# Name changed to protect no one in particular **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 20, 2025, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-changed-to-protect-no-one-in-particular/1017259 "2025-04-20T15:36:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Reeses\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reeses_monkey/32/2885_2.png) [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2025, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-changed-to-protect-no-one-in-particular/1017259/1 "2025-04-20T15:36:48Z")
I have had my username changed from **NotherYinzer** because it didn’t really fit me anymore. I’m now **Reeses\_Monkey** , both because I like the pun and because I’m a Reese’s lover from waaay back. What would I do for a Klondike bar? Not much. But show me a peanut butter cup and I’m yours. ---
**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:** [April 20, 2025, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-changed-to-protect-no-one-in-particular/1017259/2 "2025-04-20T15:40:17Z")
Cool. Can you tell us what your avatar is? Are you a cancer survivor or is it something else? ---
**Author:** ![Reeses\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reeses_monkey/32/2885_2.png) [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2025, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-changed-to-protect-no-one-in-particular/1017259/3 "2025-04-20T15:42:10Z")
I’m a papillary thyroid cancer survivor, going on ten years now. The ribbon is pink, teal, and purple. The butterfly is the symbol for the thyroid. ---
**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:** [April 20, 2025, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-changed-to-protect-no-one-in-particular/1017259/4 "2025-04-20T15:42:37Z")
Man, deep down…aren’t we all Reeses monkeys? I like it. ---
**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:** [April 20, 2025, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-changed-to-protect-no-one-in-particular/1017259/5 "2025-04-20T15:44:57Z")
Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2025, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-changed-to-protect-no-one-in-particular/1017259/6 "2025-04-20T15:45:27Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > Man, deep down…aren’t we all Reeses monkeys? That’s not peanut butter it’s throwing! ---
**Author:** ![Die\_Capacitrix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/die_capacitrix/32/9_2.png) [@Die\_Capacitrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Die_Capacitrix)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2025, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-changed-to-protect-no-one-in-particular/1017259/7 "2025-04-20T16:00:02Z")
> [@Reeses\_Monkey](#): > > But show me a peanut butter cup and I’m yours. I suppose for today it should be a peanut butter egg, right? Congrats on the name change and thanks for the avatar explanation. I just thought it was pretty. Now I know what it means as well. ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2025, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-changed-to-protect-no-one-in-particular/1017259/8 "2025-04-20T18:58:51Z")
If this was a Cafe Society thread, I’d be advocating for the _better_ peanut butter cups (such as Trader Joe’s) that have real peanut butter and real chocolate… but that’s another thread. 😉 But no argument that’s a great combo, and sure, it improves as the quality of the ingredients goes up, it’s still darn tasty even at the basic level. And I love the pun, so I consider it a win no matter what. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2025, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-changed-to-protect-no-one-in-particular/1017259/9 "2025-04-20T19:56:06Z")
Should Reese’s-positive people marry Reese’s-negative people? ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2025, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-changed-to-protect-no-one-in-particular/1017259/10 "2025-04-20T19:57:08Z")
That might explain why my wife (Reese’s-positive) and I (strongly Reese’s-negative) were never able to have kids. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Reeses\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reeses_monkey/32/2885_2.png) [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2025, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-changed-to-protect-no-one-in-particular/1017259/11 "2025-04-20T20:35:15Z")
I wish there was a Trader Joe’s near me but I’m not going to drive 70 miles for groceries, even if they are pb cups. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2025, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-changed-to-protect-no-one-in-particular/1017259/12 "2025-04-20T22:14:12Z")
🥚 Congrats. On the name change. Its cute. I like it. ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2025, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-changed-to-protect-no-one-in-particular/1017259/13 "2025-04-20T23:40:34Z")
So, you’re the one you got peanut butter in my chocolate! ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2025, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-changed-to-protect-no-one-in-particular/1017259/14 "2025-04-21T00:05:09Z")
Beats the alternative. Getting your chocolate in my peanut butter is gross. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2025, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-changed-to-protect-no-one-in-particular/1017259/15 "2025-04-21T00:13:11Z")
You might as well have changed it; every time I looked at your old moniker, I saw **Northern Yinzer** and wondered what the futz it meant. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2025, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-changed-to-protect-no-one-in-particular/1017259/16 "2025-04-21T00:22:41Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > I saw **Northern Yinzer** and wondered what the futz it meant. I know that “Yinzer” is slang for someone from the Pittsburgh area, though I don’t know how widely that term is used outside of that area; I had always assumed that the OP was from Pittsburgh originally, and had moved further north at some point. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2025, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-changed-to-protect-no-one-in-particular/1017259/17 "2025-04-21T00:27:36Z")
Yeah, I’m also familiar with “Yinzer” (my wife is one but will never admit it), it was the “northern” part that confused me. ---
**Author:** ![Reeses\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reeses_monkey/32/2885_2.png) [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2025, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-changed-to-protect-no-one-in-particular/1017259/18 "2025-04-21T02:20:27Z")
It was 'nother Yinzer but didn’t have the apostrophe. There was already a Yinzer on the board so I was another one. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2025, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-changed-to-protect-no-one-in-particular/1017259/19 "2025-04-21T16:14:43Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > You might as well have changed it; every time I looked at your old moniker, I saw **Northern Yinzer** and wondered what the futz it meant. Oh good, it wasn’t just me! ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2025, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-changed-to-protect-no-one-in-particular/1017259/20 "2025-04-21T18:04:38Z")
Me too. Although to @burpo_the_wonder_mutt’s perplexity I’d have found **Southern Yinzer** much more bewildering than **Northern Yinzer**. Pittsburgh being in the northern US and all. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-changed-to-protect-no-one-in-particular/1017259.md?page=2)