# Is my username stupid? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 19, 2005, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-my-username-stupid/308910 "2005-06-19T13:01:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sophistry\_and\_Illusion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Sophistry\_and\_Illusion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sophistry_and_Illusion)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2005, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-my-username-stupid/308910/1 "2005-06-19T13:01:24Z")
My guest membership expires in a couple of weeks, so I need to become a real member. But for some reason, I am gripped by the strange fear that my username is stupid, and I’ll regret it after a couple of years. It is an obscure reference that probably three people on the board will recognize. Does everyone else think it is just dumb? I know that of all the things in life to obsess over, this is among the dumbest, but I can’t help myself. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2005, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-my-username-stupid/308910/2 "2005-06-19T13:15:43Z")
I’ve seen worse. ---
**Author:** ![Sophistry\_and\_Illusion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Sophistry\_and\_Illusion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sophistry_and_Illusion)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2005, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-my-username-stupid/308910/3 "2005-06-19T13:18:12Z")
> [@NoClueBoy](#): > > I’ve seen worse. Hmmm…Not sure how to take that one. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2005, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-my-username-stupid/308910/4 "2005-06-19T13:18:43Z")
It isn’t any more stupid than my username, which I’m afraid is pretty stupid. I admit that I’m not one of the three people on the board who gets your reference. If you think about it, the whole concept of inventing a username for yourself to hide what your name really is from the people you want to talk with, is pretty stupid itself. So… carry on. ---
**Author:** ![calm\_kiwi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc348/32.png) [@calm\_kiwi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/calm_kiwi)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2005, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-my-username-stupid/308910/5 "2005-06-19T13:23:33Z")
I have had a stupid name here for a few years now. It never stopped me. Your name is far less stupid. Is that any comfort? ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2005, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-my-username-stupid/308910/6 "2005-06-19T13:28:52Z")
I love your username, **Sophistry and Illusion**. Seriously – it’s cool, it _sounds_ cool said aloud, and I hope you do stick around and keep it so I see it more often. I like **calm kiwi’s** name too, FWIW – she doesn’t believe me, I know, but I always have. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![imthjckaz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/imthjckaz/32/3223_2.png) [@imthjckaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/imthjckaz)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2005, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-my-username-stupid/308910/7 "2005-06-19T13:29:34Z")
Not to worry, there are plenty of stupid names around. Yours is ok, I’ve seen stupider. So you fit in with the rest of us. Welcome. ---
**Author:** ![Stark\_Raven\_Mad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Stark\_Raven\_Mad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stark_Raven_Mad)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2005, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-my-username-stupid/308910/8 "2005-06-19T13:29:52Z")
Hume? Always thought it was a neat line. I thought mine was so damned _smart_ when I registered to become a charter member - drunk out of my mind. One of my greatest internet fears now is of my RL friends finding out what my SDMB alias is. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2005, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-my-username-stupid/308910/9 "2005-06-19T13:32:26Z")
> [@Sophistry and Illusion](#): > > Hmmm…Not sure how to take that one. :dubious: In a good way. Paranoia will destroy ya. I would rather see a name like the ones posting in this thread than an amalgam of one’s real info which ends up looking dry and without personality. Which one would you notice thru several wildly different posts, MikSmth0117 or Carnivorousplant? ---
**Author:** ![Large\_Marge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/50afbb/32.png) [@Large\_Marge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Large_Marge)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2005, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-my-username-stupid/308910/10 "2005-06-19T13:37:33Z")
Who cares what other people think of your user name. Use whatever you like. Besides, what could be stupider than Large Marge? ---
**Author:** ![calm\_kiwi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc348/32.png) [@calm\_kiwi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/calm_kiwi)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2005, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-my-username-stupid/308910/11 "2005-06-19T13:41:11Z")
> [@Ice Wolf](#): > > II like **calm kiwi’s** name too, FWIW – she doesn’t believe me, I know, but I always have. 🙂 You are a Kiwi. We have to like Kiwi. The calm bit just made you like it more. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2005, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-my-username-stupid/308910/12 "2005-06-19T13:44:22Z")
> [@calm kiwi](#): > > You are a Kiwi. We have to like Kiwi. The calm bit just made you like it more. 😃 Not necessarily so. The “Kiwi” bit is welcome, because – surprise! – I’m one too. 🙂 But I like the (checking the right word here frantically – ah! Yes!) – the alliteration is catchy and quite well done. And memorable (as if you need to be any more so!) 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![calm\_kiwi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc348/32.png) [@calm\_kiwi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/calm_kiwi)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2005, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-my-username-stupid/308910/13 "2005-06-19T14:00:01Z")
Alliteration is a good thing. Calm Kiwi worked better then Killer Kelly 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2005, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-my-username-stupid/308910/14 "2005-06-19T14:09:36Z")
:d ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2005, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-my-username-stupid/308910/15 "2005-06-19T14:10:42Z")
Which was meant t’ be: 😃 ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2005, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-my-username-stupid/308910/16 "2005-06-19T14:13:31Z")
:d looks like you’re trying to pick your nose with your tongue. ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2005, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-my-username-stupid/308910/17 "2005-06-19T14:19:31Z")
That’s what happens when I type the characters istead of using the smilie images to click on. Bit of a sod when that happens. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2005, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-my-username-stupid/308910/18 "2005-06-19T14:22:36Z")
Quite sod and depressing. Irish coffee in the morning is a great idea. ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2005, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-my-username-stupid/308910/19 "2005-06-19T14:30:39Z")
> [@](#): > > Quite sod and depressing. I have no idea what that means, but it sounds intriguing. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2005, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-my-username-stupid/308910/20 "2005-06-19T14:39:03Z")
A play on accents. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-my-username-stupid/308910.md?page=2)