I used to see them all the time back in the day

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Honestly we should go back to that kind of naming convention. Modern usernames are super boring.
- Fucking reddit's style of adjective noun and numbers versus xXxg0d_SlAyErxXx
  
  AdjectiveNounSometimesNumbers was the default on xbox live in the early 360 era
  i think that predated reddit? idk i don't really use it
  
  What, you prefer that over 'IsometricUnicornAnus'? 'NeutralMilkHotel'? 'KawaiiRhombusSituation'?
  The reddit naming convention is unironically the same as a hipster/indie/shoegaze band name generator from the early to mid 2010s.
  ... I guess its better than Noun-yMcNounFace.
I'm bringing back forum signatures
Pain is merely weakness leaving the body
I was a fan of just putting _ between every letter
m_a_d_n_e_s_s
Or on MSN Messenger you'd download some spyware to change colors
xX_UnwashedAnus_Xx
}X°÷_{-_b1ff_-}÷°X{
Nowadays people only type in random cAsE when they're being sarcastic, but in my day it made your name cooler
- Hey, don't forget zalgo'ing your text for
  m̵̖̳̘̱̪̰̃̄ạ̶̧̛̥̘̞̱́̿ͤ̋̂̓̇ͤ̓ͫ̎͗̎͆̎ͣ͊̿ͯ͘x̷͙̙̣͐̑i̷̵̼̬̯͎ͬͭͣ̔̽ͫͫͣ̓̃ͨ͟͞͡__͇̲̌͢m̼͎͘u͉̟͞m̛̬̳̜̏͜_̸̶̶̶̸̧̨̨̥͇͉̟̮̼̰̤̿̀̋̔̿ͪͥ͒ͨ͗ͭ͑ͯͯ͛͐͒̚͜͜͡͝ e̡͖̽̌̍̃l̴̶̸̴̡̛̤͕͕ͦ̾ͭ̅̓̐̽ͩ̎ͮ̒̈ͩ͜d̳̮̐ͤ̄̄̄̈̕͟r̶̢̧̛͎̦̩̭̫̭̤̭̖̟͛ͬ́̋̓̌͊̾͛ͤ̉̓̏̓͂̔ͣͨͣ͗̅ͩ̕͢͝i̶̢͙̲̮͍̦̝͉̥ͭ̌̓t̴̺͎͉̺͇͎́̓͛̈́͛ͥ̎̎ͭ̇ͧ̓̏̄ͪ͋̀̚̕̕͟͞ͅ_̘ͣç̩̲̥̱̑͋͋́̐̀̎͊ͨͩ͑ͯ̌ͬ̚̕̕͠͠h̡̻̮͎͂͌̑́̎͑́͊ͤ_͍̗̯̹͈̤͕͆͛̕ t̨̻͎͔͕̙̃̌̒ͨe̛͍̮̻̭ͫ̓ͩͯ̚͢r̵̷̨̛̫͓̦̺̼̻̞̥̞̳̪̦̬ͮ̽͊́͗́̔̽ͥ̔̚͢ͅr̨͚͕͉̟͔͕͕̫̮̫̳̣̅̑ͥ͛ͪͩ́̓̏̂̎̾̓̈ͪͪ̚͘͢͡ő̸̵̢̧͈̫̙̰̰̃̂́̀̑̄͐̀͊ͨ͗̓̂͋̓̚͡͞r̷͉̞̳̤̲̬̦̹̖͎͚̦͚͎̫̼̰̗̐͑̑̿͆ͤ̅͋̇̿̿ͩ̇͊̓͗ͦͥ̽̍͆̃͘͝͞͡͝
  effect.
  (Also fun tip, wanna blow up a shittily programmed in game text system or improperly sanitized input form on a website or sql server? zalgo a go go rofl)
I have inverted this and use:
o0_namethatwasalreadytakengoddamnit_0o
... I am very clever.
feeling v seen rn
I appreciate that Darth Maul's double bladed lightsaber is a cultural contemporary of this practice.

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