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Violet (my birth flower) + 08 (my birth year). Pretty basic.

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[–] one_old_coder@piefed.social 61 points 4 days ago (4 children)
[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I have learned this joke is a really bad one to make in person. They don't get it, and "I'm a hacker" or "I want your mom" are both suboptimal ways out.

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[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 17 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Violet (my birth flower) + 08 (my birth year).

bruh aren't you too young to be hornyposting...

26-8 =18

I am already dead

[–] alternategait@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

Right, I took psychic damage.

[–] i_am_not_a_robot@feddit.uk 51 points 4 days ago (2 children)

I AM HUMAN. I ASSIGNED MYSELF THIS USERNAME AS PROOF.

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[–] OrteilGenou@lemmy.world 48 points 4 days ago

No way you were born in 1908

[–] pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I've got no distractions. I play by sense of smell.

[–] backalleycoyote@lemmy.today 3 points 3 days ago

Nah. There has to be a twist.

[–] toynbee@piefed.social 6 points 3 days ago

08 is an unreasonable birth year to have. You're simply too young. Stop it.

[–] gigachad@piefed.social 36 points 4 days ago (1 children)
[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 days ago

[Can You Feel My Heart plays]

Fun fact, the dude is real and much older than he looks.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I end up explaining things about Canada a lot. Sometimes other things too, so "plus". It's how I feel like I'm not just a shitposter.

It goes back far enough it didn't sound like a streaming service, at the time.

[–] 0ops@piefed.zip 26 points 4 days ago

By accident

[–] nimble@lemmy.blahaj.zone 22 points 4 days ago (2 children)

I picked a random word in the dictionary. Unfortunately the first word was diarrhea so i picked a second word

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[–] humblearrogant@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Wouldn't you like to know, weather boy...

[–] LORDSMEGMA@sh.itjust.works 18 points 4 days ago

It chose me

[–] Canopyflyer@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

Back in my skydiving days, I coached jumpers just off student status on their canopy flying skills. Everything from packing, to learning how to shoot accuracy. I even taught high performance landings, though I drew the line at hook turns.

While I was never known as "CanopyFlyer" at my home DZ, I was known as someone that a student could come to and get good safe coaching. A couple of my students are now doing it professionally and you've seen them in the movies. Although, their skills have far outstripped anything I've taught them. I'm proud to have least provided them a foundation that they could build on.

[–] over_clox@lemmy.world 15 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (17 children)

Back in 1998, I overclocked a 486DX2 66MHz to 80MHz.

Back in 2003 or 2004, I overclocked a 1280x1024 CRT monitor from 1994 to 2048x1536 resolution.

Back in 2006 or 2007, I overclocked a Pentium 4 motherboard to support CPUs beyond the listed max of 2.4GHz to 2.53GHz.

So, it only made sense, like who the fuck overclocks CRT monitors? It was about that time I picked my username. I'm still signed up with Yahoo with this username, if that site even still exists today 😂

Edit: The underscore is deliberate, it makes it a little confusing to verbally say my username, like "over under score clocks?"...

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[–] jj4211@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago

Oh cool, now what username would you have of you combined your mother's maiden name, your social security number, and your credit card number?

[–] PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 days ago

Sometimes I can be kinda pedantic

[–] Pirtatogna@lemmy.world 13 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Slammed some letters together in a way that produces somewhat pronouncable word. Absolutely zero meaning behind it.

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[–] hitstun@feddit.online 12 points 4 days ago

In 2002, I tried dozens of fighting game related usernames on AOL Instant Messenger until I found one that was still available without modification. Since then, I've been hitstun, making combos possible.

[–] Bahnd@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

Random name generators from World of Warcrack and EvE Online.

[–] Asfalttikyntaja@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 days ago

Well.. it’s just a Finnish inside joke.

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