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 :(
this post was submitted on 07 Jul 2023
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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.
Here are some examples to inspire your own showerthoughts:
- Both “200” and “160” are 2 minutes in microwave math
- When you’re a kid, you don’t realize you’re also watching your mom and dad grow up.
- More dreams have been destroyed by alarm clocks than anything else
Rules
- All posts must be showerthoughts
- The entire showerthought must be in the title
- No politics
- If your topic is in a grey area, please phrase it to emphasize the fascinating aspects, not the dramatic aspects. You can do this by avoiding overly politicized terms such as "capitalism" and "communism". If you must make comparisons, you can say something is different without saying something is better/worse.
- A good place for politics is c/politicaldiscussion
- Posts must be original/unique
- Adhere to Lemmy's Code of Conduct and the TOS
If you made it this far, showerthoughts is accepting new mods. This community is generally tame so its not a lot of work, but having a few more mods would help reports get addressed a little sooner.
Whats it like to be a mod? Reports just show up as messages in your Lemmy inbox, and if a different mod has already addressed the report, the message goes away and you never worry about it.
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I choose to forever cringe at my first chosen name.
What can I say? I like my name so much I went and made it my Lemmy domain and my username.
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Think I did ok, but does it really matter when I can just create my own instance and choose whatever username I want?
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I'm happy with my new username.
I'm happy you're happy.
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.
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It hurts
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.
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Rate my username.
Absolutely.
I didn't exist before, and I still don't. I have never existed, and I never will.
I like my new user name.
Some usernames should stay the same though, right?
Anyone comes up in here with random word + random word + random number, we're going to have a fight.
Eat me.
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.
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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.
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I refuse.
I should have thought of that.
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
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I was born Kamehameherp, and I will die Kamehameherp.