# name change **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [July 12, 2003, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-change/187991 "2003-07-12T16:47:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![glass\_onion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@glass\_onion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glass_onion)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2003, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-change/187991/1 "2003-07-12T16:47:28Z")
How do I change my Screen Name? Is it even possible? ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2003, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-change/187991/2 "2003-07-12T16:49:19Z")
E-mail one of the admins (Lynn Bodoni, TubaDiva…) and they’ll help you out. ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2003, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-change/187991/3 "2003-07-12T17:07:48Z")
Why? You have such a nice username! ---
**Author:** ![Desmostylus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c57346/32.png) [@Desmostylus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Desmostylus)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2003, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-change/187991/4 "2003-07-12T17:15:25Z")
I second **vanilla** ’s comment. People would _kill_ for your user name. ---
**Author:** ![glass\_onion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@glass\_onion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glass_onion)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2003, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-change/187991/5 "2003-07-12T17:22:00Z")
So, some people like my username…but I think it says something about me that I am not. Does it make me look like a Beatles fan, when in fact I don’t even like one Beatles record? ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2003, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-change/187991/6 "2003-07-12T19:00:07Z")
Don’t worry about being mistaken for a Beatles fan. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2003, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-change/187991/7 "2003-07-12T19:05:56Z")
I thought “Beatles fan” when I saw it. And even more: “fan of the more obscure Beatles oeuvre”. But that’s a good thing in my book. ---
**Author:** ![skyzoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e480ec/32.png) [@skyzoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/skyzoo)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2003, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-change/187991/8 "2003-07-12T23:45:31Z")
**glass onion**! I think your username is so beautiful and cool… Your creativity will shine through, either way, is my hunch. If you decide to change it, it will be just as cool! 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2003, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-change/187991/9 "2003-07-13T00:55:18Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by skyzoo \* > \*\* > Your creativity will shine through, either way, is my hunch. > \*\* Everything shines through when you’re… (wait for it) (just a little longer) …looking though a glass onion. Happy ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2003, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-change/187991/10 "2003-07-13T03:19:48Z")
As long as you’re not suggesting that _Onion_ magazine isn’t made of glass… F\_X ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2003, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-change/187991/11 "2003-07-13T03:22:11Z")
I too thought of the Beatles… ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2003, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-change/187991/12 "2003-07-13T22:23:23Z")
hmmm