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.

Who will be our RimjobSteve?!

Selfhost your own instance, and you can have any username

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

I chose well this time

Oh no

Well, fuck.

oh well... there's always next time

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

God... dammit

I'm just here because Spez sucks.

I didn't even think about this lol.

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

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?

Feeling good

Uhh... I got nothing.

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...

I think I did fine

Can't improve on perfection

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

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

I just chose my real name.

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

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

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

..oops

Heck yeah

Still waiting for u/fuckswithducks

i... failed...

I'm still waiting for our legend rimjob_steve.

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

I think I smashed it this time

Alice. Literally just my name

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

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

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

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

I think I did well...

You just had to bait them didn’t you?

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've been the pope too long to give up now

I love mud and have no ragrets.

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 got my name

I addad an "h" in front.

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

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

True

I'll have my peas 😡!

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

I'm Batman.

Let ChatGPT decide. Not disappointed.

I think mine is ok

Sorry that ship sailed

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.

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

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

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

Too late for that.

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

I'm surprised I got this!

My username was Foreskin-Gaming69, don't ask

I choose to forever cringe at my first chosen name.

Rate my username.

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

I'm happy with my new username.

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

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.

SexWithSilverWolf@lemm.ee 💀

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

I like my new user name.

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

fart noises

Oh damn it!!

Absolutely.

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.

It hurts

Nooooow you tell me smh

My first username from over a decade ago was horrible.

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

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.

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

I refuse.

Some usernames should stay the same though, right?

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

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

Eat me.

I nicked one that I liked.

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.

Too late

At least its something

#noregrets

who took spez?

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

How did I do?

I just don't like Disney.

I was born Kamehameherp, and I will die Kamehameherp.

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.

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 still used numbers

My username is god honouring thank you very much

Ah fuck

I got my first name :)

I don't think my username is embarrassing enough.

The early birds get the 3 letter words

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.

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

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

Three letter club ftw!

Oh well. Maybe on the next Revolution.

Ah fck. Missed it

Cryptid foot doc checking in.

Embarrassing?

Lol prepare for "PM_ME_[WEIRD_SHIT]".

I like mine.

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

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

Cool and anonymous enough.

I'm a 2023 Ford pinto

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

Too late

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

Huh.

Hola, Sangria?

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

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

I am content with good enough.

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

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

Still unable to.

Totally not a screwup

Mine was always perfect

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

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.

What app is closest to RIF?

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

Nah. I'm embracing my naive mistake.

think I improved it...?

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

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