# How is it even possible that people have socks? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [October 9, 2001, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-it-even-possible-that-people-have-socks/86444 "2001-10-09T23:41:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lucki\_Chaarms](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de0a6/32.png) [@Lucki\_Chaarms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucki_Chaarms)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2001, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-it-even-possible-that-people-have-socks/86444/1 "2001-10-09T23:41:45Z")
Hey, I’ve never posted here, but this might be the forum for this. I am an idiot you see, and when attemting to modify my profile I repeatedly got to the register screen. The thing is, I’m not cookied and it still knew who I was, so how does anyone register twice? I mean shouldn’t the system get them? Just wondering. Really, I’m innocent. LC ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-it-even-possible-that-people-have-socks/86444/2 "2001-10-10T00:00:15Z")
There’s a link at the bottom of the front page that allows you to log out. That’s probably how. ---
**Author:** ![reprise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ea666f/32.png) [@reprise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/reprise)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-it-even-possible-that-people-have-socks/86444/3 "2001-10-10T00:08:37Z")
Many people on dial-up - myself included - have dynamic IP. If I disconnect and then reconnect, I’ll generally show a different IP than I was a few minutes before. There are also ways in which IPs can be “spoofed”. While you **can** block access on a more global basis, this tends to affect all people coming through a certain point in an ISPs system. This happens quite often on IRC when complaints have been made to an ISP and they’ve done nothing about removing the particular pests net access. If the admins really felt it was justified, they could block all access to the SDMB by anyone using my ISP. Fortunately, socks usually reveal themselves sooner rather than later, and such drastic action isn’t necessary. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-it-even-possible-that-people-have-socks/86444/4 "2001-10-10T01:30:37Z")
Well, they have a special on argyle stretch – !!OUCH!! – Hey, that’s a shoe!! ---
**Author:** ![chiung-tung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecb155/32.png) [@chiung-tung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiung-tung)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-it-even-possible-that-people-have-socks/86444/5 "2001-10-10T03:07:15Z")
The simple, obvious answer is that socks are easy and fun. Also, it should be obvious that the ones banned aren’t the only names the poster uses. A high-count poster can say anthing at all with a sock (even such heresy as that socks are obviously easy and fun) since socks are expendable. ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-it-even-possible-that-people-have-socks/86444/6 "2001-10-10T03:10:56Z")
But that high-count poster would also be banned for using a sock. That kinda removes the appeal, I’d think. ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-it-even-possible-that-people-have-socks/86444/7 "2001-10-10T03:17:27Z")
And some high-count posters aren’t afraid to say what they think and thus have no need to resort to using socks. ---
**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-it-even-possible-that-people-have-socks/86444/8 "2001-10-10T13:44:26Z")
Heh. [_pats Kat on the head affectionately and gives her a shiny new quarter_] That’s my _clever_ Kat… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-it-even-possible-that-people-have-socks/86444/9 "2001-10-10T15:51:57Z")
It really is easy to create a new user name if you are on a dial up. While I won’t go into specifics…anyone with knowledge of the net and how sites work can do it. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-it-even-possible-that-people-have-socks/86444/10 "2001-10-10T16:14:34Z")
\ while **Reeder** won’t go into the specifics; someone else is about to give full and detailed instructions and this thread is doomed, DOOMED! ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-it-even-possible-that-people-have-socks/86444/11 "2001-10-10T21:39:02Z")
Yup. It’s doomed all right.