# May I change my user name... **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [February 25, 2009, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-i-change-my-user-name/487356 "2009-02-25T12:59:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2009, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-i-change-my-user-name/487356/1 "2009-02-25T12:59:42Z")
…to “Fuck You”? (NB: said phrase NOT in the title, and in any event NOT directed towards another poster. It’s a noun here, not an imperative phrase.) If so, please LMK, because I may want to jazz it up a little before the change takes place, i.e. “Fuck Yooooou!!” or “Fuuuuck Yooooou” or “Fuck You With a Toilet-Plunger Handle” or something equally creative, as that seems to be the new standard of good taste around here. Thanks in advance for your response. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2009, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-i-change-my-user-name/487356/2 "2009-02-25T13:02:53Z")
The name **fuck you** is taken, unsurprisingly, by a banned user. I doubt that name would be approved, and it has nothing to do with the new Pit rules. From the registration agreement: > [@](#): > > We reserve the right to refuse postings from screen names we find objectionable. ---
**Author:** ![pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2009, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-i-change-my-user-name/487356/3 "2009-02-25T13:13:15Z")
God damn it to hell. Say, how about THAT as a user name? People could call me GDITH instead of PRR, for short? ETA: And if a banned user took my ideal name, doesn’t that imply that at one point, however brief, the user name “Fuck You” was allowed? Or did he get banned for his choice of name? ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2009, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-i-change-my-user-name/487356/4 "2009-02-25T13:19:02Z")
PRR I got you as #1 in my pool. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2009, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-i-change-my-user-name/487356/5 "2009-02-25T13:20:02Z")
> [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](#): > > God damn it to hell. > > Say, how about THAT as a user name? People could call me GDITH instead of PRR, for short? I doubt it. > [@](#): > > ETA: And if a banned user took my ideal name, doesn’t that imply that at one point, however brief, the user name “Fuck You” was allowed? No, it doesn’t. Names aren’t screened ahead of time. > [@](#): > > Or did he get banned for his choice of name? Probably. His membership lasted all of half an hour. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2009, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-i-change-my-user-name/487356/6 "2009-02-25T13:49:47Z")
> [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](#): > > God damn it to hell. > > Say, how about THAT as a user name? People could call me GDITH instead of PRR, for short? > > ETA: And if a banned user took my ideal name, doesn’t that imply that at one point, however brief, the user name “Fuck You” was allowed? Or did he get banned for his choice of name? You of course realize that some posters probably already do refer to you by the two names you asked about. That should be good enough. 😉 Disclaimer: \*\*PRR \*\*and I are friendly, I am simply teasing as he can easily tell but I am fearful someone else will not recognize my poor attempt at humor as humor. ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2009, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-i-change-my-user-name/487356/7 "2009-02-25T15:14:15Z")
If he changes his screen name, then that wonderfully delicious thread bout all the variations on super ruber etc. would make no sense! ☹ ---
**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:** [February 25, 2009, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-i-change-my-user-name/487356/8 "2009-02-25T15:25:52Z")
How about “Phuck Yu” and pretend you’re Vietnamese and your name is therefore protected under cultural tolerance? ---
**Author:** ![DudleyGarrett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d9b06d/32.png) [@DudleyGarrett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DudleyGarrett)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2009, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-i-change-my-user-name/487356/9 "2009-02-25T15:31:40Z")
> [@featherlou](#): > > How about “Phuck Yu” and pretend you’re Vietnamese and your name is therefore protected under cultural tolerance? That would be Phuk Yu. ---
**Author:** ![catsix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19b73/32.png) [@catsix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/catsix)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2009, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-i-change-my-user-name/487356/10 "2009-02-25T15:46:17Z")
Give him a break. Transliteration isn’t an exact science. ---
**Author:** ![pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2009, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-i-change-my-user-name/487356/11 "2009-02-25T16:47:42Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > PRR I got you as #1 in my pool. I’d like to see that pool sometime, maybe place a few bets on the over/under… ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Tyger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Silver\_Tyger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Tyger)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2009, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-i-change-my-user-name/487356/12 "2009-02-25T17:39:51Z")
How about take up archery and change your name to **pluck yew**? ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2009, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-i-change-my-user-name/487356/13 "2009-02-25T18:20:32Z")
Occasionally I will check on newly registered users. I will pre-emptively ban those who have abusive, obscene, or otherwise objectionable usernames.\* I am not checking for objectionable usernames, actually, but spammers (and they’re pretty darn easy to find, too). Banning a spammer while he’s spamming gives me a warm, cozy feeling. Also I like to imagine him saying “WTF? The board’s not accepting my posts now?” and gnashing his teeth in frustration. \*Any name with fuck, shit, various racist/sexist words, etc. is what I call objectionable. For instance, if someone tried to register with a name like UppityNigger, I’d ban it. If you don’t understand why, I don’t think that I can explain it to you. ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2009, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-i-change-my-user-name/487356/14 "2009-02-25T19:31:19Z")
Could he change it to Phoo Twa? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2009, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-i-change-my-user-name/487356/15 "2009-02-25T19:41:28Z")
Somebody signed up as **OsamaBinLaden** last year and was banned for the same reason. Although he managed to inspire a Pit thread without even posting. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2009, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-i-change-my-user-name/487356/16 "2009-02-25T22:05:00Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > Somebody signed up as **OsamaBinLaden** last year and was banned for the same reason. Although he managed to inspire a Pit thread without even posting. I vaguely remember that the pit thread was longer ago than that, and was about a poster name simply **USAMA**. (Who also never posted, but I don’t think he was banned.) Could be wrong. Lemme look… [Ah Ha!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=297953) ---
**Author:** ![BooBoo316](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e0b2c6/32.png) [@BooBoo316](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BooBoo316)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2009, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-i-change-my-user-name/487356/17 "2009-02-25T22:58:56Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > You of course realize that some posters probably already do refer to you by the two names you asked about. That should be good enough. 😉 > > Disclaimer: \*\*PRR \*\*and I are friendly, I am simply teasing as he can easily tell but I am fearful someone else will not recognize my poor attempt at humor as humor. Hey, when did the spoiler tag get changed? That’s much better than the old way it worked. Testing ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2009, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-i-change-my-user-name/487356/18 "2009-02-25T23:07:09Z")
> [@BooBoo316](#): > > Hey, when did the spoiler tag get changed? That’s much better than the old way it worked. > > Testing Except it partially ruined **Meek** ’s [SDMB Epic Musical](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=507818) I to IV. ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2009, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-i-change-my-user-name/487356/19 "2009-02-25T23:09:10Z")
When I worked at a previous job we had an alumnus named Yuk Foo. I think you should run with that. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2009, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-i-change-my-user-name/487356/20 "2009-02-26T03:27:01Z")
Oh, come on you guys! I can’t seriously be the first to suggest **FOAD** , can I? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-i-change-my-user-name/487356.md?page=2)