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What do you think (this person's) username means, without looking it up? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 years ago by misnina@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I don't mean my username! Yours!

I guess this is more of a game and maybe not strictly the right place. But, the idea is to make a top level reply with you asking 'guess' or saying ':)' or what have you, and everyone else should answer what they think the username means or refers to, without looking any words or concepts up! Off the cuff, what do you think it means when you see this person's username?

Not sure about the mobile apps, but if you hover over someone's name in Lemmy it will show their username if they have a display name set. My username is quite boring and straightforward, but I like seeing other people's weird usernames especially on semi-anon places.

Bonus: What do you visually think when you read it? Even if you misread it as a typo, what did you imagine when you read it & saw their avatar?

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[–] DidacticDumbass@lemmy.one 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yay, time to explain! You may be familiar with the term autodidact, someone who crafts their own curriculum and teaches themselves subjects without relying on the guidance of other humans.

So, didactic means to be used for instruction, to teach.

I can interpret my name in two ways I think. First, is that I am an instructive dumbass; my incompetance and consistent foolishness provides lessons, learning from my mistakea. Second, I am a teacher who is also a dumbass.

[–] misnina@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's a fun one! Plus having alliteration makes it more fun.

[–] DidacticDumbass@lemmy.one 2 points 1 year ago

Yes, I think so.

The self-deprecation might be a little fatiguing, and it is a lifetime habit I am trying to extinguish.

Still, it enforces the wisdom to never take myself too seriously, and that I always have something to learn.