Even sven/ Even seven

[John Mace]

Originally Posted by Joey P

Before anyone takes evan stone, they might want to check it out first.

Can I be Robin Stone? I'll be movin' on!

[Vinyl Turnip]

Originally Posted by Scumpup

Funnily enough, I was going to request a change to Vinyl Turdnip. I thought it might add spice to my description of how I intend to assassinate certain high ranking political figures. Small world, isn't it?

Cool. See you in the exercise yard!

[Smeghead]

Originally Posted by billfish678

Ya know.

If some new poster named Billlfish678 came along and made me look like a stupid, ill-informed jerk I'd be kinda mad about it.

Similarly, if $meghead registered and turned out to be articulate, intelligent, and well-liked, I'd be really annoyed.

[jasg]

Originally Posted by Beware of Doug

Do we have an even steven?

We do, but they mistyped it - twice - when registering...

[tapu]

LOL!

[billfish678]

Originally Posted by Smeghead

Similarly, if $meghead registered and turned out to be articulate, intelligent, and well-liked, I'd be really annoyed.

Actually that was what I was implieing in my self deprecating joke...that I would look bad by comparision And I was leaving an opening for anybody else to say I didn't need any "help" to do that in the first place

[Skald the Rhymer]

Originally Posted by Patty O'Furniture

If we had avatars this wouldn't be a problem.

Stop hitting me.

Okay.

:: loads super-soaker ::

[Inner Stickler]

"Loading it up with what, though," he asked, suspiciously.

[Babale]

I think we should ban them both. It's the only way to be sure.

[Skald the Rhymer]

Originally Posted by Inner Stickler

"Loading it up with what, though," he asked, suspiciously.

:: checks vial ::

The label's smudged. It's either nectar re-engineered to give immortality simply by skin contact, or sulfuric acid.

[Inner Stickler]

Both of those sound terrible, unless, what's the molarity of the acid?

[Skald the Rhymer]

Originally Posted by Inner Stickler

Both of those sound terrible, unless, what's the molarity of the acid?

I realize you're only fifteen years old, but some of us geezers wouldn't mind immortality.

[Inner Stickler]

Really? Are you sure it's immortality you long for and not simply a ridiculous amount of longevity? Because I'm pretty capable of amusing myself but I suspect that after the 10th millenium, even I will run out of things to do. We can't count on Netflix to be around forever, you know.

[Scumpup]

I think it says that it gives "immorality. " This wouldn't happen if you could take the time to wipe the baby blood off your fingers before handling the damned vials.

[Inner Stickler]

Heh, heh. Dunno if you planned that or not but well done.

[Skald the Rhymer]

Originally Posted by Scumpup

I think it says that it gives "immorality. " This wouldn't happen if you could take the time to wipe the baby blood off your fingers before handling the damned vials.

Rhymers do not harm babies. That's puppy blood.

[PlainJain]

Originally Posted by elbows

What do y'all do, in real life, when a second Joey comes into your life? Make them change their name? Or, y'know, get used to it?

Well in real life it's not a problem because we can make a visual distinction by looking at their face.

If there was only some way for the software here to allow for a virtual 'face' for posters this name issue would probably never come up.

[tapu]

Originally Posted by Babale

I think we should ban them both. It's the only way to be sure.

Don't mince about. Ban anyone whose name begins with "E."

[Marley23]

I've always been suspicious of that Ed Zotti guy. What's his angle? And that Ellen Cherry is much too nice to be trusted.

[Drunky Smurf]

Originally Posted by tapu

Don't mince about. Ban anyone whose name begins with "E."

That's not safe enough. Anyone with an "e" in their name should be banned. Just to be extra safe.

[tapu]

And anyone whose name starts with the same letter as anyone else's name. I'm starting to breathe easier.

[Gagundathar]

For the first time since I was named, I am very happy that my folks moved to Earth.
Gagundathar is a very common name back home.

I would truly hate it if somebody showed up here named Gagoondathar.
You may laugh but it happened in grade school on the voyage here.
I was very glad that the other person wasn't coming here to live.
That was especially true since the other person was a female. Talk about confusion.

[tapu]

You're right--that can be a problem. I have a first and a second cousin, both named Dick. We are constantly having to say, "Big Dick or Little Dick?" Little Dick hates it.

[BigT]

Originally Posted by elbows

Really? We're going to force a new member to change their name, because it's close to another? What has happened to our community?

I'd have to say that you are very unacquainted with what this community believes. This has been the case forever. For one thing, it's an obvious trolling technique to make your name look like someone else's. And, yes, in real life, when you have two people with the same name, you start calling one or both of them by another name, by a nickname. If you have both a Robert Kelley and Robert Kelly in the same room, you will likely call one of them Bob. And why? Because, otherwise, people will get confused.

This is not some horrible occurrence that justifies starting that weird libertarian streak that seems to randomly strike otherwise non-libertarian posters.

[Bob Ducca]

I find it entirely plausible that two people came up with these two similar names. "Even Steven" is a very common phrase and it's not that odd that two people would come up with a play on that phrase.

[Marley23]

Originally Posted by elbows

Really? We're going to force a new member to change their name, because it's close to another? What has happened to our community?

Nothing has happened to the community. This kind of thing comes up once in a while. Usually it's handled quickly behind the scenes, and this time we have a thread about it instead. I appreciate that even sven doesn't mind the similar name and I didn't think she would, but it's more about the possibility that people will get confused than about the idea that someone is infringing on even sven's made-up SDMB name. You could probably argue that we have not always stepped in to prevent these kinds of similar names in the past, but this isn't some kind of new trend.

[Czarcasm]

Might i suggest a name that would show people that it was not even sven posting?

not even sven.

[tapu]

Sorry, I misread that as Not Even Seven.

[tapu]

Originally Posted by Bob Ducca

I find it entirely plausible that two people came up with these two similar names. "Even Steven" is a very common phrase and it's not that odd that two people would come up with a play on that phrase.

Voice of Reason

[Drunky Smurf]

Originally Posted by Czarcasm

Might i suggest a name that would show people that it was not even sven posting?

not even sven.

Poor Sven. Always getting left out.

[Inner Stickler]

Originally Posted by Bob Ducca

I find it entirely plausible that two people came up with these two similar names. "Even Steven" is a very common phrase and it's not that odd that two people would come up with a play on that phrase.

Where have either of them said their names were plays on even steven?

[Bob Ducca]

Originally Posted by Inner Stickler

Where have either of them said their names were plays on even steven?

I'm not saying it's absolutely the case, just that it's plausible.

But I can play this game too... Have either of them said that they didn't base their name on that phrase?

Should we outlaw any mention of the Shia LaBeouf vehicle as well, lest someone thinks we're actually talking about Even Sven or Even Seven?

[WordMan]

Originally Posted by Marley23

...but this isn't some kind of new trend.

One of the first Onion headlines I can recall snorting coffee over was:

John Heard, John Hurt, William Hurt: why one of them must die

[billfish678]

Originally Posted by Bob Ducca

I find it entirely plausible that two people came up with these two similar names. "Even Steven" is a very common phrase and it's not that odd that two people would come up with a play on that phrase.

Ironically, there isn't a user named Even Steven (or at least a well used one). So that means at least two SDMB posters had to chose a username that was too clever by half

[tapu]

What will we do if Even Steven wants to sign up??

We'll be like, No, sorry, we already have an Even Sven and an Even Seven. And he'll be like, what??

[Marley23]

And we'll be all "not Even!"

[MsWhatsit]

Originally Posted by Bob Ducca

Should we outlaw any mention of the Shia LaBeouf vehicle as well, lest someone thinks we're actually talking about Even Sven or Even Seven?

But Transformers doesn't sound anything like Even Sven.

[tapu]

Originally Posted by Marley23

And we'll be all "not Even!"

Damn! These name threads are really good!

[Bob Ducca]

Originally Posted by MsWhatsit

But Transformers doesn't sound anything like Even Sven.

It has a soft T.

[Munch]

Originally Posted by Inner Stickler

I'm having a hard time believing someone sat down at the computer and thought to themselves that even seven was a good handle. It seems pretty obvious to me that it was meant to be confused for even sven.

Seriously? Have you never heard the term "even Steven" before?

[tapu]

Didn't you guys see where the guy up there said that we had an Even Steven but he messed up his registration twice? :ROFL:

[Inner Stickler]

Originally Posted by Munch

Seriously? Have you never heard the term "even Steven" before?

Please. Ren Stevens was my idol growing up. I question the idea that either even sven or even seven are based off that phrase. There's no joke that's evident when you think of the usernames in conjunction with the phrase, no obvious witticism rears its head, nothing funny emerges if you say it fast or without thinking. The usernames are clearly based around something that's relevant to the user but not necessarily in the public consciousness. Even seven is awkward enough to look like it's a variation of even sven and I don't know about others but I haven't noticed even seven doing much besides insulting people and following even sven around. Not the behavior I'd expect of someone with honest intentions.

[tapu]

Originally Posted by Inner Stickler

Please. Ren Stevens was my idol growing up. I question the idea that either even sven or even seven are based off that phrase. There's no joke that's evident when you think of the usernames in conjunction with the phrase, no obvious witticism rears its head, nothing funny emerges if you say it fast or without thinking. The usernames are clearly based around something that's relevant to the user but not necessarily in the public consciousness. Even seven is awkward enough to look like it's a variation of even sven and I don't know about others but I haven't noticed even seven doing much besides insulting people and following even sven around. Not the behavior I'd expect of someone with honest intentions.

That changes everything.

[Bob Ducca]

Can I change my name to Even Stevia?

[Starving Artist]

Originally Posted by Munch

Seriously? Have you never heard the term "even Steven" before?

I've been thinking even seven is a play off the fact that seven is an odd number rather than even. The word "seven" itself also contains an odd number of letters while "even" contains an even number of letters. In other words, it may be intended as a dichotomy, sort of like "dark as day."

[Munch]

Originally Posted by Inner Stickler

The usernames are clearly based around something that's relevant to the user but not necessarily in the public consciousness

You have a very absurd concept of the word "clearly". There have multiple posters here making the same connection - it's not a stretch to think that "even Steven" is the source of the names. But whatever- it's not that difficult to wait for clarification from either poster for a definitive reason.

[Peremensoe]

Originally Posted by Inner Stickler

Where have either of them said their names were plays on even steven?

They don't need to. It's beyond obvious. They'd have to be pretty dense to come up with it on any other basis and not realize immediately it would play that way to nearly everybody.

Originally Posted by Inner Stickler

Please. Ren Stevens was my idol growing up. I question the idea that either even sven or even seven are based off that phrase. There's no joke that's evident when you think of the usernames in conjunction with the phrase, no obvious witticism rears its head, nothing funny emerges if you say it fast or without thinking.

:raps knuckles on Stickler's head: The reference to "even Steven" is it. Plus Sven is a name. Maybe they have something else private going on, that doesn't matter unless they want to talk about it.

And tell me you don't think this phrase originated with Ren Stevens.

[Crazyhorse]

Even if even sven was a riff on even steven, that doesn't even mean that even seven even considered even steven first. They may even have based their name on even sven with no prior knowledge of even steven. However, even sven may not even have intended to riff on even steven and they may even have meant 'even' in the sense of including, perhaps unexpectedly, as opposed to 'even' as in winding up with the same amount of something when all transactions are complete. Even 'even' is subject to interpretation before we even consider sven, seven, or steven.

[Ethilrist]

Originally Posted by tapu

Don't mince about. Ban anyone whose name begins with "E."

Hey, now.

[even sven]

"even sven" comes from a high school inside joke (I was a teenager when I registered here.) The origin is pretty dumb- basically it stems from a botched doodle that looked like it said "even sven" and I made up a whole hilarious-to-teenagers backstory for. Even Sven was a viking who hated the French, because I hated French class, you see......

Not very interesting, but not related to "even steven." The thought never really crossed my mind.

I'm not particularly amused with seven rash of contradicting whatever I write, but it is what it is.