# Goodbye Everyone...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye-everyone/8299>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 19, 1999, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye-everyone/8299 "1999-09-19T02:12:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
**Page:** 5

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**Author:** ![vanillanice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ecc23a/32.png) [@vanillanice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanillanice)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 1999, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye-everyone/8299/81 "1999-09-24T13:36:00Z")

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I think the 220 was his weight.Or his i.q. 😉 😃

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**Author:** ![AuraSeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c2a13f/32.png) [@AuraSeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuraSeer)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 1999, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye-everyone/8299/82 "1999-09-24T13:43:00Z")

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To paraphrase ARG’s own explanation of his alias:

His initials are ARG. When signing up for AOL, he attempted to use that as his screen name, but of course it was already taken. AOL suggested adding a number to make a unique name, and gave “ARG220” as its example.

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