Where is your nickname from?

Good thread idea. And cool song!

I used to have a Christian nickname on the Your Brain Rebalanced forums (Psalm 51:2 ("Wash away all my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin")) but I didn't like to be judged by atheists solely based on my bible verse nickname. I believe in God and I think the Bible is an incredible life guide but I mostly want to keep my beliefs to myself (I used to be a hardcore atheist, until 23).

So, when I joined the nofap forums, I wanted to find a nickname that was more neutral and which would motivates me to stay strong and honor my holding that nickname by having a kickass streak.

I saw the word fortify somewhere and it reminded me of an MMORPG game I used to play (Lineage 2) for a long time. My favorite class of character was "Paladin" (human knight) which purpose was to "tank" to protect other team members by acting as a human shield and taking as many hits as possible from opponents.

One of the paladin's skill was called "Fortitude". This is the icon of the skill .

"Optimum" comes from the protein powder brand "Optimum Nutrition". I've always found the name to be cool. I hesitated between Maximum Fortitude and Optimum Fortitude. Not sure if I made the right choice. But for me Optimum invokes a notion that this is just the right amount of fortitude that one needs to go through a reboot successfully. Maximum Fortitude invokes the idea that it can just be at a maximum for so long before your fortitude burns out.

Edit: My picture is Solid Snake from Metal Gear Solid. Just because he is THE ultimate badass (his boys call him "Big Boss", that says something!). And I am sure that this guy has a ton of more epic things to do than watch porn and jack off!

 

Kenzi likes coffee

 

Jesus performed seven signs leading up to his crucifixion, and among those seven signs one of them was bringing a dead man (named Lazarus) back to life. This paints a picture of how we are spiritually dead, but when we accept Jesus in our hearts we are born again and we are spiritually brought back to life. The path he was following during life was leading him to his death. Until he found Jesus which gave him a new life.. Which he now uses to glorify God.

My last name Shuttlesworth is froma character in the movie "He Got Game". Who also was my favourite NBA player (now retired). Ray Allen. In the movie his name is Jesus Shuttesworth.

Also, at the time this song was really stuck in my head. Pretty sure that played a part lol I love trip lee.

 

From One of my favorite rappers Andre 3000

 

You're in good company. Some of the most brilliant and influential Christians in the world used to be atheists.

That's okay, none of us know what that means anyway.

My name is pretty straightforward ... I was a fanatical Superman fan as a kid. I wore out our VHS tape of the 1979 movie with Christopher Reeve, and to this day, I get a swelling feeling in my chest when he catches Lois (and the helicopter) falling down the skyscraper. Also, the scene where Lois interviews Superman on her rooftop patio is my favorite film scene of all time--the sexual tension is thick, but innocent at the same time. They're like two teenagers realizing their mutual interest for the first time.



After I became a Christian when I got older, I discovered a new appreciation for Superman when I learned that he had been conceived as a Christ-figure:

• sent to earth by his father to "show them the way"
• Jor-El and Kal-El ("El" is the Hebrew word for God ... father god / son god)
• miraculous powers only used for good
• takes on the persona of Superman at 30 years old (Jesus started his ministry at 30)
  
• never lies
• frequently goes to his "fortress of solitude" to speak to his father Jor-El ... Jesus frequently went away by himself to pray
  
• raised by earthly parents Jonathan and Martha (who were named Joseph and Mary in the original comics)
• Zod is a fallen Kryptonian who is banished to the phantom zone by Jor-El, and who makes it his mission to destroy Superman, Jor-El's heir ... a direct allegory to Lucifer, the fallen angel banished to hell by God, who attempts to destroy Christ, the son of God.
  
• Krypton is Greek for "hidden." Matthew 13:44 says that "the kingdom of heaven is like a treasure hidden in a field". Kal-El was discovered in a field.

As you can see, I'm kind of a nerd about this stuff.

 

Pluto - as in my favorite planet (but not my favorite cartoon character - that would be Jimmy from South Park).

Ni - in honor of the knights who say "Ni!" in Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

Um - coz I ran out of inspiration...

 

I'm trying to motivate people as much as possible.

 

Good song.

My username is a song by Sixx:A.M., a band created to detail Nikki Sixx’s struggles with addiction.

 

I've used this name for a few years. I study statistics in school, and I was always saved by the Satterthwaite approach to obtaining test statistics (the maximum likelihood estimation with robust standard errors and a mean), which in R, is coded as MLMVS. Then I just added an extra S to make it neater.

I like to tell people it's a play on my first name, but that's not exactly true. Sorry, no interesting story.

 

My nickname is my real name only shorter