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Me at age 6, picking my username (and therefore first email address), knowing that it needs to be unique so I can use it for all accounts online, and also have meaning behind it so I don’t look like an idiot when I’m an adult: 🐺🖥️🌐

(this name is 27 years old and counting)

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phar@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
This one is from AOL. Circa 1993/1994

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- wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  Yeah, that UI isn’t from Win 9x or anything I recognize. But my first account was with AOL as well, ha.
  
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- tacosanonymous@mander.xyz ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  Nice. I cannot even remember my username from back then. Lost it sometime between military and college.
  
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cobysev@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
I was 10 when the Internet because publicly accessible, and 13 when I made my first ever email address. I used my current username as my email handle, which was an abbreviated version of my name.

It took me like 10 seconds to come up with it. I had a cute girlfriend who was insisting I make a private email because I was sharing my mother’s email account and my girlfriend didn’t like my mother having access to our private conversations.

It’s been 29 years now and I’m still using this username. My original email is long gone, but the username lives on.

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RogueBanana@piefed.zip ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Damn were you a furry at 6 or did you turn into one so your username checks out?

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- wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  I joined the fandom/made a sona at 11 years old, but the username (wreckedcarzz) isn’t furry-related (my display name, Midnight Wolf). I’m crazy about cars, and my father was, among other things, an accident reconstructionist. So growing up I got deeply interested in vehicle safety, crash tests, and the body protection and tech as it evolved. I got to attend an event with other reconstructionists and related professionals, and got to see an F-150 (I think) slam into a bollard at… 50mph? While myself and others were just like 100 feet away, maybe less than that. Discussing the mathematics behind it, talking about how a collision that someone might not think is that dangerous can make a vehicle a coffin, first responders tasks, etc.
  
  So when I was brainstorming a username, I was wanting something that mentions cars, but is also unique and evokes the fun but danger of them. Wrecked, cars. But that’s boring and isn’t unique. But usually, two cars are involved in a collision… And they can get pretty mangled… wrecked carzz, with the zz representing the two crashed cars.
  
  wreckedcarzz. And so it was decided.
  
  My furry name was less interesting. I’m pretty bad at coming up with names, so it took me a couple weeks to decide on one. But I’m always up late, hate mornings. And my sona was a wolf (now the majority of my hybrid sona is still a wolf, but also tiger and fox sprinkled in). It’s not creative but it’s descriptive, and Midnight is an okay name, so Midnight Wolf. When I attended Midwest Furfest… 4 years ago? The lady who was helping me with my badge remarked that there were 3 or 4 other Midnight Wolfs in attendance that year. I’m not super old, but I’ve been in the fandom for 22 years now, so I was likely the oldest and longest Midnight Wolf in attendance.
  
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