# I am having an internet identity crisis!!! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 30, 2004, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-having-an-internet-identity-crisis/257644 "2004-07-30T21:00:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Yesterdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/d07c76/32.png) [@Yesterdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yesterdog)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2004, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-having-an-internet-identity-crisis/257644/1 "2004-07-30T21:00:09Z")
So I need a change…or do I? My current email is karp2381@blah blah blah. But I can’t decide wether or not to keep it like this. My first name is Ryan, but my new gmail account needs 6 or more charecters. What do I do? Keep the Karp2381, or create something new? I need some serious help with this issue. (The 2381 is my b-day, and it was and still is my original AOL IM name from the Mid 90’s, but I think a fresh face might be good on my new “permanant email”) Ryan ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2004, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-having-an-internet-identity-crisis/257644/2 "2004-07-30T21:11:22Z")
Is yesterdog taken? That would be a cool email address, way better than karp2381. Karp2381 sucks donkey balls. ---
**Author:** ![Yesterdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/d07c76/32.png) [@Yesterdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yesterdog)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2004, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-having-an-internet-identity-crisis/257644/3 "2004-07-30T21:12:46Z")
I should have added I want a sense of professionalism in there. I’d hate to have to put [yesterdog@gmail.com](mailto:yesterdog@gmail.com) in a resume. Here is the million dollar question: What is (a) yesterdog? ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2004, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-having-an-internet-identity-crisis/257644/4 "2004-07-30T21:19:22Z")
Oh. I see. How about [misterbigshotfancypants@gmail.com](mailto:misterbigshotfancypants@gmail.com)? Is that professional enough for you? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2004, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-having-an-internet-identity-crisis/257644/5 "2004-07-30T21:22:37Z")
Man, the whole joy of having a gmail beta account is that you can get an account name without a bunch of appended numbers. Use your name, if you want a “professional” looking free e-mail account. Using “Karp” for a faux surname: (I guess) [ryankarp@gmail.com](mailto:ryankarp@gmail.com) [ryan\_k@gmail.com](mailto:ryan_k@gmail.com) That’s what you want, fella. “Yesterdog” makes me think of summers gone by. (dog/day) ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2004, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-having-an-internet-identity-crisis/257644/6 "2004-07-30T21:33:59Z")
> [@Yesterdog](#): > > Here is the million dollar question: > > What is (a) yesterdog? Isn’t it the line that comes before “All my troubles seemed so farawog”? ---
**Author:** ![Yesterdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/d07c76/32.png) [@Yesterdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yesterdog)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2004, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-having-an-internet-identity-crisis/257644/7 "2004-07-30T22:24:01Z")
Ahg, I caved. I settled with [karp2381@gmail.com](mailto:karp2381@gmail.com) I figured I’ve been using that forever (litterally 10 + years running) so it would be the easiest. Still a bit proff, but at the same time, has a sense of internet anonymity (sp?) But, no one has even came close to what is (a) yesterdog? One hint: American Pie ---
**Author:** ![Yesterdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/d07c76/32.png) [@Yesterdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yesterdog)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2004, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-having-an-internet-identity-crisis/257644/8 "2004-07-30T22:26:31Z")
> [@Larry Mudd](#): > > Man, the whole joy of having a gmail beta account is that you can get an account name without a bunch of appended numbers. The numbers have meaning…hence original dilema. Just think of the trouble I’m going to have naming my kid(s). ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2004, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-having-an-internet-identity-crisis/257644/9 "2004-07-30T22:34:12Z")
> [@Yesterdog](#): > > But, no one has even came close to what is (a) yesterdog? One hint: American Pie I still have no idea, but every time I see '“yesterdog” I start humming that Stevie Wonder song (“_yesterme, yesteryou, yesterday_”)… 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Yesterdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/d07c76/32.png) [@Yesterdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yesterdog)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2004, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-having-an-internet-identity-crisis/257644/10 "2004-07-31T01:44:34Z")
Woops, did I mean karp2381? I meant ryankarp. ADD cometh…