# I just did my first vanity search... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 10, 2004, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-did-my-first-vanity-search/254390 "2004-07-10T01:31:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![AwSnappity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a3d4f5/32.png) [@AwSnappity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AwSnappity)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2004, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-did-my-first-vanity-search/254390/1 "2004-07-10T01:31:23Z")
So I just did my first vanity search. I need to do more of these because people are talking about me more than I thought! Please indulge my insightful (and possibly masturbatory) dive into the results… [Result number 1](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=248410&highlight=AwSnappity). I know people knew **FireUnderpantsBoobs**. I didn’t realize that people remember to associate **FUB** with me. Same girl, new name. I gotta thank **a35362** for calling me cute and sassy. The reason I changed my name was because I didn’t think anyone remembered who I was based on my posts–just by my kee-razy name. It’s really neat to me that **Santos L Halper** (and probably others, I would guess) know that **FUB** is now **AS**. 🙂 [Result number 2](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=189368&page=2&pp=50&highlight=AwSnappity). Naming a Venus Fly Trap. My username comes up as a suggestion. I get it, because the two appendages of the plant “snap” together. But **Gyrate** must have had me in mind, since (s)he [apologies that I don’t know your gender; I’m really bad with stuff like that] appended the -pity ending and eliminated the space. Most people I know say “Aw, Snap.” Or used to, at least. No one really says it anymore, which makes me hate my current username. C’est la vie. [Result number 3](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=173382&page=2&pp=50&highlight=AwSnappity). Didn’t want to read the whole thing, so I have no idea what it’s about. At first I thought **Davebear** was calling me an idiot, but that’s because I had a temporary lapse in reading comprehension. I’m better now. I guess **Davebear** was saying that I zinged **MachineHead** , but my zing wasn’t biting enough (or frequent enough) to warrant my own Pit thread by **MH**. Pity, that. [Result number 4](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=29737&highlight=AwSnappity). Much in the same vein as number 1. Okay so after that fun romp I searched for **FireUnderpantsBoobs**. [Result number 1](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=144916&highlight=FireUnderpantsBoobs). Awww, someone missed me. Neat! 🙂 [Result number 2](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=144542&highlight=FireUnderpantsBoobs). More people missing me, and being excited at my return. Wait, **Thea Logica** is now **The Asbestos Mango**?? I thought that was someone new. I’m so bad at keeping track of name changes. Wow, this is really getting masturbatory. But we must push on in the name of science! [Result number 3](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=119447&highlight=FireUnderpantsBoobs). I must specifically point to [**Kyomara** ’s post](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=2175587&postcount=44), because I didn’t realize I had that as a sig. How crass of me. 😃 Anyway, I am very much a girl, very much attracted to boys (not boobs), and I took the inspiration for **FUB** from a 5-year-old. Alright, that looks like most of them. The ones that I’m not subscribed to, at least. And I should know what people are saying about me in the subscribed threads. What interesting things have you found through vanity searches? What totally-not-interesting-to-anyone-else-but-you things have you found through vanity searches? If you haven’t done a vanity search every, I highly recommend one! It will make you feel good about yourself, unless you say a lot of stupid things, in which case you might find a lot of Pit threads about you. Not sure on that one. Either way, try it and post the results! ---
**Author:** ![emekthian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecae2f/32.png) [@emekthian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emekthian)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2004, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-did-my-first-vanity-search/254390/2 "2004-07-10T04:28:04Z")
I did a brief vanity search. From what I could tell, most times my name was mentioned, it was in the context of: emekthian- (stuff relevent to my previous post) other doper- (stuff relevent to that doper’s previous post) ---
**Author:** ![Stuffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f17d59/32.png) [@Stuffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stuffy)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2004, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-did-my-first-vanity-search/254390/3 "2004-07-10T04:57:57Z")
Mine suck, you wouldn’t believe how pervasive stuffy is used as a descriptor. ---
**Author:** ![saramamalana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/74df32/32.png) [@saramamalana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saramamalana)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2004, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-did-my-first-vanity-search/254390/4 "2004-07-10T06:45:55Z")
> [@AwSnappity](#): > > Most people I know say “Aw, Snap.” Or used to, at least. No one really says it anymore, which makes me hate my current username. C’est la vie. I say that. LOTS. Aaaanyway, I only found one thread where my name was mentioned and I hadn’t participated in it. It was the [Frankenstein’s Doper thread.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=255742&highlight=saramamalana) I got a lot of mentions! I don’t remember ever seeing this thread go by, lol. ---
**Author:** ![Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9dc877/32.png) [@Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightwatch_Trailer)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2004, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-did-my-first-vanity-search/254390/5 "2004-07-10T07:01:06Z")
You’d think “Nightwatch” wouldn’t be a commonly used word. You’d think that, but you’d be slightly wrong. Darn Terry Pratchett and his darn books. Would that I had known before I chose my name. ---
**Author:** ![yellowval](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/919ad9/32.png) [@yellowval](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowval)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2004, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-did-my-first-vanity-search/254390/6 "2004-07-10T07:06:16Z")
I’m too depressed to look. People cared when my cat died. I know that much at least. But I still feel like too much of a loser here to think anything but that. ---
**Author:** ![AwSnappity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a3d4f5/32.png) [@AwSnappity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AwSnappity)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2004, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-did-my-first-vanity-search/254390/7 "2004-07-10T07:15:23Z")
That’s what I thought too, **yellowval**. I didn’t think there were going to be any threads that I wasn’t aready subscribed to. I feel like a no-name around here (now that I’ve gotten rid of **FUB** , at least). I won’t badger you to search, but you might be surprised. ---
**Author:** ![yellowval](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/919ad9/32.png) [@yellowval](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowval)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2004, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-did-my-first-vanity-search/254390/8 "2004-07-10T07:20:18Z")
Aiight, **AwSnappity**. You win. I did it. I’m still a loser. Hah! So there! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![AwSnappity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a3d4f5/32.png) [@AwSnappity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AwSnappity)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2004, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-did-my-first-vanity-search/254390/9 "2004-07-10T07:21:28Z")
Well you were right, so you always have that, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![yellowval](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/919ad9/32.png) [@yellowval](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowval)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2004, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-did-my-first-vanity-search/254390/10 "2004-07-10T07:25:32Z")
I thank you, sincerely, for giving me something to wake up in the morning for, besides a Republican husband and two orange cats. Good Lord, what have I become? ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2004, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-did-my-first-vanity-search/254390/11 "2004-07-10T09:49:01Z")
> [@yellowval](#): > > Aiight, **AwSnappity**. You win. I did it. I’m still a loser. > > Hah! So there! > > 😉 Nope. Not a loser at all. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Neidhart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Neidhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neidhart)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2004, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-did-my-first-vanity-search/254390/12 "2004-07-10T13:44:05Z")
My name only ever shows up in my own posts. ---
**Author:** ![ioioio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ioioio/32/316_2.png) [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2004, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-did-my-first-vanity-search/254390/13 "2004-07-10T14:19:38Z")
My first vanity search… two unexpected results. (1) In a Doper crossword puzzle thread, the clue is: _Strangely, a final Southerner (6)_. Someone guessed “lainaf”, but it was never confirmed as being correct. I don’t get it at all. (2) In a thread “Dopers I’d Like to Meet,” **Siege** mentioned me! And now she can find this thread if she does a vanity search. You’re a sweetheart, **Siege**. ---
**Author:** ![misstee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/958977/32.png) [@misstee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/misstee)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2004, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-did-my-first-vanity-search/254390/14 "2004-07-10T15:35:48Z")
:::: steps up to the microphone :::: My name is **misstee** and I have never done a vanity search. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2004, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-did-my-first-vanity-search/254390/15 "2004-07-10T16:55:25Z")
When there are threads asking "Who is your favorite/least favorite/smartest/dumbest/kindest/cruelest/smartass/funniest doper, my name never comes up. If I ever want to drop a sledgehammer on my toe, maybe I’ll do a vanity search instead. Maybe I’ll start a thread called “What insignificant dopers do you not give a rat’s part about?” Then I’d see my name in a thread. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Brainiac4](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brainiac4/32/3534_2.png) [@Brainiac4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brainiac4)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2004, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-did-my-first-vanity-search/254390/16 "2004-07-10T17:37:59Z")
Hm. A vanity search for me turns up a gajillion\* results. Most of them seem to be responses to posts I made. However, there are a number of mentions of me in threads I haven’t posted to… but a quick check shows most of those are being referred to by **Dangerosa**. What with being married to her, I guess I should expect that. 🙂 \* \*Okay, more than a screen full, and I am lazy. I bet it’s way less than any kind of -illion, actually. \* ---
**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:** [July 10, 2004, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-did-my-first-vanity-search/254390/17 "2004-07-10T17:52:13Z")
I do a vanity search every few months. The usual results are threads in which I posted. The second biggest group are mentions of the Pixar movie. Actual mentions of me in threads in which I wasn’t posting barely pull ahead of threads mentioning the Jules Verne or Winsor McCay characters. But my last vanity search did lead me (via a _20,000 Leagues Beneath the Sea_ reference) to a cool movie quiz thread I had missed when it was first posted. ---
**Author:** ![Searching\_For\_Truth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@Searching\_For\_Truth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Searching_For_Truth)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2004, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-did-my-first-vanity-search/254390/18 "2004-07-11T17:54:27Z")
I used to do vanity searches every so often, a few years ago. I realized that in the huge swarms of people visiting the MB, I was not likely to be remembered. And you know what? That’s ok. I’ve laughed a lot, and learned a lot. I’ve met one person through the boards who I became close friends with it. That enough is worth all the time I’ve spent surfing the board, knowing full well few would remember me. That’s not what it’s about to me. I don’t mean to sound preachy: I’m merely being honest. ---
**Author:** ![unclviny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e274bd/32.png) [@unclviny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/unclviny)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2004, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-did-my-first-vanity-search/254390/19 "2004-07-11T18:00:22Z")
Nobody talks about me, is that good or bad?. Unclviny ---
**Author:** ![Jayn\_Newell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Jayn\_Newell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jayn_Newell)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2004, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-did-my-first-vanity-search/254390/20 "2004-07-11T18:10:04Z")
**unclviny** , on the upside they’re not saying anything bad about you, on the downside they’re not saying anything good about you either. This thread inspired me to do my own vanity search for the first time. Thinking I was pretty much a non-entity on these boards and expecting only 3 responses, it turns out I underestimated how much people talk about me. I got 4 responses 😛 And all threads that I had participated in. Not that I really care, I think I’ll go back to lurking and acting like I don’t exist. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-did-my-first-vanity-search/254390.md?page=2)