# IVN, what the fuck is your problem? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 28, 2009, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ivn-what-the-fuck-is-your-problem/522764 "2009-12-28T03:05:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2010, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ivn-what-the-fuck-is-your-problem/522764/41 "2010-01-01T21:46:11Z")
He’s not anonymous; he’s **Bryan Ekers**. Meanwhile, you’re a menu item in a Mexican restaurant. ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2010, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ivn-what-the-fuck-is-your-problem/522764/42 "2010-01-01T21:46:52Z")
> [@Mr.Krebbs](#): > > Despite years on the Dope and claims of being a grad student, his posts often include “lol” - the trademark of a prepubescent girls everywhere… I don’t think I would let him wear the big boy pants, either. So if someone says “lol” they can’t possibly be a grad student? Despite the SDMB’s intense loathing of “lol” it is really extremely common among normal people of all walks of life who find themselves on the Internet. ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2010, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ivn-what-the-fuck-is-your-problem/522764/43 "2010-01-01T21:48:58Z")
And you’re a vegetable, **turnip**. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2010, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ivn-what-the-fuck-is-your-problem/522764/44 "2010-01-01T21:56:21Z")
> [@tacoloco](#): > > Late to the party, asshole? > > Anonymity+internet+asshole = you. > > Have a great day! I hadn’t thought you were an idiot when I wrote that last post, but I do now. Kudos. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2010, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ivn-what-the-fuck-is-your-problem/522764/45 "2010-01-01T22:01:29Z")
> [@Rigamarole](#): > > Despite the SDMB’s intense loathing of “lol” it is really extremely common among normal people of all walks of life who find themselves on the Internet. I used to be more annoyed by “lol” until I realized it was context specific. I have no problem with this: Poster A: [some witticism] Poster B: lol …but this gets on my nerves: Poster A: [some witticism] lol I have no problem with laughing at someone else’s joke; it’s the overuse of “lol” at one’s _own_ jokes that tends to get me to view the person dismissively, much like a person in conventional conversation who constantly laughs at their own jokes, and even more so when the jokes aren’t funny or clever. ---
**Author:** ![tacoloco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tacoloco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tacoloco)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2010, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ivn-what-the-fuck-is-your-problem/522764/46 "2010-01-01T22:04:23Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > I hadn’t thought you were an idiot when I wrote that last post, but I do now. Kudos. _shrug_ ---
**Author:** ![tacoloco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tacoloco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tacoloco)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2010, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ivn-what-the-fuck-is-your-problem/522764/47 "2010-01-01T22:05:37Z")
> [@A Monkey With a Gun](#): > > And you’re a vegetable, **turnip**. Yep. In more ways than just a handle on a message board. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2010, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ivn-what-the-fuck-is-your-problem/522764/48 "2010-01-01T22:17:12Z")
> [@tacoloco](#): > > _shrug_ By the way, look up “anonymity” when you get a chance. I’m not sure it applies to people using their real names. ---
**Author:** ![tacoloco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tacoloco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tacoloco)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2010, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ivn-what-the-fuck-is-your-problem/522764/49 "2010-01-01T22:22:06Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > By the way, look up “anonymity” when you get a chance. I’m not sure it applies to people using their real names. Excuse me, but how the fuck am I supposed to know that’s your “real” name? Internet+asshole = you. Better, asshole? ---
**Author:** ![Maeglin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Maeglin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maeglin)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2010, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ivn-what-the-fuck-is-your-problem/522764/50 "2010-01-01T22:27:09Z")
I’m actually a grad student, lol. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2010, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ivn-what-the-fuck-is-your-problem/522764/51 "2010-01-01T22:30:05Z")
> [@tacoloco](#): > > Better, asshole? Not really, because it still demonstrates that you didn’t get the point of my original post but are determined to react to it anyway. It never occured to me to have to prove my name is actually Bryan Ekers (who, other than my parents, would ever _choose_ such a name?), but if it’ll help, I authorize any administrator type who has access to the paid members list to confirm that “Bryan Ekers” is the name on the credit card I used to pay for my membership a few years back. Anyway, I’m also googlable. ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2010, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ivn-what-the-fuck-is-your-problem/522764/52 "2010-01-01T22:46:48Z")
> [@tacoloco](#): > > Yep. In more ways than just a handle on a message board. Oh shit. I knew that but I forgot. I make a lot of bad jokes, but that…shit. I’m an idiot. What the fuck was I thinking? **Vinyl Turnip** , I’ve read your posts enough to know that you have a sense of humor, and probably didn’t take offense, but I apologize anyway. ---
**Author:** ![tacoloco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tacoloco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tacoloco)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2010, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ivn-what-the-fuck-is-your-problem/522764/53 "2010-01-01T23:20:49Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > Not really, because it still demonstrates that you didn’t get the point of my original post but are determined to react to it anyway. What am I supposed to get when you called me out like you did? [/quote] It never occured to me to have to prove my name is actually Bryan Ekers (who, other than my parents, would ever _choose_ such a name?), but if it’ll help, I authorize any administrator type who has access to the paid members list to confirm that “Bryan Ekers” is the name on the credit card I used to pay for my membership a few years back [/QUOTE] You don’t have to prove anything. I just don’t assume just because someone has a “regular” name as a handle that it is their actual name. ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2010, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ivn-what-the-fuck-is-your-problem/522764/54 "2010-01-02T00:09:40Z")
> [@tacoloco](#): > > What am I supposed to get when you called me out like you did? Am I missing something? I think Mr. Ekers was agreeing with you that ivn is an ass. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2010, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ivn-what-the-fuck-is-your-problem/522764/55 "2010-01-02T02:59:23Z")
> [@A Monkey With a Gun](#): > > **Vinyl Turnip** , I’ve read your posts enough to know that you have a sense of humor, and probably didn’t take offense, but I apologize anyway. I didn’t, but thanks nonetheless. ---
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2010, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ivn-what-the-fuck-is-your-problem/522764/56 "2010-01-02T03:08:17Z")
> [@ajb867](#): > > I once let a ca…kitten, yes a cute kitten, cute defenseless kitten out in the cold of winter just to watch him build a snowman. I once shot a man in Reno, just to watch him die. hh ---
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2010, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ivn-what-the-fuck-is-your-problem/522764/57 "2010-01-02T03:11:54Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > Not really, because it still demonstrates that you didn’t get the point of my original post but are determined to react to it anyway. > > It never occured to me to have to prove my name is actually Bryan Ekers (who, other than my parents, would ever _choose_ such a name?), but if it’ll help, I authorize any administrator type who has access to the paid members list to confirm that “Bryan Ekers” is the name on the credit card I used to pay for my membership a few years back. > > Anyway, I’m also googlable. I just googled Bryan Ekers, and it sent me to [wikipedia.org](http://wikipedia.org) saying it was some fake name, just like John Doe, or Jane Doe. Not really, I am just amusing myself. lol. hh ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2010, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ivn-what-the-fuck-is-your-problem/522764/58 "2010-01-02T03:41:46Z")
> [@handsomeharry](#): > > I just googled Bryan Ekers, and it sent me to [wikipedia.org](http://wikipedia.org) saying it was some fake name, just like John Doe, or Jane Doe. > > Not really, I am just amusing myself. lol. > > hh Normally, that would irritate me, but since the joke was (sort-of) about me and I love attention, it’s okay. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2010, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ivn-what-the-fuck-is-your-problem/522764/59 "2010-01-02T04:52:46Z")
> [@tacoloco](#): > > Excuse me, but how the fuck am I supposed to know that’s your “real” name? > > Internet+asshole = you. > > Better, asshole? You post too much. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2010, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ivn-what-the-fuck-is-your-problem/522764/60 "2010-01-02T04:59:52Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > \ > > Anyway, I’m also googlable. You know it, baby. {winks} [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ivn-what-the-fuck-is-your-problem/522764.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ivn-what-the-fuck-is-your-problem/522764.md?page=4)