What is your favorite type of changeable display name?

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Poll Results

OptionVotes
no display name at all 6
absurdist/dada humor that nobody but you understands 6
PUNS 5
display name interacts with your username: "― bobby wo (max)" 5
mockery/abuse of other ilxors 4
cryptic in-joke that maybe two other people understand 4
your government name or irl nickname 2
display name is the same as your username: "― unregistered (unregistered)" 1
snippet of an ilx post quoted out of context 1
display name is an abbreviation of your username: "― unreg (unregistered)" 0
display name is the same as your former username 0
batshit political soapboxing 0
serious announcement to other ilxors: "Vote in the ILM 70s poll please! (Algerian Goalkeeper)" 0
meta-gimmickry (display names that count down from 100, "^this post is endorsed by PepsiCo" or something) 0
youtube URL that auto-embeds when someone quotes your posts 0
just some words that sound funny together 0
emoticons and special characters (but keep it tasteful ┐(´-`)┌ ) 0
nonalphanumeric junk characters i.e. zalgo shit that messes up the frontpage and requires mod action 0
snippet of offboard content quoted out of context 0
other (specify) 0


Remember! The cormorant is a big brrd. It has got a long neck. (unregistered), Saturday, 12 October 2013 22:58 (eleven years ago)

voted first one but ffs how can i not acknowledge that the third option is the best thing ever at the same time

unblog your plug (darraghmac), Saturday, 12 October 2013 23:00 (eleven years ago)

true

fake irish times letters mac d (nakhchivan), Saturday, 12 October 2013 23:00 (eleven years ago)

just some words that sound funny together

zanana rebozo (abanana), Saturday, 12 October 2013 23:03 (eleven years ago)

absurdist/dada humor that nobody but you understands

not a lunch that is hot (snoball), Saturday, 12 October 2013 23:04 (eleven years ago)

either that or cryptic in-joke that maybe two other people understand

Gallucci Time (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 12 October 2013 23:07 (eleven years ago)

a lot of best-evers fulfill several of these criteria
I like display names that interact with username

FS: flamboyant goon suit (flamboyant goon tie included), Saturday, 12 October 2013 23:35 (eleven years ago)

ILX reference + pun on offboard thing is usually the best username

smangerz (Whiney G. Weingarten), Saturday, 12 October 2013 23:39 (eleven years ago)

the most metal display name: noooooootttthhhhiiiinnnngggggg

sleepingbag, Saturday, 12 October 2013 23:47 (eleven years ago)

what whiney said, so voted "mockery/abuse of other ilxors"

k3vin k., Saturday, 12 October 2013 23:48 (eleven years ago)

meta-gimmickry (display names that count down from 100, "^this post is endorsed by PepsiCo" or something)

lol always classic this v silly much laughs

^^ post obviously honoring and supporting Qualcomm (zachlyon), Sunday, 13 October 2013 09:16 (eleven years ago)

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This is my favorite type of changeable display name (Lee626), Sunday, 13 October 2013 09:26 (eleven years ago)

cryptic in-joke that maybe two other people understand

^^^obviously this

imago, Sunday, 13 October 2013 12:05 (eleven years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

System, Saturday, 19 October 2013 00:01 (eleven years ago)

youtube URL that auto-embeds when someone quotes your posts

I was gutted to find that the "RickRoll'd" youtube was taken down cause I was gonna use "The Man Who http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=GB&hl=en-GB&v=oHg5SJYRHA0 The World"

Nationwide Festival of Light Bondage (wins), Saturday, 19 October 2013 00:10 (eleven years ago)

absurdist/dada humor that nobody but you understands for the most part.

She makes flapjack (doo dah), Saturday, 19 October 2013 00:34 (eleven years ago)

get bent style display name puns really in a class by themselves

j., Saturday, 19 October 2013 01:27 (eleven years ago)

puns

shiny trippy people holding bandz (m bison), Saturday, 19 October 2013 01:30 (eleven years ago)

A. is for Absurdist

nypc blue (Drugs A. Money), Saturday, 19 October 2013 07:56 (eleven years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

System, Sunday, 20 October 2013 00:01 (eleven years ago)


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