same, I feel lucky to have such an uncommon surname because I easily got the domain lol. there was a short version with the last two letters as the TLD but that was already taken sadly
I'm just glad I started using the internet when my regular name was still available at the popular mail providers back then. Young folks now are pretty much forced to throw in their middle name, nickname, birth year or whatever...
I can't even remember my first email address. Not the handle or the server. I only remember as far back as Hotmail, which was like the 4th or 5th email I had. Mostly because my Microsoft login still uses that one.
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Norgur@kbin.social · 32 pts · 3y
"Very well, sir. I will send the documentation for your life unsurance and a copy of your will to xXUltr4k1ll0rsl4y0rXx@hotmail.com and to your wife at sweetiecutiepony@freenet.com"
Redex68@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 3y
I'm guessing life unsurance would just be euthanasia. Or would they pay you if you survived for longer than expected?
Norgur@kbin.social · -3 pts · 3y
https://www.investopedia.com/terms/l/lifeinsurance.asp
Redex68@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 3y
I was joking because you wrote "unsurance" instead of "insurance"
Damage@feddit.it · 28 pts · 3y
I now have a name@surname.net email, and I feel like a boss everytime I give it to someone
dan@upvote.au · 9 pts · 3y
This is the way. It's way more professional than a freemail account (Yahoo, Gmail, Hotmail, etc)
ryry1985@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 3y
My last name ends in "us", so I have my last name as my full domain (a .us top level). Pretty proud of myself for figuring that out. 😆
thomas@lemmy.douwes.co.uk · 4 pts · 3y
same, I feel lucky to have such an uncommon surname because I easily got the domain lol. there was a short version with the last two letters as the TLD but that was already taken sadly
bdonvr@thelemmy.club · 2 pts · 3y
My last name is too common and shared by some large companies to get anywhere close to it as a domain name.
I got -net.com, which is still cool I guess.
Pregnenolone@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y
Is your last name “Incorporated”?
kluevo@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y
Or "org"
Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de · 25 pts · 3y
me, recognizing this problem at 16, and spending literally like a week coming up with the perfect username
pm_your_fav_recipe@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 3y
Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de · 10 pts · 3y
had no complaints about it so far, it's short and sweet and has a meaning.
write it on my gravestone please
pm_your_fav_recipe@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 3y
aeki@slrpnk.net · 7 pts · 3y
Your example is pretty amazing, I have seen your username everywhere, assuming it's all the same person.
Meanwhile I have a different one per account. Not even trying to hide my identity, I just can't decide. This is also why I don't have tattoos.
001100010010@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 16 pts · 3y
influence1123@psychedelia.ink · 21 pts · 3y
How did you get my work email?
Polydextrous@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 3y
Goddamn this makes me feel old. When I was 12, N64/PlayStation 1 were the dominant systems
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 3y
When I was 12, I had to write my own games in BASIC
DoucheAsaurus@kbin.social · 4 pts · 3y
Laughs in machine code
samus12345@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y
When I was 12, the NES was the dominant system.
robocall@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 3y
I've been using the same email address for 21 years so far
YashaB@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3y
Mine's 23 and has a silly name, but it is the key to basically everything by now.
oyenyaaow@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 3y
I got first catch at gmail when it was brand new, a common nickname without any numbers?, never gonna let go of my username.
bappity@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 3y
me picking the username madbrony when I was 12 on an account I CAN'T CHANGE 😭
Quills@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 3y
Pones
Sorry
bappity@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3y
PONES 😁👍
Quills@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 3y
Oh, yeah da pones!
andy_wijaya_med@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 3y
Somethingsomethingpussydestroyerxxx1985@aol.com
Skaryon@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 3y
I did create another one I use for grown up stuff but I still use a very old email that ends in 'rulez'
Vitaly_Chernobyl@sopuli.xyz · 7 pts · 3y
Rotvomit reporting for duty!
MeDuViNoX@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 3y
It was Anarchy9999@hotmail.com and I stopped using it about 20 years ago because I forgot the password.
techbits@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 3y
If only I could still access Optimus_Prime1024x768@msn.com
SadTrain@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3y
The_cool_one_1.
Fun fact, I was not cool
Neoncamouflage@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 3y
I'm so glad I made it out of this situation with one I legitimately like
Jmr@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3y
johndoespidermanisthebest@googlemail.com
Knusper@feddit.de · 2 pts · 3y
I'm just glad I started using the internet when my regular name was still available at the popular mail providers back then. Young folks now are pretty much forced to throw in their middle name, nickname, birth year or whatever...
Kolanaki@yiffit.net · 1 pts · 3y
I can't even remember my first email address. Not the handle or the server. I only remember as far back as Hotmail, which was like the 4th or 5th email I had. Mostly because my Microsoft login still uses that one.