# 'New' dopers who's name makes you think they are 'old' dopers. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 16, 2004, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-dopers-whos-name-makes-you-think-they-are-old-dopers/269495 "2004-10-16T00:30:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2004, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-dopers-whos-name-makes-you-think-they-are-old-dopers/269495/1 "2004-10-16T00:30:36Z")
This keeps happening to me lately. I see a post from a doper. I look at the name and recognise it (loosely) as one of the pre-2002 10,000+ post count dopers. Then I look to the right and see that they have about 200 posts and registered within the last 5 months. Anyone else experiencing this phenomenon? And if you are lucky enough to have experienced it recently who is the doper? The most recent for me was **Why Not**. I could swear that doper has been here forever, but he/she registered about 3 months ago and has around 200 posts. Maybe in this case I am mistaking **Why Not** for **AskNott** subconsciously. Maybe that’s the case in all instances of this phenomenon. Even so, the question(s) stand. ---
**Author:** ![Mercury](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e95f7d/32.png) [@Mercury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mercury)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2004, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-dopers-whos-name-makes-you-think-they-are-old-dopers/269495/2 "2004-10-16T19:14:39Z")
**Sauron** and **WeRSauron**. Can’t tell 'em apart. ---
**Author:** ![Brainiac4](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brainiac4/32/3534_2.png) [@Brainiac4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brainiac4)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2004, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-dopers-whos-name-makes-you-think-they-are-old-dopers/269495/3 "2004-10-16T23:54:17Z")
**Liberal** and **Libertarian**. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2004, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-dopers-whos-name-makes-you-think-they-are-old-dopers/269495/4 "2004-10-17T00:28:54Z")
Hamirad-Sol and Hamadryad. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2004, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-dopers-whos-name-makes-you-think-they-are-old-dopers/269495/5 "2004-10-17T00:32:01Z")
> [@Brainiac4](#): > > **Liberal** and **Libertarian**. If you are being serious my reply is: You do realise they are the same person right? The latter got his name changed to the former. If you were joking: I didn’t reply. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2004, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-dopers-whos-name-makes-you-think-they-are-old-dopers/269495/6 "2004-10-18T12:39:26Z")
> [@GingerOfTheNorth](#): > > Hamirad-Sol and Hamadryad. Harimad-sol. Not Hamirad-sol. Sorry 'bout that. ---
**Author:** ![Brainiac4](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brainiac4/32/3534_2.png) [@Brainiac4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brainiac4)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2004, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-dopers-whos-name-makes-you-think-they-are-old-dopers/269495/7 "2004-10-18T22:06:23Z")
> [@Lobsang](#): > > If you are being serious my reply is: You do realise they are the same person right? The latter got his name changed to the former. > > If you were joking: I didn’t reply. …and there is now a new member with the name **Libertarian**. Thus my confusion. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2004, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-dopers-whos-name-makes-you-think-they-are-old-dopers/269495/8 "2004-10-18T22:15:16Z")
> [@Brainiac4](#): > > …and there is now a new member with the name **Libertarian**. Thus my confusion. Ah, I forgot about that. Do the same thing until I look at the post count. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2004, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-dopers-whos-name-makes-you-think-they-are-old-dopers/269495/9 "2004-10-18T22:16:21Z")
“_ **I** _ do the same thing…” ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2004, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-dopers-whos-name-makes-you-think-they-are-old-dopers/269495/10 "2004-10-19T05:35:18Z")
> [@Brainiac4](#): > > …and there is now a new member with the name **Libertarian**. Thus my confusion. There is? What’s it like?