# Most "prominent" SD-user ever disclosed? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 6, 2022, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-prominent-sd-user-ever-disclosed/960581 "2022-03-06T21:02:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![F.U.Shakespeare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aca169/32.png) [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2022, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-prominent-sd-user-ever-disclosed/960581/61 "2022-03-08T08:29:10Z")
Mike South is a prominent porn director, specializing in “pro-am”. He’s [posted](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-ama-for-the-not-so-amateur-porn-director/712795) here under the name @MikeSouth. ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2022, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-prominent-sd-user-ever-disclosed/960581/62 "2022-03-08T13:26:30Z")
I don’t know what your are talking about, my real name is Underhill… ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2022, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-prominent-sd-user-ever-disclosed/960581/63 "2022-03-08T14:13:49Z")
I am again asking the Administration fir a “Like” button. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2022, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-prominent-sd-user-ever-disclosed/960581/64 "2022-03-08T16:54:34Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > The poster who is the author isn’t shy about it. He wrote a marvelous scholarly book about the Medusa. _Medusa: Solving the Mystery of the Gorgon._ > > We have communicated. Thank you, but “prominent” I ain’t. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2022, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-prominent-sd-user-ever-disclosed/960581/65 "2022-03-08T17:05:17Z")
Author [Lee Weatherly](https://www.leeweatherly.com/us/) has posted here. I remember her screen name but don’t know that she would want me to share it. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2022, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-prominent-sd-user-ever-disclosed/960581/66 "2022-03-08T17:48:00Z")
Who was the movie director that came on the board to throw a giant tantrum because someone said something bad about him? ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2022, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-prominent-sd-user-ever-disclosed/960581/67 "2022-03-08T17:52:36Z")
Oh yeah, _that_ asshole! ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2022, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-prominent-sd-user-ever-disclosed/960581/68 "2022-03-08T18:00:06Z")
I don’t care how much of a bad day @Spielberg was having, _Hook_ still sucked! ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2022, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-prominent-sd-user-ever-disclosed/960581/69 "2022-03-08T22:06:46Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > Who was the movie director that came on the board to throw a giant tantrum because someone said something bad about him? He was a sound guy in movies. I think it was actually his wife who posted and threatened to sue. Michael Minkler. ---
**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2022, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-prominent-sd-user-ever-disclosed/960581/70 "2022-03-08T22:17:34Z")
Wasn’t it once thought that Adam Savage was a member here given the whole “airplane on a treadmill” thing? ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2022, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-prominent-sd-user-ever-disclosed/960581/71 "2022-03-08T22:30:34Z")
Maybe but the airport on the treadmill thing predates this board by many years. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2022, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-prominent-sd-user-ever-disclosed/960581/72 "2022-03-08T22:31:28Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > He was a sound guy in movies. I think it was actually his wife who posted and threatened to sue. Michael Minkler. Here are the actual deets. > [@In the matter of Michael Minkler](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-matter-of-michael-minkler/691473): > > We’re taking down an old thread involving an individual named Michael Minkler. Since this thread has attained some notoriety, we’re providing the following background: In 2007 Michael Minkler was part of a team that won an Oscar for sound mixing. In a press conference after the awards, the team was asked about Kevin O’Connell, another sound mixing nominee who’d never gotten an Oscar despite numerous nominations. Minkler replied, “I just wonder what Kevin’s trying to do out there by trying to … ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2022, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-prominent-sd-user-ever-disclosed/960581/73 "2022-03-08T23:35:17Z")
Perhaps not as famous as some of the others mentioned here, but @RealityChuck is author [Chuck](https://www.amazon.com/Chuck-Rothman/e/B00U2Q3GRQ) [Rothman](https://sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/rothman_chuck). And unlike many of the others mentioned in this thread, he’s a prolific poster. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2022, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-prominent-sd-user-ever-disclosed/960581/74 "2022-03-08T23:40:23Z")
> [@Nars\_Glinley](#): > > Wasn’t it once thought that Adam Savage was a member here given the whole “airplane on a treadmill” thing? It wouldn’t surprise me if he was. I know he’s semi-active on imgur. On his youtube channel (Tested) he talks about reading posts on various message boards trying to figure things out and he certainly seems like the type of person that would jump into a conversation if he had a question or something to add. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2022, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-prominent-sd-user-ever-disclosed/960581/75 "2022-03-10T09:32:24Z")
> [@Frodo](#): > > I don’t know what your are talking about, my real name is Underhill I understood that reference. ---
**Author:** ![Al128](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/al128/32/16541_2.png) [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2022, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-prominent-sd-user-ever-disclosed/960581/76 "2022-03-10T10:22:25Z")
> [@Crafter\_Man](#): > > Perhaps not as famous as some of the others mentioned here, but @RealityChuck is author [Chuck](https://www.amazon.com/Chuck-Rothman/e/B00U2Q3GRQ) [Rothman](https://sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/rothman_chuck). username checks out! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-prominent-sd-user-ever-disclosed/960581.md?page=3)