Dear "Enjoy, Steven"

[Hippy_Hollow]

I’m now inspired to sign my posts, too. This could be fun!

Hold me,

Hippy Hollow

[fervour]

@ShadowFacts

Hmm. All this time my brain was translating his username as “Meeting Man,” as if he were some hardcore middle manager or something. You learn something new every day…

I always decoded it as Montgomery man. Sometimes that meant I’d parse it as “Oh that’s Steven, the guy from Montgomery, AL”. Sometimes it’d make me think of Montgomery Burns. Brains are crazy like that.

[woodstockbirdybird]

I always found it a bit egotistical, the whole signing thing. “Look at me! You’ll all remember me now that I’ve latched onto this gimmick!”, which is much easier than being remembered for insightful or witty posts. Maybe I’m wrong, but it smacks of attention-whoring IMO.

Cancer is the new black,
Woody

[Left_Hand_of_Dorkness]

@woodstockbirdybird

Maybe I’m wrong

You are.

[woodstockbirdybird]

@Left_Hand_of_Dorkness

You are.

And yet your reasons above fail to convince me. People might not look at the name of the poster? If somebody says anything that makes an impression, I’m going to check their name. Really, that second it takes to scroll (or merely look) up and see the poster’s name isn’t that taxing.

I am great!,
Woody

[IvoryTowerDenizen]

@woodstockbirdybird

I always found it a bit egotistical, the whole signing thing. “Look at me! You’ll all remember me now that I’ve latched onto this gimmick!”, which is much easier than being remembered for insightful or witty posts. Maybe I’m wrong, but it smacks of attention-whoring IMO.

I find it friendly.

Hi Daniel! :waves:

[Mbossa]

@olivesmarch4th

I generally like the concept of usernames. If I changed my own, as I’ve considered doing, it wouldn’t be to ‘‘Christy’’ – it would be some kind of Nietzsche reference or floppy creature (or Og willing, some combination of the two.)

The Will to Pandas?
I beg to remain your most humble and obedient servant,
Mbossa

[Zsofia]

@Revenant_Threshold

Eh, I used to be annoyed by it, but I thought a bit more and realised I was being pissed of by politeness. I think I was finding myself in quite strong disagreement with Shodan and so interpreting his “regards” as snide, which was unfair of me. If his regards are genuine, then I welcome them in either form.

This. Seriously, we’re pitting this? I find it kind of sweet.

I am always deeply moved when somebody posts something personal, like the death of a parent or a child, and some people sign their real names. I know this isn’t the same thing, but it reminds me of it.

[SomeUserName]

I never thought it was a big deal. It does not make me think any different about a poster or their post if they do or do not sign them whether it be in the post or in the signature box.

Thanks for playing,

SomeUserName

[pantheon]

@fervour

I always decoded it as Montgomery man. Sometimes that meant I’d parse it as “Oh that’s Steven, the guy from Montgomery, AL”. Sometimes it’d make me think of Montgomery Burns. Brains are crazy like that.

(continuing hijack, sorry)

Heh. My mind always parsed it as “Mountain G-Man”, like an FBI agent with one leg shorter than the other or something…and I play Magic :smack:

Anyway, you can count me in the ‘meh’ group. It does stike me fleetingly as unconventional each time I run across one, but then sometimes formal etiquette does the same in day-to-day life.

em hotep,

Steve

[Interconnected_Series_of_Tubes]

You fucking hysterical gasbags of bloated hilarity are really cracking me up. The incisive, diamond-knife edge of your finely honed wit never fail to bring me crashing to the floor, consumed by overwhelming fits of laughter as, hunched eagerly over keyboards, fingers trembling with barely restrained comic savantism, you all sign your posts with the eloquence and poise of a classroom full of tittering four-year-olds. Really great stuff, guys. Comedy gold.

[Q.E.D]

@Interconnected_Series_of_Tubes

Really great stuff, guys. Comedy gold.

It’s called solidarity, you addlepated twit. You know, a show of support? It’s not funny because it’s not supposed to be funny. All it is is a way to show that it doesn’t bother them (and lightly tweak the noses of those who inexplicably are bothered by it) by doing it themselves. Get it now?

Yours,
Q

[pantheon]

@Interconnected_Series_of_Tubes

You fucking hysterical gasbags of bloated hilarity are really cracking me up. The incisive, diamond-knife edge of your finely honed wit never fail to bring me crashing to the floor, consumed by overwhelming fits of laughter as, hunched eagerly over keyboards, fingers trembling with barely restrained comic savantism, you all sign your posts with the eloquence and poise of a classroom full of tittering four-year-olds. Really great stuff, guys. Comedy gold.

If you think that by threatening me you can get me to do what you want… Well, that’s where you’re right. But - and I am only saying that because I care - there’s a lot of decaffeinated brands on the market that are just as tasty as the real thing.

-Chris Knight