• happybadger [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    6 months ago

    signed Cole ‘coldForce’ ‘Friendly Federal Assassin’ Allen

    Never give yourself a nickname. It cannot look cool. If he completely succeeded, this manifesto would still hurt his cause. Luigi didn’t call himself Saint Luigi so it sticks instead of coming off as narcissistic.

    -Dr. Happybadger

    • deforestgump [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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      The ruling interests want you labeled, filed, and indexed from the moment you’re born. They give you a name for their ledgers, their police files, and their tax rolls. But when you name yourself, you’re engaging in a revolutionary act of self-definition!

      Why should the bureaucratic apparatus have a monopoly on your identity? By seizing the “means of nomenclature,” you’re asserting your own sovereignty against the crushing weight of institutional tradition. It’s a grassroots rejection of the pre-packaged persona. You’re saying: “I am not your data point!” It’s the ultimate democratic gesture—defining yourself on your own terms!

      -D. Forest Gump

    • WhatDoYouMeanPodcast [comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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      God I wish I could tell the story of my fight name at my MMA gym and how it got turned on its head. I got dropped by a liver shot, people laughed, and the coach changed my name to be embarrassing.

      The nickname itself is still cool to people who weren’t there and the story of it getting ruined still makes people I find attractive laugh.