On a good day I’m up around 5 AM, but I often find myself up even earlier than that. I joined my first Lemmy instance during one of these bouts of insomnia, prompting my username.

My avatar is from a worldbuilding project I work on.

  • Display Name: I love Steins;Gate. El Psy Congroo.

    Alt Account Display Name: That account is for Asian Diaspora Community stuff and Poetry, so I used Wong Ka Kui since that is my favorite Cantonese singer (he’s dead now RIP), and as a native Cantonese speaker, I felt like it makes sense to assume his name as my online screen name for that purpose. I mean, songs are just poems but you volcalize it + music, fitting to, in the future when I feel like it, post poems under that name.

    Actual Username: I made the acccount when I was depressed.

    Big Sad = Great Depression

    DeathByBigSad = I’m gonna die by the economic system collapsing

    Profile Pic: I hate CCP. I’m not pro-ROC/KMT either, but I just like to trigger tankies xD

  • skulblaka@sh.itjust.works
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    33 minutes ago

    The name was originally chosen for nerd cred (for anyone who recognizes it - Atra esterní ono thelduin. Mor’ranr lifa unin hjarta onr. Un atra du evarínya ono varda.) but I later realized that it’s also great because it’s an actual word from an actual story and 99% of search engine results for my name are going to bring up that story and its wiki. It’s an extra layer of pseudo-anonymity that I enjoy.

    The avatar was just cause it’s funny, I use this one all over the place.

  • Mithre@lemmy.world
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    2 hours ago

    It was my character name in my first MMO, the English beta for MapleStory back over 20 years ago, and I’ve been using it ever since. I picked it since it was close to Mithril, from Lord of the Rings.

  • eezeebee@lemmy.ca
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    2 hours ago

    My avatar is the GOOD BEE from The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past. Because I’m locked away in my cave, but if you manage to find and befriend me, I am loyal and will slay your opponents.

  • marighost@piefed.social
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    3 hours ago

    Every time I see your avatar, OP, I think of Audacity 😅

    Mine’s just… Something I came up with. It came to me in a dream I guess.

    • early_riser@lemmy.worldOP
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      You’re not the first person to point that out. It reminds me of the Burger King logo personally. I did a little bit of research into color theory when designing it. I wanted blue and gold to be part of the color scheme and the red in the arch came up as a complementary color vs the other two.