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.

Selfhost your own instance, and you can have any username

Showerthought: This post is just an opportunity for users with inappropriate usernames to show them off.

Who will be our RimjobSteve?!

I chose well this time

Oh no

I made the leap to Lemmy from reddit....16 ft through an announcers table

Well, fuck.

I didn't even think about this lol.

oh well... there's always next time

God... dammit

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

I'm just here because Spez sucks.

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

Uhh... I got nothing.

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.

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

I have just the best username.

Feeling good

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

Idk if these accounts exists but...

Perfectly happy with my username thank you very much

I think I did 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

Can't improve on perfection

Make sure it will stay relevant

I just chose my real name.

Eh I'll be fine.

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!

Well this is a bit awkward

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

Definitely corrected the mistake, I went much dumber this time around.

..oops

You can screw it up. My display name here, for example, isn't my login name.

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

Still waiting for u/fuckswithducks

i... failed...

Heck yeah

Alice. Literally just my name

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

Shit

I'm still waiting for our legend rimjob_steve.

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.

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

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

Rate my username.

I think I did well...

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

I love mud and have no ragrets.

You just had to bait them didn’t you?

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

I got my name

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.

I always miss these things

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

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

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

Thanks god I can change my display name

I refuse.

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

True

Let ChatGPT decide. Not disappointed.

I'll have my peas 😡!

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

I'm Batman.

I addad an "h" in front.

I'm surprised I got this!

Sorry that ship sailed

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

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

I think mine is ok

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.

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

Too late for that.

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.

My username was Foreskin-Gaming69, don't ask

It hurts

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

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

Nooooow you tell me smh

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 :(

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

fart noises

Oh damn it!!

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.

Absolutely.

I'm happy with my new username.

I like my new user name.

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

I choose to forever cringe at my first chosen name.

SexWithSilverWolf@lemm.ee 💀

My first username from over a decade ago was horrible.

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

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

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.

I should have thought of that.

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.

Some usernames should stay the same though, right?

Eat me.

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

I nicked one that I liked.

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

I regret my Reddit user since it used a slur that I no longer want to associate with but now I also regret this user since I came up with a better one a few days ago

Oh well

#noregrets

Ah fuck

I was born Kamehameherp, and I will die Kamehameherp.

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.

I just don't like Disney.

That's what I was thinking too. All 11 inches of me.

who took spez?

Too late

I removed the numbers from my username. Because I'm all grown up now.

How did I do?

At least its something

I still used numbers

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

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.

Three letter club ftw!

Hola, Sangria?

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.

The early birds get the 3 letter words

My username is god honouring thank you very much

I don't think my username is embarrassing enough.

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)

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

I got my first name :)

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

Cryptid foot doc checking in.

Totally not a screwup

Mine was always perfect

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.

Oh well. Maybe on the next Revolution.

Embarrassing?

Lol prepare for "PM_ME_[WEIRD_SHIT]".

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

Huh.

I'm a 2023 Ford pinto

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

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

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

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

I am content with good enough.

Ah fck. Missed it

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

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

What app is closest to RIF?

Cool and anonymous enough.

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

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

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

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

I like mine.

Still unable to.

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

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

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

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

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

I'm genuinely happy I got the username I did.

Oops

Yo yo!

Too late

I kept the same name.

Now I know how it works

Anyone who gets the obscure reference in my name wins nothing

My name will never not be relevant!

think I improved it...?

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?

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

Nah. I'm embracing my naive mistake.

So like @alexeyd1000@lemm.ee?!

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

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

I finally got my original username I'm happy

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.

Colorado Avalanche fans reading this, come on over and subscribe: !avalanche@lemmy.world

Edit: Thanks, @CommunityLinkFixer.

Fuck that, embrace your teenage cringe self

I did good, me thinks.

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.

I'm quite happy with mine :D

No.

Too late =(

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

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

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

No regrets!

My time has…come.

I used the same username.

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

I got my original username back.

Someone swiped my username here.

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

good idea.

Too late 😔

Paging Mr. throbbingpens

I've always had trouble coming up with good user names, I think I lack imagination. Most of the time I just use my given first name plus my following two initials.

I actually came up with something for my Reddit account. I'm using the same one here I did on Reddit, except I have to spell the "-" special character since Lemmy won't take it. Reddit took the dash, but not the asterisk. I like my new one better actually. For those not Unix operating system aware, my user name (rm -r *) means "delete the world".

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.

I’m good with mine still 😂

At least its something

Yea i just have some acnt

GOD DAMN It!!! What was I thinking?!? It’s to late 😑

Yea I had an automatic username with a nazi associated number and I could not change the username.

What's wrong with ChewingLlama9435?

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

Made a typo, too late.

I'm pretty happy with what I got

🤭

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. 🔆

It's more in line with my other online presence

I never learn..

Got it right this time then!

Thank you sweet baby Jesus

I changed mine but I have no idea why I picked this

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'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.

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.

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've never felt so free as finally ditching my 2013 tier username

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

Way ahead of you o7

I hope i am safe now.

Yep. Thought about that

Nice...

Cool

I want to bang Widowmaker

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

HairyButtocks96, at last, you will be finally mine.

Too late for me lol

God damn right

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

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

My main Reddit name was far more vulgar than this.

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

Already ahead of you

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.