# If You Could Choose TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW 's New Name.. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 7, 2008, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-choose-tldridkjklolftw-s-new-name/436692 "2008-02-07T16:51:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![jali](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecae2f/32.png) [@jali](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jali)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2008, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-choose-tldridkjklolftw-s-new-name/436692/61 "2008-02-07T20:56:56Z")
[QUOTE=lisacurl] Too Long Didn’t Read I Don’t Know Just Kidding Laughing Out Loud For the Win an aggregation of internet acronyms [/QUOTE] I read it backwards since it’s VC03. What the fuck Laughing out loud Kidding, just kidding d i r l t (a code that wonders what’s up with black people) ---
**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:** [February 7, 2008, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-choose-tldridkjklolftw-s-new-name/436692/62 "2008-02-07T20:57:49Z")
I suggest **Knobstick** ---
**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2008, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-choose-tldridkjklolftw-s-new-name/436692/63 "2008-02-07T21:02:19Z")
**Soylent Green Baker** 'Cause, you know, he’s always trying to get a rise out of people. ---
**Author:** ![kidchameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@kidchameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidchameleon)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2008, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-choose-tldridkjklolftw-s-new-name/436692/64 "2008-02-07T21:03:15Z")
[QUOTE=jali] d i r l t (a code that wonders what’s up with black people) [/QUOTE] Don’t I Really Like Tea? ---
**Author:** ![Iggins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Iggins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggins)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2008, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-choose-tldridkjklolftw-s-new-name/436692/65 "2008-02-07T21:38:12Z")
[QUOTE=lisacurl] Too Long Didn’t Read I Don’t Know Just Kidding Laughing Out Loud For the Win an aggregation of internet acronyms [/QUOTE] So, that’s what it means?! That’s fucking retarded. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2008, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-choose-tldridkjklolftw-s-new-name/436692/66 "2008-02-07T21:44:07Z")
[QUOTE=Iggins] So, that’s what it means?! That’s **fucking retarded**. [/QUOTE] (emphasis added) this gets my vote ---
**Author:** ![Waverly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/57b2e6/32.png) [@Waverly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waverly)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2008, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-choose-tldridkjklolftw-s-new-name/436692/67 "2008-02-07T21:45:57Z")
[QUOTE=Wee Bairn] Because once the name change happened all of his previous posts change from being by VCO3 to the new name, so there was a current thread of his that I posted in, that the day before was started by VCO3, but then it showed it was started by the new name. [/QUOTE] Err. OK. I didn’t have any current “discussions” with him when the name changed and don’t make a habit of checking his history. I was kinda hoping he’d break his keyboard or something, and that’s about the extent of the thought I devoted to him. Do you still think this is something nearly everyone was aware of? ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2008, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-choose-tldridkjklolftw-s-new-name/436692/68 "2008-02-07T21:52:21Z")
How about: **Future Compost Low End of the Bell Curve Laboratory Rant** ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2008, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-choose-tldridkjklolftw-s-new-name/436692/69 "2008-02-07T22:00:53Z")
Hold on to your butts! Some of my best friends are \_\_\_\_\_ ---
**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2008, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-choose-tldridkjklolftw-s-new-name/436692/70 "2008-02-07T22:05:07Z")
Doesn’t **VCO3** mean **“Voltage Controlled Oscillator (number) 3”**?? I always liked that name a bit because I am a sort of former, erstwhile, pseudo, poser, very weak, keyboard player. ---
**Author:** ![Wee\_Bairn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90db22/32.png) [@Wee\_Bairn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wee_Bairn)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2008, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-choose-tldridkjklolftw-s-new-name/436692/71 "2008-02-07T22:10:18Z")
[QUOTE=Waverly] Err. OK. I didn’t have any current “discussions” with him when the name changed and don’t make a habit of checking his history. I was kinda hoping he’d break his keyboard or something, and that’s about the extent of the thought I devoted to him. Do you still think this is something nearly everyone was aware of? [/QUOTE] Not all tens of thousands of members, no, and no big deal if you weren’t- its just that it was out there to be figured out. IOW, it wasn’t the secret you would think a name change would want to have, especially after the two or three “why did VCO3 change his name and what does it mean threads” 🙂 I didn’t mean to imply anyone was dumb or not observant if they didn’t know, just that it was pointless to change the name and have it be out there to figure out if you chose to. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2008, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-choose-tldridkjklolftw-s-new-name/436692/72 "2008-02-07T22:19:03Z")
[QUOTE=Waverly] Err. OK. I didn’t have any current “discussions” with him when the name changed and don’t make a habit of checking his history. I was kinda hoping he’d break his keyboard or something, and that’s about the extent of the thought I devoted to him. Do you still think this is something nearly everyone was aware of? [/QUOTE] I know because I looked into another thread with a batshit crazy title, by TLDblahblahblah, and saw some speculation that it was the old favorite fruitcake VCO3. Then I searched and failed to find the member name, but I found it in a keyword search, and voila, the same old crazy shit threads under a new name. ---
**Author:** ![Waverly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/57b2e6/32.png) [@Waverly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waverly)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2008, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-choose-tldridkjklolftw-s-new-name/436692/73 "2008-02-07T22:25:03Z")
My gripe, though, is that this tool with the new name is out there starting threads. I might eventually figure out that this is an old tool with a new name, and I agree it is not secret, but I’d like to be able to retain and rely on my original impression. This case isn’t as egregious, but the powers granted two or three name changes to some nutter a while back who couldn’t stop yammering about how she loved to get railed in the ass. I had learned to avoid her, but I had **not** learned to avoid her new personas when they found me. I’m suggesting the practice of changing names is not always considerate. ---
**Author:** ![bufftabby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/77aa72/32.png) [@bufftabby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bufftabby)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2008, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-choose-tldridkjklolftw-s-new-name/436692/74 "2008-02-07T22:25:33Z")
[Quote=lisacurl] For the Win [/quote] In my neck of the woods, FTW stands for “fuck the world”. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2008, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-choose-tldridkjklolftw-s-new-name/436692/75 "2008-02-07T22:26:54Z")
[QUOTE=garygnu] > [@Iggins](#): > > So, that’s what it means?! That’s **fucking retarded**. (emphasis added) this gets my vote [/QUOTE] No, that’s the user title. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2008, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-choose-tldridkjklolftw-s-new-name/436692/76 "2008-02-07T22:30:35Z")
[QUOTE=Waverly] My gripe, though, is that this tool with the new name is out there starting threads. I might eventually figure out that this is an old tool with a new name, and I agree it is not secret, but I’d like to be able to retain and rely on my original impression. This case isn’t as egregious, but the powers granted two or three name changes to some nutter a while back who couldn’t stop yammering about how she loved to get railed in the ass. I had learned to avoid her, but I had **not** learned to avoid her new personas when they found me. I’m suggesting the practice of changing names is not always considerate. [/QUOTE] Yeah, I know what you’re saying, but I prefer a looser set of rules. I changed my name once because it was too close to another, and I’m thinking about doing it again because it’s a little harder to do vanity searches. I don’t think there’s sufficient cause to make someone jump through a bunch of hoops to change. Besides, it doesn’t take long for maniacs to make themselves known, under any name. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2008, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-choose-tldridkjklolftw-s-new-name/436692/77 "2008-02-07T22:34:39Z")
I suggest **Various Acronyms** as a user name. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2008, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-choose-tldridkjklolftw-s-new-name/436692/78 "2008-02-07T22:37:49Z")
To recycle a joke I made in another thread, may I suggest **LEAVE\_BRITNEY\_ALONE** ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2008, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-choose-tldridkjklolftw-s-new-name/436692/79 "2008-02-07T22:42:22Z")
[QUOTE=Boyo Jim] Besides, it doesn’t take long for maniacs to make themselves known, under any name. [/QUOTE] Long enough. REcently, I’d begun to notice a user name, thinking ‘what an ass’. THey’d been around a while, but, I mean there’s like lots of folks here and it takes quite a bit to get me to notice some one enough that I recall their username and anything about them (although I do tend to recall political leanings jus’ 'cause of the types of threads I’m likely to open). Anyhow, no real big, just a vague sense of ‘bleh’. However, a few weeks later, some one mentioned that he’d been under a different user name before, one that I did indeed recall. Had I known I’d not have bothered opening a thread and responding/getting involved etc. **Waverly** the poste I think you referred to was dumb enough to _post again in a thread about her_ under her new name. That was kinda special. ---
**Author:** ![flurb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2008, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-choose-tldridkjklolftw-s-new-name/436692/80 "2008-02-07T22:52:47Z")
[QUOTE=jali] If you were the person to choose a new name for one of the Pit’s favorite sons, what would it be? (former name VCO3, new name TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW) [/QUOTE] **Former Member** [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-choose-tldridkjklolftw-s-new-name/436692.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-choose-tldridkjklolftw-s-new-name/436692.md?page=5)