How did you pick your username?

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How did you pick your username?

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  1. Critical-Conflict-57 Avatar

    I didn’t pick it. It picked me.

  2. MangoDouble3259 Avatar

    I like mangos, double it and give to next person trend, random numbers

  3. chicken_tender_freak Avatar

    It was an effort to show my love and respect for a reliable, timeless, and perfect food item… yet also foreshadowing what I might do for said food item.

  4. ricorette Avatar

    It’s just been my nickname since childhood.

  5. Sombrero_Skyline Avatar

    South of the Border inspired me

  6. ItsNjry Avatar

    From New Jersey and Ryan

  7. thegreatsquare Avatar

    Tao Te Ching – Verse 41

    >”The great square has no corners.”

  8. WillySlanging69 Avatar

    I don’t want to play this game.

  9. animetitties Avatar

    Self explanatory 💅😈It was for a throwaway and I couldn’t believe it was actually available

  10. s1llyt1lly Avatar

    Just needed a goofy name

  11. El_Guerrero_Maya Avatar

    I’m obsessed with Mayan warriors and leaders

  12. sausagencider Avatar

    Because because because

  13. its_Randaru Avatar

    When I was creating a new gamer tag for my Xbox account, the one that I originally going to use wasn’t allowed, so I went with this name instead. Randaru is my name in Japanese. Though it was cool so I went with it and it has stuck with me since

  14. TacitusJones Avatar

    Back in the discus days I went by Xenophon. Then last time the Trump circus came to town I put in a concerted effort to delete my previous internet presence.

    Still didn’t want to pick on a different theme.

  15. DeltaOmegaTheta Avatar

    From a show where embodiments of a character’s personality traits were given the names of Greek letters. The ones that appealed to me the most were Logic, Rage, and Trust.

  16. QandisaAmor Avatar

    “Qandisa,” also known as Aicha Kandicha or Aisha Qandisha, refers to a female mythological figure in Moroccan folklore, often depicted as a beautiful, but malicious, cannibal water jinni who lures men to their deaths 💃🏾

  17. Talking_Duckie Avatar

    Nickname is Duckie…I have a lot to say…just made sense.

  18. AquariaLuna Avatar

    Old WoW account name. I like it🤷‍♂️

  19. WrestlingWoman Avatar

    I’m a woman. I like watching wrestling.

  20. ElectricWubz Avatar

    When i was younger i was really into dubstep (using it as an umbrella term) and i was at a festival on molly and I remember feeling electricity from the ground to my feet every time i took a step. So creating an xbox 360 user name trial and error eventually lead me to electricwubz.

  21. EloquentRacer92 Avatar

    Thank Microsoft for it. Also I use the same username online for everything so yeah.

  22. idgarad Avatar

    I was a co-sysop on a BBS for many years in my youth. My actual handle was Lord Epic Vermillion. Edgy I know. However I managed tape rotations on the BBS and people would constantly ask for tapes to be rotated out on off days. We only rotated tapes if I remember, Tuesdays.

    So I had to constantly tell people we don’t rotate tapes and I would tell them:

    “I don’t give a rat’s ass dude, I am not rotating the tapes until Tuesday.”

    Over and over I would type that and I got to the point I started typing:

    “I.D.G.A.R.A.D – I’m not rotating the tapes.”

    Eventually new users didn’t realize that my handle was Lord Epic Vermillion and instead thought that IDGARAD was my user name.

    So 40 years later, here I am.

  23. Adorable-Suspect-626 Avatar

    I random generated it and when I got the two words it reminded me of Stitch so I added the 626 I really love it!

  24. JussaPeak Avatar

    Back in 2012 or so, I saw a Chris Rock stand-up special and he did a bit about Stevie Wonder and how he’s one of the greatest men who ever lived but he’s blind. “He did all that, and he can’t even get a little peek? Just a peek?!”.

    I then spelled “peek” wrong on my PS3 username, and here we are

  25. CUT_MY_BALLS_0FF Avatar

    I watched Django Unchained and liked the scene where they were about to cut his manhood off.

  26. Wishy666 Avatar

    I asked Reddit lol

  27. PizzaBeerCouch Avatar
  28. PaydenGray408 Avatar

    A book I just finished, which has another book coming out in less than a week.

  29. manguydudehim Avatar

    Ask about my pronouns I dare you. (I was 15)

  30. MassmerTheInhaler Avatar

    It’s a meme variant of an Elden Ring boss that I was surprised wasn’t already taken.

  31. Tomorrows_affair Avatar

    It was picked for me and I thought it was clever

  32. Roger_Roger27 Avatar

    TPM was playing in the background lol

  33. dingjingdingjing Avatar

    When Bingo (Blueys sister) sang “Poor little bug on the wall, ding jing. No one to love him at all, ding jing”

  34. adultagainstmywill Avatar

    I hadn’t accomplished enough to be that old. Still haven’t.

  35. diajean112 Avatar

    I love you dia jean (I can hear my late mothers voice)😔😢

  36. YouCanShoveYourMagic Avatar

    Watching Puss In Boots so I wanted YouCanShoveYourMagicBeansUpYourAss but it was too long, so I had to settle 🙁

  37. OB1KENOB Avatar

    I love Star Trek!

  38. Trashpanda2009 Avatar

    I like raccoons they’re like fat cat bandits who steal trash and I like the nickname trash panda

  39. thepornidentity Avatar

    It was just funny, and I couldn’t let it pass once it came to mind. I probably should have spelled it differently, but there it is. 

  40. iconocrastinaor Avatar

    I couldn’t spell my clever portmanteau.

  41. Vengefulmasterof Avatar

    Well, simple really, my youtube name WAS Vengeful Master, before someone literally stole it on there and twitch, cos of the idk, so i had to change it, BUT, it wasnt stolen on here, so, it’s the name i have

  42. testy_mctestfacey Avatar

    I was testing something

  43. NeedsItRough Avatar

    I really enjoy rough sex but “ireallyenjoyitrough” doesn’t quite roll off the tongue.

    Also “likesitrough” was taken.

  44. Fuselage Avatar

    I played initiator or support in DotA2 and so as a joke I named myself after the part of a plane that carries the team.

  45. RoseWould Avatar

    I remembered when my husband used to say “we all knew she would” whenever there was a recurring mission/area in a videogame series back when we first started doing things together outside of school

  46. Playful-Depth2578 Avatar

    I promise it was given to me

  47. verbalintercourse420 Avatar

    No tricks, no tricks baby..

  48. BoneReduction Avatar

    Broke a bone. Small piece came off. Doctor offered to reattach it but said it wasn’t worth the hassle. They threw away the piece when I was in surgery.

  49. Must_Go_Faster_ Avatar

    Life uh, finds a way.

  50. thtsnora Avatar

    I don’t remember

  51. randyfromm Avatar

    Randy Fromm seemed like a good choice for me.

  52. flapjacksrule Avatar

    Step 1. Eat pancake

    Step 2. Love pancake

    Step 3. Learn that pancakes are also called flapjacks

    Step 4. Acknowledge that flapjacks rule

  53. Big_Arachnid_4784 Avatar

    I liked arachnids, big stuff and 4,7 and 8 were my lucky numbers

  54. TotalPriority8437 Avatar

    Yoy guys are picking your usernames?

  55. goldsatindream Avatar

    nicole dollanganger song

  56. OnceUponACrimeScene Avatar

    I like crime and I like fairytales!

  57. Pansprite Avatar

    My Wow boomy character 🤣

  58. FleaDad Avatar

    I became a dad and wanted a fresh post history to start posting on r/daddit. So my old username also became a dad and here we are 9 years later.

  59. TheLeftPewixBar Avatar

    Pewix was a nickname I came up with when I was little because I wanted a W in my name. It stuck.

    Then that evolved into my love of quoting old commercials and similar stuff, I.E the left Twix Bar, and the rest is history.

  60. NekoIsBusy Avatar

    I like catgirls from anime and i also think they look cute when they’re busy with working or etc.

  61. ILikeJasmineRice Avatar

    I like jasmine rice?

  62. XxxGoldDustWomanxxX Avatar

    Fleetwood Mac song which I just so happen to be listening to right now 😊

  63. SkinnyMonkey23 Avatar

    I am skinny and have big ears

  64. NHBikerHiker Avatar

    Next thread: what’s your password?? 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️

  65. Avg_Sun_Enjoyer69 Avatar

    Sunlight is cool.

  66. MrsSassy81 Avatar

    Because I am married and a bit spicy.

  67. corndog Avatar

    I enjoy corndogs

  68. HeartonSleeve1989 Avatar

    I wear my emotions on my sleeve, I’ve learned not to be so blunt sometimes…. but a guy can only do so much, and I tried like REALLY hard. Sometimes I’m out and about and some guys wearing an ugly shirt and it slips.

    It was that deep orangey brown people get as spray tan places, like EW!!

  69. ILoveToTour-9987 Avatar

    I’m a fan of Michael Jackson.

  70. imbigchillingonHood Avatar

    i be coolin bra idc bout nothing fr

  71. thro_redd Avatar

    THRO(waway)_REDD(it) account. Easy 😌

  72. Vizth Avatar

    Giant robot.

  73. ikesbutt Avatar

    I am a great grandmother. My cat Ike stuck his ass in my face…….like cats do.

  74. Amari808 Avatar

    West African name meaning “strength”. I just liked it

  75. BozoSubsOver Avatar

    I’m not even s’posed to be here… hope I don’t jack off!

  76. CIA-pizza-party Avatar

    Lost access to my first account, so while getting ready for work one morning it just kind of came to me… 🍕

  77. LittleHeadcat Avatar

    I didn’t. My cat picked it. I named her Cersi, but when she was a kitten, she had a freakishly small head. Everyone would say something about her little head. Eventually, she must’ve decided everyone was always saying little head around her, so it must be her name. Her head is regular size now, but the rest of her is 23lbs of fat, so her head still looks little. I guess she knew she was gonna be a big fat fatty

  78. uglytaxi Avatar

    I was trying to come up with band names at 13. Never had a band.

  79. train_spotting Avatar

    One of my favorite films.

  80. soxyc Avatar

    Bill Clinton’s Cat.

  81. multiplerie Avatar

    A variant of my Instagram’s..

  82. ShadowAranea Avatar

    Just took two of the names I used for my BG3 characters and put them together 😂

  83. fatboyneedstogetlaid Avatar

    Guess. Just make a wild guess.

  84. Redone940 Avatar

    Found an old clip of my dad asking me which angry bird was my favourite and I said the “red one”.

  85. aluminumnek Avatar

    I played bass in a band and I use a Kramer aluminum neck model

  86. GrumpyDrum Avatar

    I’m generally a cheerful dude, and my firstname/last name contracts nicely to D. Rum.

  87. AtheneSchmidt Avatar

    My favorite of the Greek goddesses I was obsessed with at the time (12.) + my very common last name. I broke all the rules, because back then you weren’t supposed to have your name as part of your online life, and now you are often only supposed to have your name as your online life.

  88. Optimusscrime Avatar

    Bought my toddler some transformer toys and he cannot say “optimus prime” properly, I liked his version better.

  89. kettykitten Avatar

    My cat was sleeping next to me.

  90. Individual_Ad1082 Avatar

    reddit picked for me

  91. lendystm Avatar

    Lendys is a god in D&D that was the main questgiver in one of my long lasting campaigns.

    I used to have another account but it was compromised and made into a scam xxx account so I had to find a username quickly.

  92. theteslam Avatar

    I had a Tesla, so…

  93. Chihuahuapocalypse Avatar

    I’m not sure honestly, I just like chihuahuas and this happened lol

  94. Huttser17 Avatar

    favorite character of a book I had just read + my favorite number at the time

  95. Few_Cap_8376 Avatar

    It was randomly generated

  96. iwaslovedbyme Avatar

    I don’t remember

  97. BlottomanTurk Avatar

    I was choosing my gamertag. “Ottoman Turk” was already my nickname, Otto for short… and I was a raging alcoholic (aka blotto). So I’ve just maintained “BlottomanTurk” through social media and gaming platforms.

    Well the full college-era etymology would be basically:

    Wild Turkey Man (later “Wild Man-Turkey”, “Man-Turkey”, “Turkey Man”, and finally landing on “Turk” most commonly) – I always had at least a flask of Wild Turkey 101 on me, and always donated a bottle of it to any party I went to…and there were a lot of parties.

    When I pledged my nerd fraternity, and they were deciding “brother names” (a nickname given to new brothers when they officially join, generally decided during pledge period, applied after pledging is concluded), the discussion afaik was basically “well obviously it should be Turk, but it needs something with a little more oomph. “Ottoman Turk” sounds more dignified, right?” And that was that.

    Bonus: My “little” in the frat was “Byzantium”, lol.

  98. unittwentyfive Avatar

    I was trying to remember the “Don’t call me radio” quote from Super Troopers when Mac was calling Farva from the patrol car. I thought it was “Don’t call me ‘radio’ unit 25” and couldn’t be bothered to double check it. Turns out it was Unit 91, so here I am with a basically-meaningless name.

  99. pickadamnnameffs Avatar

    Evidently,I have not.

  100. Markis16 Avatar

    I was 16, now I’m not :v

  101. JustAnotherMarmot Avatar

    Just doin my thing dont worry about it

  102. someonewhoknowsthem Avatar

    Because I know them

  103. No-Practice5069 Avatar

    I can’t figure out how to change it so this is what I roll with haha

  104. Enkelschreck Avatar

    Took the name of a then 90 years old rapping grandma from germany
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XrK-doVUPQ

  105. anotherbloggerguy Avatar
  106. Hiddenacez Avatar

    Ace from on piece and always loved being hidden lol

  107. SithLard Avatar

    As well as 3rd degree burns all over his body, what if Vader had heart disease?

  108. ryknow216 Avatar

    The amazing bassist of Mudvayne (Ryknow) and the area code of Cleveland. The hometown of what used to be one of my favorite bands, Mushroomhead.

  109. PappaDukes Avatar

    I didn’t pick my username. My username picked me.

  110. ReclusePiedPiper Avatar

    From a folklore tale

  111. ecstatic_emmolator Avatar

    A combination of joy, violence, and self sabotaging tendencies.

  112. bumpty Avatar

    It’s my nickname from when I played EQ in 1999. I was gnome named Burumpus. Everyone called me bumpty

  113. LadySilvie Avatar

    My first online account when I was a kid was DragonPrincess. When I got older, I thought princesses were uncool and swapped to Lady as in lower nobility, but still from a fun fantasy novel. Silvie was a nickname an online friend gave me because I had a character named Silver.

    So. LadySilvie.

    I used it for like 15 years before changing bc milady memes. My account is too established here, though 🤷‍♀️

    Nowadays I do CatSidheSilvie because cat sidhe are the coolest folkloric creature, and Sidhe and Silvie sound good together.

    I do use CatSilvie at times though since Sidhe is hard for people to pronounce.

  114. 1whosUnknwnFmiliarly Avatar

    Crossword style clue

  115. karenin89 Avatar

    Well it definitely happened before ‘karen’ was a thing

  116. nudeauthor Avatar

    I write stories and I like being naked.

  117. Ek_aur_prani Avatar

    I was going through a midlife existential crisis (in my late 20s). Still going through it.
    My username translates to “One more creature”.

  118. FlatwormAcrobatic212 Avatar

    Are you sure you really want to know???

    It all started on a warm summer evening when I found myself in the weirdest possible predicament—locked inside the local Aquarium after hours. Now, let me explain how this happened before you start making assumptions. It was not, as some might assume, an intentional attempt to live out my childhood dream of befriending an octopus and teaching it Morse code. No, this was purely an accident.

    Earlier that day, I had spent the afternoon at the aquarium, marveling at all the marine life. I was particularly intrigued by the jellyfish tank, which led to a lengthy philosophical debate about whether jellyfish are the perfect metaphor for work meetings—drifting aimlessly, occasionally stinging, and ultimately directionless. At some point, I wandered off and got lost in my thoughts, staring at the hypnotic movement of a group of sea cucumbers (which, for the record, do nothing interesting).

    At some point, I must have leaned against a door, because before I knew it, I had tumbled into an unmarked room. When I got up and dusted myself off, I realized I had somehow stumbled into what can only be described as the black market of the aquarium—a backroom filled with tanks of bizarre and questionably legal sea creatures. That’s when I saw it: a tiny, unassuming acrobatic flatworm flipping, spinning, and twirling inside its little tank like it was auditioning for a Cirque du Soleil show.

    Now, I had never seen a worm do a backflip before, and let me tell you, it changed me. I stood there, utterly mesmerized, whispering, “You little son of a gun… you’re incredible.” It felt like I was witnessing a miracle, or at the very least, an aquatic anomaly that should have been headlining Vegas.

    Before I could fully process what I was seeing, I heard voices approaching. Panicking, I did what any reasonable person would do—I hid inside a janitor’s closet and watched through the crack in the door as two aquarium employees entered the room.

    “So, this is it? The Flatworm of Destiny?” one of them said in an ominous tone.

    “Yep,” the other replied. “They say it possesses ancient knowledge. Also, it does cool flips.”

    At this point, I was 100% convinced that I had just stumbled into something way above my pay grade. I had two options: leave quietly and forget this ever happened, or devote my life to unraveling the mystery of the Acrobatic Flatworm. Naturally, I chose the second option.

    Unfortunately, I didn’t have much time to act, because in my excitement, I knocked over a mop bucket. The employees turned toward the noise, and I did what any panicked man would do—I bolted. I dashed through the aquarium, evading security guards like an absolute ninja, only to realize that the main entrance had already been locked for the night.

    And that, my friends, is how I spent the night trapped in the Aquarium, bonding with a majestic, cartwheeling flatworm while avoiding the janitorial staff. The next morning, when I was finally “discovered” by a very unimpressed security guard, I tried to explain my situation, but my ramblings about the “prophetic backflipping worm” did not help my case. I was politely escorted out and told not to return without supervision.

    As I sat in my car, reflecting on the night’s events, I realized that this experience had profoundly changed me. I had witnessed something that few had ever seen—a flatworm with moves so slick it could probably land a sponsorship deal with Red Bull. I knew I had to immortalize this moment somehow.

    And that’s when it hit me: u/FlatwormAcrobatic212. A username that honors the greatest performer I had ever seen and ensures that the world never forgets the legendary worm that did backflips in the dead of night.

    Some say that flatworm is still out there, flipping and spinning, waiting for its time to shine. Others say I hallucinated the whole thing due to prolonged exposure to jellyfish tanks. Either way, the legend lives on.

    Or….I could have just hit the random name generator on Reddit and it’s the 3rd thing that came up. You decide!!!

  119. what_ismy_username Avatar

    idk what my username is 

  120. ffflowerpppower Avatar

    It’s a nickname derived from my name that I’ve been called since childhood.

  121. abrakadabralakazam Avatar

    Joined Reddit to be a part of Pokémon go. Got banned from the sub in a week btw

  122. What_4_username Avatar

    didn’t know what to choose

  123. cold_fettucine Avatar

    I got served cold alfredo once.

  124. Icy_Secretary9279 Avatar

    I’m pretty sure I didn’t and Reddit picked it for me.

  125. Cool_Ranch01 Avatar

    I was trying to think of something for awhile and didn’t want to take any longer. I was hanging with my boyfriend on a game and asked him what he was doing and he said, “Eating cool ranch doritos”

  126. tuknrolle Avatar

    High school nickname. Fell out of a car while getting dropped off by a friend who said it looked like I tuck and rolled. I wanted to be cool with the spelling so I shortened “tuck” to “Tuk” and added an “e” to roll. Why? Because I love football and at the time there was a player named Samari Rolle. Thus, Tuknrolle.

  127. ooOJuicyOoo Avatar

    Based on my game ID.

    Based on my email.

    Which is Based on my other email.

    Which I made while chewing juicy fruit gum.

    And… just rolled with.

  128. Im_Will_Smith Avatar

    It’s simply who I am.

  129. ToffeeBean24 Avatar

    I could only fit the names of two of my pets

  130. Y_U_Need_Books4 Avatar

    Somebody said it, so I wrote a book about it. The phrase is the title, and there ya go.

  131. Soopercow Avatar

    I wanted to make a Tauren warrior in World of Warcraft called Supercow, but it was taken.

  132. murdermerough Avatar

    I deleted my account of seven years because I didn’t want any personal stuff online anymore.

    Re-logged in, picked a random sub, and it was for some random band or song for murder me kindly or softly. I can’t remember.

    I hate having numbers, so I kept coming up with synonyms for the vibe and I hit it. I used to be ZombiePeacock everywhere. Lol I just thought it was a funny idea.

  133. Straight_Machine_620 Avatar

    reddit gave me a few options bc i’m not creative.

  134. Intelligent_Assist_1 Avatar

    I didnt. Somehow i made an account without picking a username. I just have one

  135. Annoy_Occult_Vet Avatar

    Back when I started using Reddit some accounts were novelty accounts. I put novelty account into a word generator and this was one of the options.

    My username is an anagram of novelty account.

  136. SorrentoTaft Avatar

    Rules for your porn star name. Street you grew up on and the current street you live on… At the time.

  137. Caine815 Avatar

    Other 814 Caines were already taken.

  138. usernnamegoeshere Avatar

    Wait when did it let you pick? I think i skipped that part

  139. OkSet6261 Avatar

    I didn’t 😀

  140. D0NT_F0RGET Avatar

    Forgot my last username

  141. WannabeMemester420 Avatar

    I joined intially for r/dankmemes, so my username reflects that. Also funny weed joke haha.

  142. Bean-Penis Avatar

    I looked down.

    No but serious I just thought it was a funny way to say peacock.

  143. AsleepAd7418 Avatar

    i didn’t know we had a choice

  144. fatalystic Avatar

    Just something I came up with off the cuff when I got roped into playing dota with some classmates (because they were short on people and I happened to be nearby) over a decade ago now.

  145. boring_username_idea Avatar

    I didn’t feel very creative

  146. 1sketchy_girl Avatar

    I’m an artist and my friends call me Sketch. Had the idea for my Instagram when I first started it because a bully called me a “sketchy girl” as an insult. I thought it was a fun play on words, so I kept it ever since.

  147. Dial-M-For-Malistrae Avatar

    I do a lot of online roleplay this was one of my favorite characters and it’s a play on words instead of dial M for Murder also I’m a Masters and Social Work candidate and someday I’d like to have my own private practice

  148. Dial-M-For-Malistrae Avatar

    I do a lot of online roleplay this was one of my favorite characters and it’s a play on words instead of dial M for Murder also I’m a Masters and Social Work candidate and someday I’d like to have my own private practice

  149. 8dot30662386292pow2 Avatar

    I like math and things that are nice.

  150. handgrenadeinmybutt Avatar

    Personal experience

  151. igottafupa Avatar

    Bet you can’t guess.

  152. igottafupa Avatar

    Bet you can’t guess.

  153. P1917 Avatar

    One of my favorite military surplus rifles.

  154. remclave Avatar

    I’ve been Remclave since the early 1990s. I coined it for my byline in an apazine (amateur-published magazine) Remclave is my interpretation of ‘the dreamer’s den’. I’ve used it for my online presence since the earliest days of surfing the web.

  155. TheSluttySecretary Avatar

    Based on a workplace rumor that went around about me at one of my old jobs.

  156. Auran82 Avatar

    There was a game dev company from my hometown who made a fairly successful game called Dark Reign, plus I was born in ‘82