# Do not take your screen name from a popular book or movie. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 21, 2002, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-not-take-your-screen-name-from-a-popular-book-or-movie/104778 "2002-04-21T04:57:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Muad\_Dib](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/35a633/32.png) [@Muad\_Dib](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muad_Dib)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2002, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-not-take-your-screen-name-from-a-popular-book-or-movie/104778/1 "2002-04-21T04:57:35Z")
I have been using Muad’Dib for a few years and it is starting to screw with my head. Everytime I see someone talking about Dune, or read the books myself, I feel like they are talking about me.:eek: Must go back to being Kleebner.:eek: ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2002, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-not-take-your-screen-name-from-a-popular-book-or-movie/104778/2 "2002-04-21T05:00:06Z")
Too late… ---
**Author:** ![the\_duke\_69](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/48db29/32.png) [@the\_duke\_69](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_duke_69)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2002, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-not-take-your-screen-name-from-a-popular-book-or-movie/104778/3 "2002-04-21T05:02:44Z")
Howdy pilgrim! ---
**Author:** ![Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c77e96/32.png) [@Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Speaker_for_the_Dead)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2002, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-not-take-your-screen-name-from-a-popular-book-or-movie/104778/4 "2002-04-21T05:04:50Z")
Same with my name… ---
**Author:** ![Muad\_Dib](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/35a633/32.png) [@Muad\_Dib](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muad_Dib)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2002, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-not-take-your-screen-name-from-a-popular-book-or-movie/104778/5 "2002-04-21T05:06:19Z")
Must also preview!!! (lousy second eek) ---
**Author:** ![Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c77e96/32.png) [@Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Speaker_for_the_Dead)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2002, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-not-take-your-screen-name-from-a-popular-book-or-movie/104778/6 "2002-04-21T05:50:49Z")
I had just assumed you were frightened by your name… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Muad\_Dib](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/35a633/32.png) [@Muad\_Dib](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muad_Dib)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2002, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-not-take-your-screen-name-from-a-popular-book-or-movie/104778/7 "2002-04-21T05:59:00Z")
No. It is weird, I honestly think of “Muad’Dib” as my name as much as I do Ryan. I wonder if this is healthy? ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2002, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-not-take-your-screen-name-from-a-popular-book-or-movie/104778/8 "2002-04-21T06:04:44Z")
[Yep](http://us.imdb.com/Title?0055630) ---
**Author:** ![the\_duke\_69](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/48db29/32.png) [@the\_duke\_69](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_duke_69)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2002, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-not-take-your-screen-name-from-a-popular-book-or-movie/104778/9 "2002-04-21T06:04:56Z")
I am the duke and I like 69 so my name is john\_wayne\_-69 ---
**Author:** ![Atreyu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@Atreyu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atreyu)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2002, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-not-take-your-screen-name-from-a-popular-book-or-movie/104778/10 "2002-04-21T06:46:06Z")
Whoops. [sub]At least I don’t think I’ve ever seen a thread devoted to **The Neverending Story** on the SDMB yet.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2002, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-not-take-your-screen-name-from-a-popular-book-or-movie/104778/11 "2002-04-21T06:57:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Speaker for the Dead \* > \*\*Same with my name… \*\* Okay, so the reference will probably go right over my head, but I have to know… from whence did you take your name? I seem to recall reading a thread recently where it was listed as being from sci-fi or fantasy… but I don’t get it. [sub]Then again, seeing as I don’t read much sci-fi or fantasy… I’m not surprised[/sub] (coding fixed - Jill) ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2002, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-not-take-your-screen-name-from-a-popular-book-or-movie/104778/12 "2002-04-21T07:01:11Z")
Must… use… previrew… more… often… (and remember the “60-seconds-in-between-posts” rule, while I’m at it…) ---
**Author:** ![Atreyu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@Atreyu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atreyu)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2002, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-not-take-your-screen-name-from-a-popular-book-or-movie/104778/13 "2002-04-21T07:07:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Flamsterette\_X \* > **Okay, so the reference will probably go right over my head, but I have to know… from whence did you take your name** I’m not **Speaker for the Dead** , but given the chance that he’s asleep right now, I hope he doesn’t mind my answering for him. Besides, I’m a big fan of the author as well. The name comes from a book by Orson Scott Card called…Speaker for the Dead. It’s the sequel to Ender’s Game, and like the first book, it won both the Hugo and Nebula Awards for Best Science Fiction Novel, a relatively unusual occurrence. As much as I like Ender’s Game, I happen to think that Speaker for the Dead was an even better book. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2002, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-not-take-your-screen-name-from-a-popular-book-or-movie/104778/14 "2002-04-21T07:36:29Z")
I was going to “me too” this thread but then I saw you wrote _popular_ books or movies. Not a lot of us Winsor McCay fans around. ---
**Author:** ![Jervoise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d2c977/32.png) [@Jervoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jervoise)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2002, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-not-take-your-screen-name-from-a-popular-book-or-movie/104778/15 "2002-04-21T11:50:52Z")
Paging **Holden Caulfied**. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2002, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-not-take-your-screen-name-from-a-popular-book-or-movie/104778/16 "2002-04-21T12:21:36Z")
How do you think I feel? People keep wanting to push me out the window. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2002, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-not-take-your-screen-name-from-a-popular-book-or-movie/104778/17 "2002-04-21T12:51:51Z")
But **Eutychus** , you don’t have to worry. Peter will bring you back to life. ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2002, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-not-take-your-screen-name-from-a-popular-book-or-movie/104778/18 "2002-04-21T14:01:12Z")
> [@](#): > > I have been using Muad’Dib for a few years and it is starting to screw with my head. Everytime I see someone talking about Dune, or read the books myself, I feel like they are talking about me. I’ve dropped into the SDMB now and again over an extended period of time, and I recognize the clever and interesting “handles” of many of the members here. I imagine that they are like a second name after a while. So, would that make changing it an emotionally difficult thing for you to do? ---
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2002, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-not-take-your-screen-name-from-a-popular-book-or-movie/104778/19 "2002-04-21T14:06:37Z")
Done it. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2002, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-not-take-your-screen-name-from-a-popular-book-or-movie/104778/20 "2002-04-21T14:55:00Z")
Is that where your name comes from **yojimbo**? I always thought your name was Jim and that your college roomates nicknamed you Jimbo and, when they wanted your attention they’d say “Yo, Jimbo!” You would not believe the imaginary lives some Dopers live in my mind. I once started a thread about it, but I think it may have been lost during The Time of No Dope. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-not-take-your-screen-name-from-a-popular-book-or-movie/104778.md?page=2)