How did you come up with your username?

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The thread explores how participants chose their usernames, sharing personal anecdotes and the reasoning behind their selections. The discussion includes a variety of approaches, from creative inspirations to practical decisions, and touches on the significance of these names in their online identities.

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Main Points Raised

  • One participant mentions their username is simply their name, chosen for its aesthetic appeal.
  • Another explains their username is derived from the first part of their name combined with a love for math.
  • Some participants express a lack of creativity, opting for usernames based on random inspirations or existing names they encountered.
  • A participant shares a humorous backstory involving a gaming context where they created a name alongside a friend.
  • Several usernames are described as personal identifiers, with some participants using variations of their real names or initials.
  • One participant notes their username reflects a philosophical concept about perception and identity.
  • Another mentions a humorous phrase they heard, which inspired their username.
  • Some usernames are described as simply being "cool" or appealing without deeper significance.
  • One participant humorously states they used a name from a brochure due to a lack of creativity.
  • A few participants express dissatisfaction with their usernames being taken, leading to creative adaptations.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

The discussion does not reach a consensus, as participants share a wide range of personal stories and motivations for their usernames, reflecting diverse perspectives and experiences.

Contextual Notes

Some usernames are based on personal names, while others are influenced by gaming culture, humor, or random choices. The discussion highlights the subjective nature of username selection without resolving any specific criteria for what makes a good username.

  • #31
I went through a brief phase where I thought I wanted a trials bike, I had a Scorpa brochure next to me and seeing as I am so uncreative when it comes to usernames I stole my name from the brochure.
 
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  • #32
First name.

Would have been proper to complete the entire last name but got lazy. And since I want to be "cool" on the internet, I decided to just put the first letter.
 
  • #33
My User name was based on a concept of Someone and No one.(Perception)
it best showed my point of view of how my view and perception of the world around me is not that of someone's but that of noOne's, but the noOne is someone, and that someone would be me, No one.

A philosophy concept of word's and point's of view of perception...
(No, one person know's)
(the preceving of perception)
 
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  • #34
I was helping this one kid in my Algebra II class and then a girl asked him a question and he was like "Come on now. It's not freaking rocket surgery".
 
  • #35
It is just my name - the only thing I can type without erororors
 
  • #36
Mine's my nickname. Kinda dull really!
 
  • #37
"So we keep the same instincts as our primate and pre-primate ancestors, but we superimpose culture and law on top of this. So we get split in two, dig? You might say, mankind is the statutory ape." -Mounty Babbit in Schrödinger's Cat Trilogy, by Robert Anton Wilson
 
  • #38
I'm too modest to use my own name. I know a guy who is a genius, well-read, highly educated, handsome, rich, strong, witty, and popular. I used his name.
 
  • #39
Just a randon name really, and the bits on each side just make it look epic.
 
  • #40
I don't remember where I heard my nickname firts
Maybe I heard it in my dream

I have this username in all forums, ICQ, e-mails :)
I like it :)
 
  • #41
An obsession with math. . . and an obsession with 1337speak.
 
  • #42
Noone said:
My User name was based on a concept of Someone and No one.(Perception)
it best showed my point of view of how my view and perception of the world around me is not that of someone's but that of noOne's, but the noOne is someone, and that someone would be me, No one.

A philosophy concept of word's and point's of view of perception...
(No, one person know's)
(the preceving of perception)

Whoever banned this guy... thank you!
I tried to read this post 3 times, and each attempt just made my head hurt worse.
 
  • #43
Eddie Griffin, 2002.
 
  • #44
Noone said:
...not that of someone's but that of noOne's, but the noOne is someone, and that someone would be me, No one.

According to that no one is someone, so therefor someone must be no one. Headache.
 
  • #45
Noone said:
My User name was based on a concept of Someone and No one.(Perception)
it best showed my point of view of how my view and perception of the world around me is not that of someone's but that of noOne's, but the noOne is someone, and that someone would be me, No one.

A philosophy concept of word's and point's of view of perception...
(No, one person know's)
(the preceving of perception)
That's basically what I did, but with a slight twist.
 
  • #46
The first name for most people in my family starts with a B. My aunt, grandfather, father, uncle and myself. Quite a few of my ancestors names also stared with a B. It's kinda funny.
 
  • #47
It was a username given to me in elementary school for everything, and it has just stuck ever since then. No one ever seems to get it either, lol, I guess it will be a mystery to all :biggrin:
 
  • #48
My user name started out as "Defennder", when I first registered a username on the Internet. That was actually a spelling error. But I still used it because I realized that it is readily available as a unique moniker; for every site I've been to, no one uses this nick. When I registered for PF, I entered that username. Unfortunately I mispelled it, this time it has 3 'n's. Oh well. Guess I'm stuck with it.
 
  • #49
Why, I'm named in honour of the late great muddy waters
 
  • #50
So why not use McKinley?:confused:
 
  • #51
In Poland, if your second name is Borkowski, you are called Borek for all your life, whether you like it, or not :smile:
 
  • #52
Borek said:
In Poland, if your second name is Borkowski, you are called Borek for all your life, whether you like it, or not :smile:

I like the way it sounds
 
  • #53
"Lightbulb Sun" is a song by the band Porcupine Tree.
 
  • #54
LightbulbSun said:
"Lightbulb Sun" is a song by the band Porcupine Tree.

It's also the name of the album, a very good album too. :smile:
 
  • #55
GCT - General Chemistry Tutor - at the time when I was an undergraduate majoring in Chemistry tutoring General Chemistry. I have since then graduated and am a chemist - I asked Greg to shorten the username to GCT.
 
  • #56
Defennnder said:
My user name started out as "Defennder", when I first registered a username on the Internet. That was actually a spelling error. But I still used it because I realized that it is readily available as a unique moniker; for every site I've been to, no one uses this nick. When I registered for PF, I entered that username. Unfortunately I mispelled it, this time it has 3 'n's. Oh well. Guess I'm stuck with it.
So it's a misspelling of a misspelling? :smile: (While on the subject of misspelling, does that word have one s or two? Word highlights it as misspelled if I put two 's's in it, and Safari complains if I put in one...other than laughing that Apple and Microsoft are fighting over ownership of the dictionary along with everything else, which is the right spelling?)

Borek said:
In Poland, if your second name is Borkowski, you are called Borek for all your life, whether you like it, or not :smile:

What about those with the name Borkowska? Are the women stuck with the name Borek too? :biggrin:
 
  • #57
_Muddy_ said:
Why, I'm named in honour of the late great muddy waters
I watched him perform when I was younger, Lightnin' Hopkins was also on the bill that night, I believe. Are you familiar with him?
 
  • #58
d1ff30m0rf1zm said:
An obsession with math. . . and an obsession with 1337speak.

Diffeomorphism... I get it now! l:smile:


Forgive me... I haven't had whatever class those are in yet.
 
  • #59
Evo said:
I watched him perform when I was younger, Lightnin' Hopkins was also on the bill that night, I believe. Are you familiar with him?
One of my favorite (slightly older than me) contemporaries is Buddy Guy. He made his way to Chicago and wanted to audition with Muddy, and asked for a meal. Muddy stood him to a drink of whiskey saying that he'd be better off singing while hungry. Muddy was killer, as was his bassist Willie Dixon. Many of my local blues friends (in a and called the Blue Flames) backed up his pianist, Pinetop Perkins in his live CD "Live Top". These guys are Mainers that are main-lining Chicago blues and this CD is a killer. Highly recommended.
 
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