# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2014, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-username-do-you-wish-you-had-thought-of-first/690980/21 "2014-06-18T02:53:21Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > **Czarcasm** , hands down. (hand up) ---
**Author:** ![Hopeful\_Crow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/da6949/32.png) [@Hopeful\_Crow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hopeful_Crow)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2014, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-username-do-you-wish-you-had-thought-of-first/690980/22 "2014-06-18T03:05:20Z")
I’d take the name **Brachyrhynchos,** except Crow is a lot easier to spell. The phrase “Goodbye Cruel World” brings up memories of a single panel comic of a man trying to flush himself down a toilet. A sign nearly would contain those words. I’m sure there were several versions of it but they were all essentially the same. This would have been in the early- or mid-60’s. ---
**Author:** ![manila](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e5b9ba/32.png) [@manila](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manila)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2014, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-username-do-you-wish-you-had-thought-of-first/690980/23 "2014-06-18T03:30:58Z")
On a quiz board I frequent I am “amirite?” I could have sworn that on this board about a year ago someone posted their first and only thread to ask a question. Her username was **Original Poster**. I fret now that it’s laying dormant and also that I didn’t think of it first. Hmmm… search failed me I can’t seem to find her anymore. ---
**Author:** ![LavenderBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2014, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-username-do-you-wish-you-had-thought-of-first/690980/24 "2014-06-18T03:53:23Z")
LavenderViolet. So close damn it. ---
**Author:** ![Becky2844](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2014, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-username-do-you-wish-you-had-thought-of-first/690980/25 "2014-06-18T05:44:19Z")
Not sure about the first part but Ulfred the Unwashed. So…cavemany. ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2014, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-username-do-you-wish-you-had-thought-of-first/690980/26 "2014-06-18T05:55:37Z")
I should have been MeanOldLady. Firstly because I’m a cranky old crone, and secondly because it would have pissed her off no end! Win-win! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2014, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-username-do-you-wish-you-had-thought-of-first/690980/27 "2014-06-18T05:56:51Z")
Here’s what I posted in a similar thread almost 10 years ago (!). Too bad Swiddles, Sue, and El Cid haven’t posted for some time. > [@Whose user name do you envy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-user-name-do-you-envy/269374/108): > > Exapno Mapcase - if you don’t make up a name yourself, this is about as great as it gets. > > SwimmingRiddles - cryptically poetic. > > My favorites are the pun names like Sue Duhnym and Candid Gamera. But **El Cid Viscoso** is just plain brilliant, and as Google shows, utterly unique on the web. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2014, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-username-do-you-wish-you-had-thought-of-first/690980/28 "2014-06-18T07:21:38Z")
Someone registered with the username **Holy Shit I Like Pie** , but IIRC, never posted. That name always tickled me. ---
**Author:** ![vontsira](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/51bf81/32.png) [@vontsira](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vontsira)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2014, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-username-do-you-wish-you-had-thought-of-first/690980/29 "2014-06-18T07:44:11Z")
**pulykamell** (who is very erudite about all matters concerning food). I don’t know how he may have thought up / come by his username, but I think it’s a splendid one. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2014, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-username-do-you-wish-you-had-thought-of-first/690980/30 "2014-06-18T13:20:56Z")
**Bob Loblaw**. Say it out loud. ---
**Author:** ![Lydia\_Phalfav](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a6a055/32.png) [@Lydia\_Phalfav](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lydia_Phalfav)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2014, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-username-do-you-wish-you-had-thought-of-first/690980/31 "2014-06-18T16:00:20Z")
I’d just be repeating what most people mentioned, but there are so many fun names here. I’ve even borrowed a couple for my WoW characters: Sampiro & Czarcasm (Warlock & Mage blood elves) In the same vein, I’ve created a few other toons/avatars: Crossblesser (blood elf priest) & Restosterone (Tauren restoration druid) But when joining here I had a complete lack of creative drive & just named myself after the random captcha words that came up. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2014, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-username-do-you-wish-you-had-thought-of-first/690980/32 "2014-06-18T16:42:42Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > **Czarcasm** , hands down. > > I liked it so much I used it in a book (though I changed it to **Tsarcasm** ) I wish _I_ had thought of it first, as well. ---
**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 18, 2014, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-username-do-you-wish-you-had-thought-of-first/690980/33 "2014-06-18T16:45:00Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > I wish _I_ had thought of it first, as well. Well, you got rights to it here, and that’s all that matters. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![HelloKindWorld](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e79b87/32.png) [@HelloKindWorld](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HelloKindWorld)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2014, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-username-do-you-wish-you-had-thought-of-first/690980/34 "2014-06-18T16:52:34Z")
> [@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. > [@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. > [@TreacherousCretin](#): > > 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. Yup. A reference to and play on both the phrase and Floyd song. > [@Martian Bigfoot](#): > > 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**. Ha =P I actually am relatively young (23), so your guessing skills are spot on. > [@Mangetout](#): > > Someone registered with the username **Holy Shit I Like Pie** , but IIRC, never posted. That name always tickled me. That username _is_ pretty magnificent. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2014, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-username-do-you-wish-you-had-thought-of-first/690980/35 "2014-06-18T17:03:15Z")
**Imthecowgodmoo** and **Don’t poke the bear, Dad!** were always names I envied. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2014, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-username-do-you-wish-you-had-thought-of-first/690980/36 "2014-06-18T17:04:44Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > Well, you got rights to it here, and that’s all that matters. 🙂 What I mean is that I wasn’t the one that came up with the name. I used to be “slythe”, then(after a bit too much Tullamore Dew) I decided to have a “Rename the Moderator” contest. ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2014, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-username-do-you-wish-you-had-thought-of-first/690980/37 "2014-06-18T17:06:08Z")
I like mine just fine, but **Freudian Slit** and **Jungian Push-Up Bra** are pretty good. ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2014, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-username-do-you-wish-you-had-thought-of-first/690980/38 "2014-06-18T17:07:20Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > What I mean is that I wasn’t the one that came up with the name. I used to be “slythe”, then(after a bit too much Tullamore Dew) I decided to have a “Rename the Moderator” contest. Geez, how long ago was _that_? ---
**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 18, 2014, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-username-do-you-wish-you-had-thought-of-first/690980/39 "2014-06-18T17:13:56Z")
I remember **slythe**. Never realized y’all were the same. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2014, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-username-do-you-wish-you-had-thought-of-first/690980/40 "2014-06-18T17:19:59Z")
> [@OneCentStamp](#): > > Geez, how long ago was _that_? [Carl Sagan]Biillyuns and biillyuns of years ago.[/Sagan] [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-username-do-you-wish-you-had-thought-of-first/690980.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-username-do-you-wish-you-had-thought-of-first/690980.md?page=3)