Changing nick - why possible?

[Gfactor]

@Scuba_Ben

@Ann_Onimous

Battlefield Earth was relevant in 2000?

Yes - mainly as a warning, such as “You idiot! You could have spent the last two hours watching Manos: The Hands of Fate and you would have enjoyed THAT far more than this waste of movie film![”

They made a movie out of that crappy book! :eek:

::d&r::

[Little_Nemo]

@An_Gadai

Changing the first K to a T is hardly the most amazing disguise though.

How’d you know my real name was Liktle Nemo?

[Canadjun]

@StusBlues

@Little_Nemo

In my case I originally posted under my real name. I later decided that was a little too public.

What he said.

What they said. Nobody in their right mind would expect to be anonymous under all possible circumstances in a board like this, but there is a grey area between being easily identified and being completely unidentifiable. My id was originally my first initial and last name; I decided one day that I would prefer to be in that grey area of “semi-anonymity” rather than be quite so obvious.

[Clothahump]

And don’t forget that we do have the rare case of “cyber-stalking”. Someone might change their nick just to get away from someone else.

[Siam_Sam]

@AClockworkMelon

Because if I made a username in 2000 that referenced Battlefield Earth only to discover that now, in 2010 it’s much less popular than it was a decade ago and the username is now irrelevant, I might want to change it.

BattlefieldMelon?

[Exapno_Mapcase]

Wait. You’re not supposed to use your real name as your user id?

Oops.

[AClockworkMelon]

@Siam_Sam

@AClockworkMelon

Because if I made a username in 2000 that referenced Battlefield Earth only to discover that now, in 2010 it’s much less popular than it was a decade ago and the username is now irrelevant, I might want to change it.

BattlefieldMelon?

AClockworkXenu

[Giraffe]

@Clothahump

And don’t forget that we do have the rare case of “cyber-stalking”. Someone might change their nick just to get away from someone else.

Speaking of which, you really ought to think about getting a new shower curtain. The one you have is moldy at the bottom.

[Richard_Pearse]

@Giraffe

@Clothahump

And don’t forget that we do have the rare case of “cyber-stalking”. Someone might change their nick just to get away from someone else.

Speaking of which, you really ought to think about getting a new shower curtain. The one you have is moldy at the bottom.

Not anymore, I just licked it clean.

[Shot_From_Guns]

When I first registered here, the username I used pretty much everywhere else was already taken, so I went with my default fallback, which is annoying to parse and spell for pretty much everybody. When I started posting here regularly, I decided to pick something more fun.

@Richard_Pearse

Not anymore, I just licked it clean.

That’s terrible.

[AClockworkMelon]

@Shot_From_Guns

@Richard_Pearse

Not anymore, I just licked it clean.

That’s terrible.

You don’t want to know what he washed it down with.

[umop_ap_sdn]

It’s also helpful to be able to change username if a poster changes their gender.

[Siam_Sam]

@Richard_Pearse

@Giraffe

Speaking of which, you really ought to think about getting a new shower curtain. The one you have is moldy at the bottom.

Not anymore, I just licked it clean.

I know.

[Shot_From_Guns]

@umop_ap_sdn

It’s also helpful to be able to change username if a poster changes their gender.

I wonder if that’s ever happened here. We’ve got some folks with gendered given names as part of their username, but a lot of us are pretty gender-neutral. (Or even have names that unintentionally suggest we’re another gender.)

[VinylTurnip]

@Shot_From_Guns

I wonder if that’s ever happened here. We’ve got some folks with gendered given names as part of their username, but a lot of us are pretty gender-neutral. (Or even have names that unintentionally suggest we’re another gender.)

I realized immediately that you were female, as your handle was an obvious anagram for “Ms. Four Thongs.”

[Shot_From_Guns]

@VinylTurnip

I realized immediately that you were female, as your handle was an obvious anagram for “Ms. Four Thongs.”

Speaking of which, I really wish you’d keep your creepy fetishes to yourself, Lit Nun Privy.

[Drunky_Smurf]

@Siam_Sam

@Richard_Pearse

Not anymore, I just licked it clean.

I know.

I got it on tape. Who wants a copy?

[Cicero]

Licked exactly what clean?

[foolsguinea]

@Exapno_Mapcase

Wait. You’re not supposed to use your real name as your user id?

Only if you’re Lynne Bodini. Or TubaDiva, I get those two confused. Both of them.

Airman Doors isn’t even a real airman. He’s secretly a marine. Named Gates. And a commissioned officer.

And “Ed Zotti” is really Cecil, while “Cecil Adams” is really Sherlock Hemlock from Sesame Street.

[umop_ap_sdn]

@Shot_From_Guns

@umop_ap_sdn

It’s also helpful to be able to change username if a poster changes their gender.

I wonder if that’s ever happened here. We’ve got some folks with gendered given names as part of their username, but a lot of us are pretty gender-neutral. (Or even have names that unintentionally suggest we’re another gender.)

At least 3 times that I can remember (counting myself).