Hehe. Autocorrect. What I meant to post was "The Big Mac is the standard by which all sandwiches are judged." But it came out "jab".
General / Off-Topic Why did you pick your user name?
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Hehe. Autocorrect. What I meant to post was "The Big Mac is the standard by which all sandwiches are judged." But it came out "jab".
The first part is just the name of the demon who helps Naruto in the anime Naruto although it seems it is related to Chinese mythology.
The number is a complicated one, I used to read a lot of science books when I was small, particularly astronomy related. Now, I used to remember that the furthest galaxy yet observed according to the book was Abell1100 but I clearly mixed the names, I likely got confused with IC1101 which is in the Abell 2029 cluster and it is the largest galaxy observed.
The reason why I mixed those is because when I made my CMDR name Kurama was already in use so I slapped in the number as it is the number I remember the most. Then when I made my forum account I just copied my CMDR name.
The number is a complicated one, I used to read a lot of science books when I was small, particularly astronomy related. Now, I used to remember that the furthest galaxy yet observed according to the book was Abell1100 but I clearly mixed the names, I likely got confused with IC1101 which is in the Abell 2029 cluster and it is the largest galaxy observed.
The reason why I mixed those is because when I made my CMDR name Kurama was already in use so I slapped in the number as it is the number I remember the most. Then when I made my forum account I just copied my CMDR name.
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rootsrat
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Good thread!
rootsrat is something I've been using for years. I came up with it when I started producing music (as a hobby and VERY amateurishly
) and needed a "stage" name. Roots - because I like reggae/dub and rat because I like punk rock and a rat is kind of a punk rockers' pet animal in my country. Saying that my music has nothing to do with punky reggae, so go figure
Then I found out what roots rat means in Australian slang (NSFW!)... but kept using it nevertheless, as I don't really know any Aussies
My previous nickname was acidhigh. I'll leave guessing the genesis of this one to you
rootsrat is something I've been using for years. I came up with it when I started producing music (as a hobby and VERY amateurishly
) and needed a "stage" name. Roots - because I like reggae/dub and rat because I like punk rock and a rat is kind of a punk rockers' pet animal in my country. Saying that my music has nothing to do with punky reggae, so go figure Then I found out what roots rat means in Australian slang (NSFW!)... but kept using it nevertheless, as I don't really know any Aussies
My previous nickname was acidhigh. I'll leave guessing the genesis of this one to you
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Good thread!
rootsrat is something I've been using for years. I came up with it when I started producing music (as a hobby and VERY amateurishly
Then I found out what roots rat means in Australian slang... but kept using it nevertheless, as I don't really know any Aussies
My previous nickname was acidhigh. I'll leave guessing the genesis of this one to you
You made me Google something my browser history didn't need in it.
Time to run CCleaner.........
(and now that's stuck in my head, lol.)
rootsrat
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Apologies, I should have said it's NSFW. Corrected my post now.
No worries mate ( <-- That is as close to "Aussie" as I get
)Was fun explaining it to the wife though, we've both learnt something new today - even though it was at your expense
Also shows, that no matter how hard we try with out names - it's not always going to translate around the world how we think it will.
"Nar warries Meat"
DD from the DangerDogz and Crash from my computers name. After yet another Windows install my computer needed a name
My mate Azhag (from the tabletop character in Warhammer Fantasy Battles) only has to sit at my PC for it to BSOD.
So I call him "BSOD Az"
What I call my computer for doing it, I cannot post here
rootsrat
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No worries mate ( <-- That is as close to "Aussie" as I get
Was fun explaining it to the wife though, we've both learnt something new today - even though it was at your expense
Also shows, that no matter how hard we try with out names - it's not always going to translate around the world how we think it will.
Laugh all you want, I did the same when I learned what it meant
And yes, there is always a language that your name will be an swearword. My RL surname is a swearword in Greek
My RL surname is a swearword in Greek
Oh really?
Does the ban on swearing only apply to English?
Because I could Google Greek swear words and play guess your surname
Oh really?
Does the ban on swearing only apply to English?
Because I could Google Greek swear words and play guess your surname
I guess I can try and test with spanish swear words
Yep, it is definetly english only.
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rootsrat
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Oh really?
Does the ban on swearing only apply to English?
Because I could Google Greek swear words and play guess your surname
I believe it applies to any language (but we don't have any Greek moderators I think
)
I believe it applies to any language (but we don't have any Greek moderators I think
Isn't Greek mandatory when you are becoming a demigod?
rootsrat
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Shhhh or they'll fire me!
For myself in the mid 90s I used "Bigfoot" in some online games, but I increasingly found the name was taken on message boards. Eventually I decided to pick a new username and I was - at the time - playing quite a bit of Final Fantasy 8 where the main character uses a weapon called a "Gunblade". At the time I was a young-ish Scottish guy in his 20s, so I simply put "lad" at the end - and the name's stuck ever since as it's never taken. To date, I believe I am the only person online with this username.