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Because this was my username on reddit before I deleted my account, and I don't have the creativity to think of something else
Why?
Because one was required.
When?
2001, heading to Assembly '01, a large LAN event in Helsinki.
Or was it '02?
It's a reference to Buell Motorcycles and their tractor like engines.
I'm trans and I like Sci Fi.
ummm I was you know...
I just hate Disney
Very vaguely related related to my old reddit dead name.
Ok, I'll bite. What was your Reddit username based on?
I love tea
Controversial
I actually forgot why
A weird set of events. First I just wanted to sign up on SDF Public access UNIX system but I didn't want to waste my username for testing it out in case I did something wrong. So I went with user224. However a good user named xiled verified that account for me so I stuck with that username.
Later SDF posted on Twitter about running their own Lemmy instance, and since I didn't yet know what Lemmy was, I used the same username. Slowly I made comments and posts locking myself into the stupid "user224" username. And I can't change it.
Name of my favourite novel.
Random word plus random number after it. I decided I needed to be a little more careful with my info.
That actually makes me a little sad. I thought you were a Charlie Chaplin fan.
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Someone once told me "pick two words and a number"
I did
Because it works
I asked chatgpt for generated usernames, and this was one that I liked
It's the generated handle of my reddit account and I was happy with it because its a good name and it's over here.
I like Doctor Who and it comes from my favourite season with my favourite companion.
Same here! (not user name myself but favourite season and doctor)
It's a long convoluted story but when I was a teen (I'm 46 now) I created a series of designs I called "earthbound angel" over the years it morphed to whoisearth.
Did you post those designs anywhere?
Nah they're in a binder somewhere in my house for posterity lol. They were as good as you would expect from a 14 year old in 1991.
Fan of The Arsenal.
Because The Doors is my favorite band.
I have no clue.
Came to me in a dream
I lost my username once and couldn't recover the account
I thought my name in English meant "John Savior", so I just decided to make my online alias "JohnSavour", but for some reason I elongated it to "JohnSaveourSocks".
(Turns out it actually means John Servant, so "JohnServesYou" would've been more accurate.)
i saw it somewhere, and i liked the name. it's simple and good and i use it everywhere even though i'm a male
I was an emotional teenager who thought "life was too chaotic". I've grown fond of the name over the years, so I still use it to this day.