I’m starting to dislike my Xanga username and my AIM screenname. Once thought to be original, I found out from a friend that it’s actually a very typical Asian username.
Insert crushing blow to the ego here:
I have inadvertently placed myself on the Asian bandwagon.
Not that there is anything wrong with that. I really love being Asian—but my pride doesn’t have an external extension. It’s just my mentality, expressed only through words or the things I purchase and sometimes put in awkward places like my cell phone.
Asians, we like to identity ourselves in certain ways. And the world is made up of a lot of us, therefore our attempts at being creative are actually just imitations of someone else…multiply that 1 billion and you get the idea: we’re typically typical.
It was the “Angel” part of my username that kind of put me in that position. Blasted…and here I was thinking I could try to infuse my SN with irony because, with all the hate in me, I’m hardly angelic. Then again, I’m not devilish and I don’t wear very much red.
I should have gone with something race-neutral, like “Water Bottle” or “Eggstraodinary”.
All complaints aside, here are some typical characteristics of Asian usernames (apologies to those who are affected…well, only to those of you I know and like):
1. Baby: or Babee/Babie/other badly spelled variations.
2. Asian: or Azn, Asn/other badly spelled variations.
3. Racial identity: Chinagurl, JapBoy, etc.
4. Gender Identity: Girl/gurl or Boy/Boi and other badly spelled variations.
5. Astrological/Cosmic words: Stars, Moons, Angels (ughh!!), astrological signs
6. Brand Names: PradaLuva or BMWMan, etc.
7. Area codes: 626Booger or 714shopaholic, etc.
8. Anime names: KrazeeKenshin or SakuraSucka, etc
9. Lil: As in “Little”. LilShininStar…LilSnackPack…
Note: I made these usernames up, but if you happen to have one of these names—I guess your choice wasn’t original.
absolutangel64 
I’m kinda pissed. My alternate screenname is BMWAznVietMoon312BoiGurl. Seriously, this couldn’t be more true. Anytime I’m browsing on myspace and i see a hot asian girl, but with a screenname like that, or with alternating capital and lower-case letters, she’s immediately removed from consideration.
This is too funny! I’ve nominated this one for ZangaZine. 🙂
yOu sHoUlDnT gEnErALiZe.
by the way, Victorias day is Queen Victorias birthday. Better known as the ‘lets go camping and drink’ holiday.
so damn.. aznboy8882 isnt orginal huh? damn… haha
wHaT aBoUt NaMeS wItH aLtErNaTiNg CaPs AnD lOwEr CaSe LeTtErS?
Wow you even changed your profile picture with that Chinese pride picture.
Hmm, looking at your list of characteristics of asian screen names, I have a race-neutral screen name, yay!
Then again about 95% of my buddy list is asian so it’s hard for me to tell what an asian screen name DOESN’T have.
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hhahahah agreed!!!! and i like your picture =)
Love this post; I’m always interested in why people choose the names they do. I’ve also been inspired to add doodles to my posts, so yay for another excuse to play around with Paint…
I thought you were trying to pay homage to the Absolut Vodka ads … hence Absolutangel64. My screenname was all gundam armour names with the appropriate display picture until people were obviously confused since I change my armour quite frequently … it was St. Wilhelm the Unbeliever for a while after this conversation which showed I believe in destiny but do not believe in a higher power or diety or omnipotent being. Now it’s just my real name .. simple. easy. boring . me.