# Whose Username do you wish you had thought of first? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 17, 2014, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-username-do-you-wish-you-had-thought-of-first/690980 "2014-06-17T13:08:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2014, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-username-do-you-wish-you-had-thought-of-first/690980/1 "2014-06-17T13:08:34Z")
There are so many clever ones to pick from. Some of my own favorites: Shirley Ujest, Hugh Jass, Patty O’Furniture, and maybe 50 others. I tried logging on as “One Person” back in the mists of antiquity only to find it already in use. Many of the folks I came to know and love have changed their names and I’m not sure who is who now. Have you thought of using your IRL name? Ever? As you can tell, this is a general “What’s in a Name?” thread. Add whatever spin on the basic idea that appeals to you or has been bugging you. ---
**Author:** ![Bozuit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/edb3f5/32.png) [@Bozuit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bozuit)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2014, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-username-do-you-wish-you-had-thought-of-first/690980/2 "2014-06-17T13:14:13Z")
I like the name “ **Typo Negative** ”. I’m afraid I haven’t paid enough attention to know if I like the actual person. ---
**Author:** ![HelloKindWorld](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e79b87/32.png) [@HelloKindWorld](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HelloKindWorld)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2014, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-username-do-you-wish-you-had-thought-of-first/690980/3 "2014-06-17T13:31:54Z")
I have gotten the username “Dave’s Not Here Man” (altered slightly depending on the websites username limits and whatnot) a couple times before… but after many failed attempts due to it already being in use on many sites, I have pretty much given up on securing it as mine. Not particularly fond of my username here… I only made it to ask you fine folks one question, but alas, I think I’m here to stay with my (IMO) not-so-great username. ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2014, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-username-do-you-wish-you-had-thought-of-first/690980/4 "2014-06-17T17:14:07Z")
I think **Typo Knig** is a pretty funny user name ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2014, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-username-do-you-wish-you-had-thought-of-first/690980/5 "2014-06-17T18:23:23Z")
> [@HelloKindWorld](#): > > I have gotten the username “Dave’s Not Here Man” (altered slightly depending on the websites username limits and whatnot) a couple times before… but after many failed attempts due to it already being in use on many sites, I have pretty much given up on securing it as mine. > > Not particularly fond of my username here… I only made it to ask you fine folks one question, but alas, I think I’m here to stay with my (IMO) not-so-great username. I just noticed your name a few minutes ago in another thread, and think it’s interesting (in a good way). It may not roll off the tongue, but it’s not bad at all. I have spoken. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2014, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-username-do-you-wish-you-had-thought-of-first/690980/6 "2014-06-17T18:27:38Z")
> [@Winston\_Smith](#): > > I think **Typo Knig** is a pretty funny user name I do too, although it always makes me mentally misquote _Blazing Saddles_: “Can’t you see that man’s a knig?” ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2014, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-username-do-you-wish-you-had-thought-of-first/690980/7 "2014-06-17T18:59:51Z")
> [@TreacherousCretin](#): > > I do too, although it always makes me mentally misquote _Blazing Saddles_: > > “Can’t you see that man’s a knig?” So _that’s_ how that’s spelled! ---
**Author:** ![cococ173](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3ab097/32.png) [@cococ173](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cococ173)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2014, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-username-do-you-wish-you-had-thought-of-first/690980/8 "2014-06-17T19:22:29Z")
I knew someone whose online id was 'Tit Queen". I asked her why and she said, " Cuz I always get the booby prize". ---
**Author:** ![HelloKindWorld](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e79b87/32.png) [@HelloKindWorld](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HelloKindWorld)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2014, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-username-do-you-wish-you-had-thought-of-first/690980/9 "2014-06-17T19:29:26Z")
> [@TreacherousCretin](#): > > I just noticed your name a few minutes ago in another thread, and think it’s interesting (in a good way). It may not roll off the tongue, but it’s not bad at all. > I have spoken. Thanks ^^. For me, username jealousy happens rather frequently… even if while creating a username I’m all like “THIS IS THE GREATEST USERNAME EVER I’M SUCH A GENIUS!”, then upon entering whatever site and seeing one of the first five other usernames there, my thoughts change to “wow, I hate my username and I’m so dumb for thinking of it”. Just me over-thinking things as usual, I suppose. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2014, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-username-do-you-wish-you-had-thought-of-first/690980/10 "2014-06-17T19:31:11Z")
**Czarcasm** , hands down. I liked it so much I used it in a book (though I changed it to **Tsarcasm** ) ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2014, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-username-do-you-wish-you-had-thought-of-first/690980/11 "2014-06-17T19:32:38Z")
I doubt I would have used it had I thought of it first because I am too used to being Wile E, but I have always admired **Candid Gamera** ’s name. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2014, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-username-do-you-wish-you-had-thought-of-first/690980/12 "2014-06-17T19:38:01Z")
I don’t envy it, but I think **Athena** hit the jackpot with her name. Almost as good as my friend who managed to get [wolverine@aol.com](mailto:wolverine@aol.com) way back when. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2014, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-username-do-you-wish-you-had-thought-of-first/690980/13 "2014-06-17T19:38:24Z")
My all-time favourite wish-I-had-thought-of-it-first username here is **Cartooniverse**. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2014, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-username-do-you-wish-you-had-thought-of-first/690980/14 "2014-06-17T19:59:06Z")
**Og Trans Fat**. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2014, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-username-do-you-wish-you-had-thought-of-first/690980/15 "2014-06-17T23:29:05Z")
Lobot. I am big time envious of his username. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2014, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-username-do-you-wish-you-had-thought-of-first/690980/16 "2014-06-17T23:40:08Z")
> [@HelloKindWorld](#): > > Not particularly fond of my username here… I only made it to ask you fine folks one question, but alas, I think I’m here to stay with my (IMO) not-so-great username. If it makes you feel better, you can think of it as a play on both a Pink Floyd song ([Goodbye Cruel World](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodbye_Cruel_World_%28Pink_Floyd_song%29)) and the first program most people learn when they start programming [computers] in a new language ([Hello World](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hello_world_program)). For me, I’d think of the former first. Hello Kind World seems like the exact opposite of Goodbye Cruel World. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2014, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-username-do-you-wish-you-had-thought-of-first/690980/17 "2014-06-17T23:58:26Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > For me, I’d think of the former first. Hello Kind World seems like the exact opposite of Goodbye Cruel World. It also seems crazily optimistic. I’m guessing **HelloKindWorld** is a young person. I’d say give it a few years, and then we’ll see a username change to **ScrewThisStupidPlace**. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2014, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-username-do-you-wish-you-had-thought-of-first/690980/18 "2014-06-18T00:06:20Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > If it makes you feel better, you can think of it as a play on both a Pink Floyd song ([Goodbye Cruel World](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodbye_Cruel_World_%28Pink_Floyd_song%29)) and the first program most people learn when they start programming [computers] in a new language ([Hello World](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hello_world_program)). > > For me, I’d think of the former first. Hello Kind World seems like the exact opposite of Goodbye Cruel World. The phrase “[goodbye cruel world](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodbye_Cruel_World)” predates the song, but I haven’t been able to dig up its origins. It’s common enough, though, that I assume it’s what **HelloKindWorld** had in mind. The “Hello world” connection is interesting, though. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2014, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-username-do-you-wish-you-had-thought-of-first/690980/19 "2014-06-18T01:32:25Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > The phrase “[goodbye cruel world](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodbye_Cruel_World)” predates the song, but I haven’t been able to dig up its origins. It’s common enough, though, that I assume it’s what **HelloKindWorld** had in mind. Agreed. I thought it was obvious. I’ve been aware of the phrase/expression since I was an idiot child in the 50’s and I’m pretty sure it already quite old at that time. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2014, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-username-do-you-wish-you-had-thought-of-first/690980/20 "2014-06-18T01:59:05Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > The phrase “[goodbye cruel world](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodbye_Cruel_World)” predates the song, but I haven’t been able to dig up its origins. It’s common enough, though, that I assume it’s what **HelloKindWorld** had in mind. The “Hello world” connection is interesting, though. Well it’s even predated as a song. It was the title of a James Darren hit in 1961. It also charted in Argentina as _Adios Mundo Cruel_ for Enrique Guzman. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-username-do-you-wish-you-had-thought-of-first/690980.md?page=2)