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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Tanith was one of the goa'uld from Stargate SG-1 which I was a huge fan of as a kid. Back then I was not so good at spelling so I sounded it out and kept adding letters until I found a username that wasn't taken

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

That references the name of my programming language I first-learned in my entire life.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

After one of the best songs from the band King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard. Fun fact: it's also the favorite song of their bassist!

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

TK is a journalism joke. In that field, placeholder headlines used to commonly be written in as "Headline TK" or "TKTKTK" etc. It comes from back when newspapers were typeset physically before set in lead to be sent to the printer. It is short for To Come. Many editing marks are misspelled on purpose to make them stand out from the final text. "TK" is an unusual pairing of letters, so it stands out.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I used to always play Pyro in Team Fortress Classic and would just run around setting people on fire and then running away. It was my only strategy and so I adopted the name.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

I was trying to call someone an idiot, but I only had a calculator on hand. I also didn't consider talking as an option.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Discord nickname that originated from OneShot (the game my icon is from). I chose it like 4 or 5 years ago and it stuck on Discord so I just adopted it to here

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

One needs a username. So I chose one that I have used for a long time, which incidentally I couldn't use on Reddit

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Always wanted to be a TIE Pilot...

/Empire did nothing wrong.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

I like Fallout 2 way too much.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Not calm.

Not typical.

Full cat.

HISSSSSSSSSSS

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Real name is Mitch and am somewhat irritable, so. . .

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

I left a shaker cup with some drink mix in there for weeks, totally forgot about it. Now it's a science project

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Don't have the best internet and my favorite video game franchise is Metal Gear.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

I was hoping to be generic. Also, to add to articles and photos on lemmy, I wanted random photos from users. I don't even care what they are. So far I've seen a beautiful landscape.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

I'm a nerd. I'm a Natalie. I'm a nerdy Natalie.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

I had a bad dream

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

I'm a Bailey Sarian Fan.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

I hate myself

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It's a futurama reference. Meant to be anonymous but ended up getting lucky with a lightsaber gig and am now stuck with the name lol. Only unfortunate part is I wish I'd known which account was going to get lucky lol

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

In memory of the Apollo app. RIP.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

My initials are kn, I was 10, and kn10 was taken :p

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Gamertag. My new one at that though

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Because 10 year old me didn't know how to spell in japanese.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

I've been using some form of this name for 10 years. It's a part of me now.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You don't choose your username. Your username chooses you

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