# Insecurity about losing beatle **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 26, 2001, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insecurity-about-losing-beatle/89720 "2001-10-26T04:21:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![omni-not](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8dc957/32.png) [@omni-not](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/omni-not)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2001, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insecurity-about-losing-beatle/89720/41 "2001-10-28T14:17:00Z")
Your thread coming just before ‘To a different drummer (anyone else just misunderstood?)’. THE IRONY!! ---
**Author:** ![dragonfly98](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7bcc69/32.png) [@dragonfly98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dragonfly98)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2001, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insecurity-about-losing-beatle/89720/42 "2001-10-28T21:26:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by **Ringo** \* > That’s kind of funny, because it’s really never been about the Beatles at all. You still didn’t answer my question. Is this a joke thread? ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2001, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insecurity-about-losing-beatle/89720/43 "2001-10-28T22:02:16Z")
> [@](#): > > Is this a joke thread? Um, no. Is this your other question? > [@](#): > > Why the overblown idolization of one of the Fab Four? Huh? > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by \ ***dragonfly98** > > [[sub]The Evolution of dragonfly98 for Dummies[/sub]](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=1724305#post1724305) > > cyberdrone --\> FunnyFarm + VoidMcBoy + RattFinkk and a host of others–\> dragonfly99 (who died a horrible death on these boards, no thanks to big Ed Zotti !) --\> dragonfly98. > > Yeah i know… BFD material. \*\* I guess it’s all right, pal; I don’t understand your screen name, either. ---
**Author:** ![dragonfly98](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7bcc69/32.png) [@dragonfly98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dragonfly98)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2001, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insecurity-about-losing-beatle/89720/44 "2001-10-29T00:14:14Z")
This question still remains, why the uncalled for and undignified idolization of the Fab Four? It appears that you are indeed afraid to answer it. i bet you hoped against hope that their fame and fortune would somehow rub off on you, or worser still that people would think that you have something to say. We can all see otherwise, pal. WAFM. ---
**Author:** ![omni-not](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8dc957/32.png) [@omni-not](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/omni-not)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2001, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insecurity-about-losing-beatle/89720/45 "2001-10-29T01:54:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ringo \* > \*\*That’s kind of funny, because it’s really never been about the Beatles at all. \*\* Unless something escapes me here, **dragon** , I believe **Ringo** ’s comment should put the matter to rest. ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2001, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insecurity-about-losing-beatle/89720/46 "2001-10-29T04:38:39Z")
**dragonfly9X** : > [@](#): > > i bet you hoped against hope that their fame and fortune would somehow rub off on you, or worser still that people would think that you have something to say. Damn! He’s got me in the crosshairs…😉 ---
**Author:** ![dragonfly98](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7bcc69/32.png) [@dragonfly98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dragonfly98)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2001, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insecurity-about-losing-beatle/89720/47 "2001-10-29T06:14:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by omni-not \* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by Ringo \* > > That’s kind of funny, because it’s really never been about the Beatles at all. > > Unless something escapes me here, **dragon** , I believe **Ringo** ’s comment should put the matter to rest. i disagree. And let me show you the reasons why. i do believe that you as well cannot see the forest for the trees. **As a public service** i will **dumb it down** , that is my reasoning, for you. Let’s pretend that i am one of those fortunate few, those who managed to come to these boards in the very beginning, quickly get labelled as a “regular” and all that happy sh\*t. Now let’s suppose some more that i choose the name… errrrr… monkee. (Please don’t laugh) Now let’s suppose that even though i don’t know a musical note from a sewage treatment plant and vice versa, i happily use this name until it no longer suits me. Now here comes the tricky part. (Again, please don’t laugh). Let’s suppose that the mods are extremely generous and allow me to change my name… oh let’s say something radical like…errrr…Davey Jones. And true to form when asked i emphatically deny that the group The Monkees or my narcissist fascination with them, any sort of offhand connection, or worse yet what they actually represent **in my mind** anyway, has anything whatsoever to do with my selection of user names. And to top it off, i will brazenly declare my questioners as being quite mad, and of course there will be those that agree with him, hook line and sinker. Sound familiar? It should. ---
**Author:** ![InternetLegend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/internetlegend/32/13154_2.png) [@InternetLegend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InternetLegend)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2001, 8:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insecurity-about-losing-beatle/89720/48 "2001-10-29T08:34:30Z")
**Ringo** (or **beatle** ), although I don’t know you IRL and I’ve don’t recall even interacting with you on the board, you were in a dream of mine night before last. You (or someone who represented you) walked by and someone else said, “There’s beatle.” I replied, “No, he’s Ringo now” and we then went on with the regularly scheduled dream. You were a fairly tall, slim young man with shaggy, medium-length sandy brown hair. And **dragonfly98** , I have no idea what you’re prattling on about, but if we’re all in for deep questioning about our usernames, I’m in trouble, aren’t I? Or is this one of those grudge things that always seem to go right over my head? ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2001, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insecurity-about-losing-beatle/89720/49 "2001-10-29T12:54:50Z")
Hey there, **InternetLegend**! Thanks for the anecdote - it’s good feedback. **dragonfly9X** , I trust, will continue to fight the good fight, whatever that might be. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![omni-not](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8dc957/32.png) [@omni-not](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/omni-not)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2001, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insecurity-about-losing-beatle/89720/50 "2001-10-29T13:06:38Z")
> [@](#): > > i do believe that you as well cannot see the forest for the trees. As a public service i will dumb it down, that is my reasoning, for you. WHOA! It’s crystal clear now!! How could I have not seen it?? You, Sir, are a fraud!\* (P.S.: Thanks so much for dumbing it down for me (and perhaps a few others). Ever so grateful\*\*) - Comment directed to **Ringo** , f.k.a. **beatle** \*\* Comment directed to **df98** ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2001, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insecurity-about-losing-beatle/89720/51 "2001-10-29T15:25:01Z")
dragonfly9x - there’s no need to indulge in your paranoid delusions. I’ve met Ringo IRL and this is just the sort of thing he’d do, m’kay? Since he’s probably met more Dopers IRL than anyone else, I don’t think he’s trying to pass himself off as anyone else, 'sallright? I’d explain more, but I’m waiting for the meds to kick in. ---
**Author:** ![kabbes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e99b99/32.png) [@kabbes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kabbes)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2001, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insecurity-about-losing-beatle/89720/52 "2001-10-29T15:36:57Z")
I was thinking of changing my name to **kabbes** ---
**Author:** ![DPWhite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d26b3c/32.png) [@DPWhite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPWhite)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2001, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insecurity-about-losing-beatle/89720/53 "2001-11-25T18:38:59Z")
Moderator, would it be possible for me to change my screen name to “Dan”. I’ve made the mistake of using my full real name (Dan is my name too, but a little more private). I’ve looked at the edit profile, but there doesn’t appear to be a way to do this. ---
**Author:** ![TN\_hippie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/858c86/32.png) [@TN\_hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TN_hippie)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2001, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insecurity-about-losing-beatle/89720/54 "2001-11-25T22:46:23Z")
I’m thinking of changing my UserName. Which of the following do y’all like best? TX_punk CA_crewcut NY_nazi FL_fundie ---
**Author:** ![TN\_hippie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/858c86/32.png) [@TN\_hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TN_hippie)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2001, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insecurity-about-losing-beatle/89720/55 "2001-11-25T22:56:34Z")
…or should I go with one of these? AL_gore AK_47 AZ_youlikeit AR_youlonesometonight? CO_dependent DE_mojo DC_comix HI_MOM! ID_ego,superego IL_atease IN_OUT KS_me,youfool KY_jam LA_Bamba ME_myself&I MD_20/20 MA_IalreadysaidHI MS_magazine MO_Keb’ MT_PILOT(FastGirlsFrom) OH_happyday! OK_alright OR_ELSE PA_Kettle UT_GoVOLS_ VA_VaVoom WA_diddy WY\*WYNOT ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2001, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insecurity-about-losing-beatle/89720/56 "2001-11-26T00:29:56Z")
**DPWhite** , email Tuba Diva [tubadiva@aol.com](mailto:tubadiva@aol.com) or Lynn Bodoni [lynnbodoni@hotmail.com](mailto:lynnbodoni@hotmail.com) to request a name change. That’s a big problem you’re wrestlin’ with there, **TN\*hippie** ; it’s a good thing you’ve at least managed to eliminate 17 possibilities. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insecurity-about-losing-beatle/89720.md?page=2)