# If you were to change your user name. what would it be? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 28, 2019, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-to-change-your-user-name-what-would-it-be/844107 "2019-11-28T05:37:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2019, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-to-change-your-user-name-what-would-it-be/844107/1 "2019-11-28T05:37:27Z")
Now, I kinda like “armedmonkey”, it kinda fits me. But I think we all have multiple ideas for whatever our usernames could be. This is that thread. So, for the duration of this thread, call me “Enoch Root”. (or not :)) What was you’re alternate username before you picked the one you did? Or what is the one you are tempted to change it to? ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2019, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-to-change-your-user-name-what-would-it-be/844107/2 "2019-11-28T05:46:50Z")
I was always ‘beckdawrek’ way before the internet. It’s a name my Daddy called me. He had a little diddy that went along with it. My other nickname from childhood was ‘Boo’. Now that means something else all together. Will not be using that. My first grand-wrek tried her best to call me ‘bubba’, it was funny but I nipped that in the bud, quick like. I almost used ‘bubba’ as a user name. But I noticed there already was a bubba. So I went back to ‘beckdawrek’ If I changed it I would be ‘Super Power ballerina Princess girl’ or not.(:)) ---
**Author:** ![harmonicamoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/65b543/32.png) [@harmonicamoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmonicamoon)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2019, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-to-change-your-user-name-what-would-it-be/844107/3 "2019-11-28T06:03:32Z")
I’ve been thinking about changing by user name to “ **Thread Killer** ”, because: After my replies The thread dies. Being a sensitive person, I take it personal. But then I remember that everyone has me on ignore, so they aren’t really seeing my posts. And the real thread killer is the post above mine. ---
**Author:** ![RioRico](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f04885/32.png) [@RioRico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RioRico)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2019, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-to-change-your-user-name-what-would-it-be/844107/4 "2019-11-28T06:17:53Z")
Is Cthulhu-Jr taken? ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2019, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-to-change-your-user-name-what-would-it-be/844107/5 "2019-11-28T06:31:41Z")
Probably Obscure Blade, my name on the old City of Heroes forums, and present one on the Giant In The Playground forums. I tend to have different names on different forums or related groups of forums, but I’m not getting much use out of that one these days. ---
**Author:** ![pullin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c57346/32.png) [@pullin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pullin)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2019, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-to-change-your-user-name-what-would-it-be/844107/6 "2019-11-28T11:13:03Z")
Arthur “Two Sheds” Jackson. I’ve always liked that humor skit, but never used the name. ---
**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:** [November 28, 2019, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-to-change-your-user-name-what-would-it-be/844107/7 "2019-11-28T11:21:06Z")
Atomic Shrimp (is what I would change it to, if I were tempted to change now) In the past, I considered changing it to **Doctor Whom** ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2019, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-to-change-your-user-name-what-would-it-be/844107/8 "2019-11-28T12:04:08Z")
It’s so hard to think of even one user name. My husband suggested this one. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2019, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-to-change-your-user-name-what-would-it-be/844107/9 "2019-11-28T12:22:05Z")
\*\*SlothfulRetiree \*\*- tho that name won’t be accurate till Dec 12. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2019, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-to-change-your-user-name-what-would-it-be/844107/10 "2019-11-28T13:20:22Z")
**Goodgulf Grayteeth** from _Bored of the Rings_. ---
**Author:** ![InsomniaMama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ad7895/32.png) [@InsomniaMama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InsomniaMama)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2019, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-to-change-your-user-name-what-would-it-be/844107/11 "2019-11-28T14:19:46Z")
InsomniaSucksSoMuchMama Nah. I dunno. But I am sick of insomnia. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2019, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-to-change-your-user-name-what-would-it-be/844107/12 "2019-11-28T14:41:32Z")
(I wonder how many times I said this in these threads? Here we go again…) **FtG** ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2019, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-to-change-your-user-name-what-would-it-be/844107/13 "2019-11-28T16:38:36Z")
Bigus Dickus ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2019, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-to-change-your-user-name-what-would-it-be/844107/14 "2019-11-28T18:12:46Z")
We had one of these threads a few years ago, and I said if I was going to pick a new user name it would be **Elrond Hubbard**. Then about a year or so ago there was a thread to find the next older and newer member from you that was still active. And during that search I discovered that an Elrond Hubbard had registered within days if me. (But never came back.) So I can’t use that one after all. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![ASL\_v2.0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asl_v2.0/32/3525_2.png) [@ASL\_v2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASL_v2.0)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2019, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-to-change-your-user-name-what-would-it-be/844107/15 "2019-11-28T18:48:48Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > (I wonder how many times I said this in these threads? Here we go again…) > > **FtG** I’d be **ASL**. Just ASL. No version number. Unfortunately, the board does not allow user names with fewer than 4 characters. Although, as I sit here and ponder over yours, I guess it must have at some point in the past. ---
**Author:** ![Napier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2019, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-to-change-your-user-name-what-would-it-be/844107/16 "2019-11-28T19:30:22Z")
Maybe Thor, or Scooterpie, or Mad Scientist, or Eddy. Something like that. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2019, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-to-change-your-user-name-what-would-it-be/844107/17 "2019-11-28T20:06:33Z")
**Ben Dover** ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2019, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-to-change-your-user-name-what-would-it-be/844107/18 "2019-11-28T21:26:36Z")
**Nocturnal Precision** ---
**Author:** ![DorkVader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2019, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-to-change-your-user-name-what-would-it-be/844107/19 "2019-11-28T23:22:47Z")
Having recently changed user names, does that disqualify me? Today, at this moment that I am typing this, I might go with “Had Matter the Inevitable” Tomorrow it will likely be something entirely different and unrelated ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2019, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-to-change-your-user-name-what-would-it-be/844107/20 "2019-11-28T23:25:20Z")
> [@DorkVader](#): > > Having recently changed user names, does that disqualify me? Today, at this moment that I am typing this, I might go with “Had Matter the Inevitable” > > Tomorrow it will likely be something entirely different and unrelated You’ll always be…oh…nevermind\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ (:)) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-to-change-your-user-name-what-would-it-be/844107.md?page=2)