# Are we allowed to change our user name?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-allowed-to-change-our-user-name/131346>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [October 8, 2002, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-allowed-to-change-our-user-name/131346 "2002-10-08T13:07:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![KidCharlemagne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@KidCharlemagne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KidCharlemagne)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2002, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-allowed-to-change-our-user-name/131346/1 "2002-10-08T13:07:11Z")

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I think I wanna be Absinthe Minded.

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**Author:** ![hawthorne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@hawthorne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hawthorne)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2002, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-allowed-to-change-our-user-name/131346/2 "2002-10-08T13:33:33Z")

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That’s pretty good. TubaDiva changed mine for me a while back. Drop her a line.

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**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2002, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-allowed-to-change-our-user-name/131346/3 "2002-10-08T17:30:29Z")

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How about “Bob” ?

Nothing much could be wrong with anyone called “Bob.”

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**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2002, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-allowed-to-change-our-user-name/131346/4 "2002-10-08T21:00:19Z")

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Can I be NikkiNikkiTimboNosoRimboOomaMoochieGamaGamaGoochie?

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**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2002, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-allowed-to-change-our-user-name/131346/5 "2002-10-08T23:30:04Z")

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No. 😛

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**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2002, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-allowed-to-change-our-user-name/131346/6 "2002-10-09T02:28:51Z")

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How about ‘Ecky- ecky- ecky- ecky- pikang- zoop- boing- goodem- zoo- owli- zhiv’?

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**Author:** ![Some\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Guy)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2002, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-allowed-to-change-our-user-name/131346/7 "2002-10-09T03:00:31Z")

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[obligatory inside joke]

Chicken of Bristol?

[/obligatory inside joke]