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deathjavu This foreboding is fa... from The internet, obviously Since: Feb, 2010
This foreboding is fa...
#51: May 18th 2011 at 12:10:54 AM

I was really fascinated by the idea of dejavu, as it was something I had frequently-even multi-metalayered dejavu, wherein I remembered having dejavu, then remembered remembering having dejavu...no really, I distinctly remember experiencing this more than once.

Then I wanted to make it a pun, because I like puns. Also, I needed a name for playing online shooters-and what other place can you experience/remember multiple deaths in a similar fashion tongue.

My avatar and avatar quote are also based on my username-the dude is being shot in the same place, in the same way, over and over again. I'm not sure it turned out very well though, probably just looks like an unwieldy mess to other people.

suburb is blocked because of trolls
I Read That As 'sburb blocked because of trolls' and advised you to get into the medium ASAP before you get wiped out by a meteor. Also, those trolls are actually trying to help (sort of).

Look, you can't make me speak in a logical, coherent, intelligent bananna.
victorinox243 victorinox243 Since: Nov, 2009
victorinox243
#52: May 18th 2011 at 2:02:45 AM

Needed one. Looked around room. Saw a pocketknife. The rest is history.

edited 18th May '11 2:02:52 AM by victorinox243

theindefiniteone Unfazed Everyman from the End of the World Since: Dec, 2010
#53: May 18th 2011 at 2:52:44 AM

It evolved from indefinitebeing.

I don't know where that one came from. I've been using these two ever since. grin

Catalogue A pocketful of saudade. from where the good times are Since: Sep, 2009
A pocketful of saudade.
#54: May 18th 2011 at 7:09:17 AM

It's a Line-of-Sight Name. I got it from here, [down] it's Brian Eno's variation of Pachelbel's Canon, "French Catalogues."

edited 18th May '11 7:09:48 AM by Catalogue

The words above are to be read as if they are narrated by Morgan Freeman.
Fuzy2K Li'l Shardfinder from Toad Highlands Since: Dec, 2009 Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Li'l Shardfinder
#55: May 18th 2011 at 7:55:43 AM

Check my troper page.

It explains all......

You can not go to Utah again after you have eaten Utah and have not eaten.
NativeJovian Jupiterian Local from Orlando, FL Since: Mar, 2014 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
Jupiterian Local
#56: May 18th 2011 at 8:11:41 AM

I'm from Jupiter.

Really from Jupiter, but not an alien.
Metalitia Transsexual needs <3 from New York City Since: Jul, 2009
Transsexual needs <3
#57: May 20th 2011 at 8:52:22 PM

My user name is the portmanteau of Metal Militia, which I got from the Metal Mulisha (the extreme-sports team), which in turn got their name from the Metallica song.

Metalitia itself came from an alt version of one of my e-wrestling stables the Full Metal Militia (which came from one of my constant wrestling-forum usernames, fullMETAL, which came from Fullmetal Panic, not Fullmetal Alchemist).

So to summarize: Metallica/Brian Deegan, and Fullmetal Panic.

It's better to be right than liked. Really. I Just Want to Be Loved
OnTheOtherHandle Since: Feb, 2010
#58: May 20th 2011 at 9:10:29 PM

I had a handle on this site already, but I forgot the password, so now I'm on the other one. Also, a pun because my friends tell me that I say "on the other hand" way too much.

edited 20th May '11 9:10:40 PM by OnTheOtherHandle

"War doesn't prove who's right, only who's left." "Every saint has a past, every sinner has a future."
vijeno from Vienna, Austria Since: Jan, 2001
#59: May 21st 2011 at 1:07:31 AM

Rather stupid and complicated story.

I once tried to write a novel about my hometown. It was all postmoderny, so I took the french pronounciation and added some wrong spelling: Vijen.

Used that as a username, and people thought I was female. So I added the -o.

There, I told you it was stupid and complicated.

MichaelDj54 Up on Melancholy hill. from North of Normal, West of Weird Since: Mar, 2010
Up on Melancholy hill.
#60: May 21st 2011 at 1:25:11 AM

Michael = Name. DJ = Middle Name (David John) 54 = 5 Letters 4 Letters (David John)

Simple really.

Is it selfish that I'm happy as we pass the setting sun?
thekikoperson from Australia Since: Mar, 2010
#61: May 21st 2011 at 1:52:40 AM

Decided I was going to use "Elondra" as my ff.net username, but when I actually went to make an account thought, nah, I don't want that anymore. Thekikoperson (it's usually in caps like THeKiKOpeRsON or something similar) was thought of, I'm not quite sure how. I think I probably remembered when I was in year 7 and didn't like talking and would only say stuff in a made up "language". Kiko is the only thing I can remember from that.

Rainbow Pomeranian Lover from Central Illinois (Veteran)
Pomeranian Lover
#62: May 21st 2011 at 5:04:13 AM

When I was 7 or 8, I got into Rainbow Brite and liked it so much I wanted my name to be Rainbow. When I got older and was into different shows (I still like Rainbow Brite but it's not my big favorite anymore, Sailor Moon has been my big favorite since age 15 or so and has stuck ever since) I still liked the name Rainbow but instead of going through all the trouble of actually changing my name (which would mean altering a lot of documents and getting people used to a new name) I decided to use it as a psuedonym on the Internet, partially for the safety of not telling my real name and partially for fun.

edited 21st May '11 5:05:24 AM by Rainbow

Beholderess from Moscow Since: Jun, 2010
#63: May 21st 2011 at 6:16:55 AM

The origins of this one's name are simple and mundane - she likes Dn D and is not particularly fond of unreadabe names, or names with numbers in them. So the reason this one uses this particlar name is that it is free most of the time.

If we disagree, that much, at least, we have in common
DracMonster Since: Jan, 2001
#64: May 21st 2011 at 9:46:35 AM

When I was a kid, I had a beginners computer programming book called Computer Craziness with silly BASIC programs. One of them was a menu for a restaurant for movie monsters named Dracmonster's Diner. I found the book in my parents attic years later and just kind of liked the name.

Michael So that's what this does Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Drift compatible
So that's what this does
#65: May 21st 2011 at 9:53:50 AM

A Hebrew name meaning Godlike, my parents gave it to me at birth in the hope that I would turn out better than I eventually did.

edited 21st May '11 9:54:04 AM by Michael

Risetteer Tragic Hipster from Iceland Since: Sep, 2009 Relationship Status: Coming soon to theaters
Tragic Hipster
#66: May 21st 2011 at 10:01:41 AM

Persona 4. Rise Kujikawa is a character in Persona 4. She is an idol singer. Rise's nickname is Risette. Her Shadow refers to her fans as Risetteers. I like Rise.

Estimated shipping time: 2-4 weeks.
Nayrani Sight of Eternity from Überwald Since: Apr, 2010 Relationship Status: Crazy Cat Lady
Sight of Eternity
#67: May 21st 2011 at 1:55:42 PM

It comes from "najranije" which means "early" in Croatian. I mixed and added up a few letters to make it sound weirder.

"Liar liar on the wall, give the world to me..."
TropicalSnow Since: May, 2011
#68: May 21st 2011 at 4:52:26 PM

Simple: I thought of two things that will NEVER go together and stuck them together. It's also my Deviant Art username and part of my You Tube username.

edited 21st May '11 4:53:50 PM by TropicalSnow

Blueeyedrat YEEEEAH— no. from nowhere in particular. Since: Oct, 2010 Relationship Status: Mu
YEEEEAH— no.
#69: May 21st 2011 at 5:26:14 PM

An old nickname my eldest sister gave to me... a decade ago, I think. I used it as my name in my first forays onto the net, and it's stuck ever since.

"I've come to the conclusion that this is a very stupid idea."
Qeise Professional Smartass from sqrt(-inf)/0 Since: Jan, 2011 Relationship Status: Waiting for you *wink*
Professional Smartass
#70: May 24th 2011 at 10:04:45 AM

Because my first name is very common I was on Last Name Basis with pretty much everyone at school. So when getting known I modified it a bit to use as a username.

Laws are made to be broken. You're next, thermodynamics.
redpyro Anything but artist from Morelia Since: Mar, 2011
Anything but artist
#71: May 24th 2011 at 2:25:19 PM

I've been a pyro since I have memory, I tend to carry aroun lighters and stuff just because.

So back when I was in high school the x-men 2 movie was released and there was this character called pyro whom you already know, my friends told me I should use that as nickname instead of the one I used before, so I went with it.

the "red" part is because it's my favorite color and I have yet to find a website where the name "pyro" isn't already taken.

I'm not a native english speaker, please forgive my bad grammar and misspells.
Alexander_UE from Upper Canada Since: Nov, 2010
#72: May 24th 2011 at 4:48:48 PM

My first name and my honourific name. Fairly simple.

Profile | Talk to Me | Note: Check your irony detector before replying.
Ultrayellow Unchanging Avatar. Since: Dec, 2010
Unchanging Avatar.
#73: May 24th 2011 at 5:17:33 PM

It's a little embarrassing.

Um...it's like ultraviolet...only with a different color...yeah.

It's uncommon, while still a word, all right? So I picked it up and used it, and because I didn't want to remember different usernames I repeated it.

Edit: Yeah, it's not a word. Still, it seems enough like one.

edited 24th May '11 9:36:45 PM by Ultrayellow

Except for 4/1/2011. That day lingers in my memory like...metaphor here...I should go.
AirofMystery Since: Jan, 2001
#74: May 24th 2011 at 5:53:19 PM

I got it back when almost all of my usernames had 'of' in the middle. I was Son of Durotan for a while back when I was about thirteen and writing Warcraft fanfics, but then I switched to this current username.

I admit it's kind of a wanker-y username now, but, you know, Grandfather Clause.

MalagasyParrot Wh'joo lookin' at? Since: Apr, 2010
Wh'joo lookin' at?
#75: May 24th 2011 at 7:20:38 PM

Long story short, I'm a parrot and I sought refuge in Madagascar because it'll closed its port in the next deadly wave of the pig flu pandemic and effectively ward off the virus.*

edited 24th May '11 7:56:12 PM by MalagasyParrot


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