because it sounds like you're trying to be subtle so the people around don't hear
GBU_28@lemm.ee · 7 pts · 2y
Whisper ASMR voice for max effect
AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y
About the best you could do would be too make weird group's of letters when spelling it out. Like, "My email is FING... ERME" or something like that.
Infynis@midwest.social · 5 pts · 2y
Fin Germ E @
MonkeMischief@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 2y
Reminds me of that rumored writing utensil website... Pen island, was it? XD
deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz · 49 pts · 2y
Joining the ranks of awesome email addresses.
Redacted, real examples from my colleagues past:
Interestingly that's probably enough to dox myself.
swab148@startrek.website · 6 pts · 2y
Yeah, now we all know that you worked at the well-known company example.com
cryptosporidium140@sh.itjust.works · 42 pts · 2y
AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y
Last name though, so not like the parents chose it.
DrFuggles@feddit.de · 6 pts · 2y
They very much did choose it. Makes you think what the other parent was called. If it's a tossup between Blow and Finger, probably the right choice.
Silentiea@lemm.ee · 10 pts · 2y
But then she could have been megablow@examp.le
Zorcron@lemmy.zip · 9 pts · 2y
blowme@company.com would be even better than this.
Silentiea@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 2y
Yeah, you win, but verb me was already what the oop got, so
hansl@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
Probably have an ancestor that used to fing a lot.
dangblingus@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 38 pts · 2y
RIP her inbox
Overzeetop@sopuli.xyz · 12 pts · 2y
Does nobody file their fingernails anymore? God damned barbarians, the lot of you.
rekabis@lemmy.ca · 37 pts · 2y
Particularly bad since there are more flexible ways of creating usernames that can prevent collisions or unfortunate combinations.
In particular,
firstname.lastname, with the addition of middle name first-letters if they exist. Sure, you can still get name collisions, but this method gives you a level of flexibility and professionalism that OP’s does not.You can even partition people by function or position by using subdomains. So in this case, it could have been
megan.finger@student.cwu.edusuch that they never are confused for anything other than a student.Or maybe by campus. Or a combination of
@position.campus.city.institution.edu, especially if we are looking at an institution with tens of thousands of students in multiple locations across multiple cities.JustZ@lemmy.world · 28 pts · 2y
Or she can just call tech services and they will give her an alias of her choice. Happens all the time.
Maybe not even the first time it's happened to this person.
Ignisnex@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 2y
At our university, we give students a list of 6 possible usernames based on what's available and which algorithm used to generate the name. Work pretty well, and sometimes people get really cool ones. They can change their username between their choices at will, again based on availability.
yetAnotherUser@feddit.de · 1 pts · 2y
Our University gives students a random 5-letter string, which works well enough. If you dislike it you can also request a firstname.lastname address.
It's always a treat if you spot a funny combination, they're quite rare.
iCy619@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
I'm thinking that this might have happened, and still ended up an unfortunate event "LastnameFirstinitialMiddleinitial@Bobloblaw.edu"
bitwaba@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
Can we just give everyone a fucking serial number and get it over with?
Lesrid@lemm.ee · 25 pts · 2y
An acquaintance of mine was cursed with bestanal@uni.edu because his first and middle initials were B.E.
Sumocat@lemmy.world · 24 pts · 2y
I blame the parents.
JonCecil@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 2y
This reminds me of the story I read once about Baseball Reference's old link naming structure.
It was similar to this scheme, but it took the first five letters of the last name, and the first two of the first name. There were variants and workarounds for players with the same letters in their name, and such.
But then there was the result for Jewish player Kevin Youkilis...
BlueMagma@sh.itjust.works · 11 pts · 2y
Youkike ? I Don't get it...
klemptor@startrek.website · 23 pts · 2y
"Kike" is a slur for Jewish people. Maybe a little dated by now.
ThirdWorldOrder@lemm.ee · 4 pts · 2y
Guess that means I’m dated too
itsJoelle@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y
Nah, just didn’t grow up somewhere like Florida. Most of us can’t name the Presidents, but holy shit there’s a depth to the slurs you’d hear thrown around.
gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 9 pts · 2y
Grew up in California, had friends who said it regularly
Emphasis on had, there. I was a teen and they had the drugs and booze, ya make do
ThirdWorldOrder@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 2y
I think the last time I heard it was in American History X. Don’t think I ever heard anyone say it in person.
klemptor@startrek.website · 2 pts · 2y
You and me both dude.
quinkin@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 2y
Poor you.
Knasen@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 2y
Heard of a swedish example. User “Rune Karlsson” got the email runka@company.com which equates to jerkoff@company.com 🤷🏼
Donjuanme@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 2y
And today's freshman orientation lesson, why you shouldn't dox yourself.
Mango@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 2y
.UwU.edm
Madnessx9@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y
Quite amusing really.
One of my account managers was called S****** Hart and her email was shart@ which amused me so much.
ElderWendigo@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 2y
No no no Finger Prints
spookedintownsville@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y