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Obligatory "not today" disclaimer: actually fucked up over two decades ago, but found out today.

At the dawn of theinternet, I made an account on imgur. I figured (correctly) that I wasn't going to use it often enough for the username to matter much, so I just went with the first part of my email adress and a number four times.

Turns out that there is such a thing as nazi number code and it's never a good idea to use an even number of 8s for usernames when you're not a nazi.

TL;DR: Didn't know about nazi code, accidentally selected an imgur username ending with the equivalent of a double Hitler salute

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[-] popemichael@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Having a regretful username is something I experienced too.

Back in the late 90s, I used the nickname my girlfriend at the time gave me: "loverboy" (We were both 80s music fans, etc)

It turns out that was something very NAMBLA-y

When I discovered the issue, quickly switched it all over to my current username.

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Only to have to do it all again when some dude from Staten Island named Mikey is poped

[-] popemichael@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

That may be me, too. I'm from Long Island, named Michael, and technically a pope in the Discordian belief system.

I'm just shocked that more people haven't taken my specific username. I only encountered in twice. Once with steam, and once with twitter.

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Discordian? You mean you base your belief system on the books of Terry Pratchett? 😉

[-] popemichael@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

It's a belief system with the "holy book" being The Principia Discordia

It was written in 1957 by Greg Hill (Malaclypse the Younger) and Kerry Thornley (Omar Khayyam Ravenhurst).

For the most part, it describes a Discordian's relationship with society, Eris, and a Discordian's relationship with Eris. It also covers the basics of the POEE denomination of Discordianism.

While it comes off as satirical, absurdist, and insane, a lot of people use the meaning behind the satire to find meaning in life.

Some of the most important teachings involve seeing that life is 100% about perspective. Where everything can be right, even the wrong things depending on the perspective of the individual. So that can mean that all religions are simultaneously right and wrong at the same time.

A lot of Chaosists, like myself, also use Eris as a godhead of our belief systems as Chaos can be seen as the ultimate constructive and destructive force.

[-] Blamemeta@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

8888?

I wouldn't worry about it. Only those most obsessed with hitler would care or notce. Hell, drinking milk now is white supremacy, and I like having strong bones.

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