As someone who's addicted to the internet (and proudly so), over time I've collected quite the number of websites I tend to. My addiction started fairly early, I had a Neopets account when I was nine (although this was still later than most of my friends). I'm also quite the forgetful person, so I frequently forgot which password/username/email to retrieve them I used. So one day, around the age of twelve, I finally got a little creative.
Over the years I've gathered that usernames generally follow several patterns:
1: Your name (most obvious, but back then I didn't really want anyone to know my name)
2: Favorite famous person (usually followed by a number. These are the "Jobros4lyfe69" usernames)
3: Random words followed by random numbers and symbols (always the first to be forgotten)
I know I've used all three of these before somewhere along the line, but they would never stick. So instead of using *another* sticky note to put on the computer (and then proceed to get hacked by whichever family member wanted to mess with me) I was finally struck with a little inspiration.
Nothing crazy, I just finally realized that for me to truly remember something, it has to be.... ya know.... memorable :P "idislikepink" basically solved all of my problems!
It's a complete sentence (I think, I'm terrible with grammar), it's factually accurate (i*hate*pink was already taken, and I didn't want to deal with any numbers), and it doesn't follow the three rules I listed above, so it's pretty unique, and is never taken on any other websites that come about. It's pretty full proof :D Yayyyyy :D
(I doubt anyone will read this, but I feel like asking anyway)
How did you think of *your* username?
