# Do you have a usernamesake? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 18, 2003, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-usernamesake/162284 "2003-03-18T15:44:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![brainfizz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/da6949/32.png) [@brainfizz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brainfizz)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2003, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-usernamesake/162284/1 "2003-03-18T15:44:04Z")
I’ve had this username since waaaaaaay back on the BBS I used at school and I used to be able to safely say that I was the only **Brainfizz** on the web. It meant that I always got the username I wanted when signing up to anything, e.g. brainfizz@aol,hotmail,yahoo, whatever. Alas, a good thing has ended. There is another Brainfizz on the web. An artist named Jelene from Kansas City. It turns out that we’ve got a lot in common. She’s a professional artist, I’m a well published poet, we both like similar things, etc. So, do you have a usernamesake? If so, are they like you? ---
**Author:** ![Legomancer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/779978/32.png) [@Legomancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Legomancer)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2003, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-usernamesake/162284/2 "2003-03-18T15:57:26Z")
Bah. When I first became Legomancer I did several web searches on it and found nothing. Now I’m some kind of artist, a quake player, and someone on a scandinavian message board. Drives me crazy. It’s MY name, people, find your own goddamn name! ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2003, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-usernamesake/162284/3 "2003-03-18T16:01:24Z")
There’s someone on the web who shares my real name; he’s active in groups that make models of military tanks, though I haven’t seen much new about him for awhile. I’ve yet to see a duplicate of my username. ---
**Author:** ![Mullinator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@Mullinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mullinator)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2003, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-usernamesake/162284/4 "2003-03-18T17:01:47Z")
Unfortunately for me, based on [this Google search](http://www.google.com/search?q=mullinator&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&start=10&sa=N) my beloved moniker has been co-opted by some very odd people. I can’t even figure out what half of them are in relation to. As a bonus, there is now a [mullinator.com](http://mullinator.com), which is aparently a shrine to some yokel’s Supra. ---
**Author:** ![Rue\_DeDay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/41988e/32.png) [@Rue\_DeDay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rue_DeDay)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2003, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-usernamesake/162284/5 "2003-03-18T17:04:21Z")
Just did a quick Google check. I’m just me out there in the bright, beautiful Web. You want “Rue DeDay”, I’m your man! ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2003, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-usernamesake/162284/6 "2003-03-18T17:14:41Z")
I thought I was one of a kind, but there must be a man out there somewhere with my user name and he must have “size issues” and an insatiable appetite for porn to judge his e-mail that accidentally winds up in my inbox. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Carnage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/max_carnage/32/12775_2.png) [@Max\_Carnage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Carnage)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2003, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-usernamesake/162284/7 "2003-03-18T17:28:07Z")
My namesake is an independent wrestler out of Texas. I could whoop his ass. I’m also a card in the Marvel OverPower CCG. ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2003, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-usernamesake/162284/8 "2003-03-18T17:31:35Z")
Except when I signed up on AIM, I haven’t found another **Homebrew**. But I was actually surprised by the moniker being available when I signed up here and at other message boards and such. ---
**Author:** ![Lissla\_Lissar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lissla\_Lissar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissla_Lissar)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2003, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-usernamesake/162284/9 "2003-03-18T17:36:57Z")
Just lots of references to the book I stole my username from. No one else. Good. ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2003, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-usernamesake/162284/10 "2003-03-18T17:45:46Z")
Geez. Where do I begin?!? Not only is the an imposter named **winstonsmith** on this very message board, they’re everywhere! I’ve even heard there’s a book written about me. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2003, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-usernamesake/162284/11 "2003-03-18T17:49:19Z")
Apparently there is now a Sir Ethilrist leading a Black Horse Troop in a Glorantha campaign. Yay. ---
**Author:** ![Meatros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Meatros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meatros)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2003, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-usernamesake/162284/12 "2003-03-18T17:57:23Z")
I’m still the one and only, reigning champion **Meatros** no one other than I has my name! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2003, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-usernamesake/162284/13 "2003-03-18T18:07:20Z")
But people say it all the time - when introducing people to our long-haired presenter Jonothan, in the style of James Bond (i.e. last name first) (meet Ross, Jonothan Ross) do I get the lame award? WRTTOP - I am weak with names. I either choose my own name, or whatever thing is in my life at that moment. Right now I am discovering Terry Pratchett, so my namesake is a character from one of the books. One time I was in the middle of a certain playstation game so I called myself **Fortesque** (not in the SDMB) in the SDMB I have only been **lobley** and (duh) **Lobsang** ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2003, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-usernamesake/162284/14 "2003-03-18T18:10:22Z")
> [@](#): > > Right now I am discovering Terry Pratchett (I mean I am reading his books) ---
**Author:** ![Harli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c0e974/32.png) [@Harli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harli)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2003, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-usernamesake/162284/15 "2003-03-18T18:21:48Z")
“Harli” isn’t my most common screen name that I use. My other is a Hungarian nickname, so it’s fairly common in some areas. As for **Harli** though…there’s someone with a LiveJournal with my name (not me), and there appears to be an escort in Dallas as well. There’s a few others too. Often I will go with **HarliQ** which is short for **Harli Qwynn**. I’ve never come across another of either of those two. ---
**Author:** ![cuauhtemoc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecb155/32.png) [@cuauhtemoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cuauhtemoc)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2003, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-usernamesake/162284/16 "2003-03-18T18:29:21Z")
Please welcome our newest member:cuauhtemoc jr. ---
**Author:** ![cuauhtemoc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecb155/32.png) [@cuauhtemoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cuauhtemoc)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2003, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-usernamesake/162284/17 "2003-03-18T18:31:31Z")
…sike 😃 ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2003, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-usernamesake/162284/18 "2003-03-18T20:52:58Z")
or perhaps “psyche?” Like **Meatros** , as of right now I am the ONe ! the ONly! NinetyWt !! TA Da ! Now crunchier! Tastes Great and Less Filling! ---
**Author:** ![Lissa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lissa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissa)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2003, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-usernamesake/162284/19 "2003-03-18T21:27:56Z")
[Wow, me too!](http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=Lissa&btnG=Google+Search) Of course, I don’t think “Lissa” is all that unique of a name to begin with. I do like the idea of having the same moniker as a “Lissa Explains it All” page. ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2003, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-usernamesake/162284/20 "2003-03-18T22:25:42Z")
Jus wil ol me on this big ol internetty thing. Thus far, any mention of my user name on the internet has been about me. I’m hoping. 🙂 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-usernamesake/162284.md?page=2)