# Posters you've gotten confused many times **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 28, 2012, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posters-youve-gotten-confused-many-times/636082 "2012-09-28T01:32:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![typoink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecb155/32.png) [@typoink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/typoink)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2012, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posters-youve-gotten-confused-many-times/636082/21 "2012-09-29T23:56:14Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > There are posters **Tripler** and **TriPolar**. While **Tripler** sounds like a reasonably nice guy, **TriPolar** seems to be superlatively witty, suave, and devilishly handsome, so I don’t have trouble telling them apart. I’ve never had a moment’s difficulty telling you apart from other posters, because I invariably envision all your posts being written by three white bears crowded around a keyboard. I have a feeling that’s not what you were intending. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2012, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posters-youve-gotten-confused-many-times/636082/22 "2012-09-29T23:58:12Z")
> [@typoink](#): > > I’ve never had a moment’s difficulty telling you apart from other posters, because I invariably envision all your posts being written by three white bears crowded around a keyboard. > > I have a feeling that’s not what you were intending. Actually that’s what’s happening. I’m surprised no one figured it out before. ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2012, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posters-youve-gotten-confused-many-times/636082/23 "2012-09-30T03:58:40Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > There are posters **Tripler** and **TriPolar**. While **Tripler** sounds like a reasonably nice guy, **TriPolar** seems to be superlatively witty, suave, and devilishly handsome, so I don’t have trouble telling them apart. See, I’ve met **Tripler** and the guy’s actually fuckin’ _cool_. Kind of like a cross between Indiana Jones and Miles Davis–able to whoop some Nazi/Soviet ass, but still lay down some awesome riffs at the end of the day. I hear he is some sort of goverment agent or something in real life. I picture some sort of James Bond or something. **TriPolar** does, in fact, seem suave, witty, and pretty well spoken, but he just doesn’t have the. . . presence. Has anyone ever seen him without his polar bears? I mean, **Tripler** has been doing that pre-sig thing for what, twelve goddamned years now? :rolleyes: Usually they’re kinda ‘meh’, but sometimes one’ll make me snort–those far and few between though. Tripler I mean, every comedian’s gotta have a limit to their talent, don’t they? ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2012, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posters-youve-gotten-confused-many-times/636082/24 "2012-09-30T07:23:09Z")
I have mentioned this before, but for reasons inexplicable even to me I get **alice\_in\_wonderland** and **Guinastasia** aligned in my head as being the same person. Maybe it’s because the names are fairy-tale derived? They don’t seem to be similar in any other way. Though I do notice **Guinastasia** occasionally provokes reactions. ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2012, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posters-youve-gotten-confused-many-times/636082/25 "2012-09-30T08:10:44Z")
**MsWhatsit** and **MsRobyn**. I keep forgetting which one of them is married to **Airman Doors** if either is. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2012, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posters-youve-gotten-confused-many-times/636082/26 "2012-09-30T18:00:27Z")
> [@AK84](#): > > **MsWhatsit** and **MsRobyn**. I keep forgetting which one of them is married to **Airman Doors** if either is. **MsRobyn**. ---
**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:** [October 1, 2012, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posters-youve-gotten-confused-many-times/636082/27 "2012-10-01T00:54:29Z")
> [@Tripler](#): > > See, I’ve met **Tripler** and the guy’s actually fuckin’ _cool_. Kind of like a cross between Indiana Jones and Miles Davis–able to whoop some Nazi/Soviet ass, but still lay down some awesome riffs at the end of the day. I hear he is some sort of goverment agent or something in real life. I picture some sort of James Bond or something. > [@TriPolar](#): > > **TriPolar** seems to be superlatively witty, suave, and devilishly handsome. I always forget which one of you refers to yourself in the third person. -D/a Half a quote, in honor of ---
**Author:** ![Cinnamon\_Imp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@Cinnamon\_Imp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cinnamon_Imp)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2012, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posters-youve-gotten-confused-many-times/636082/28 "2012-10-03T12:55:14Z")
No confusion yet, but I’ve just noticed we’ve got **Enola Gay** as well as **Enola Straight**. (unless that was a name change?) 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barkis_is_Willin)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2012, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posters-youve-gotten-confused-many-times/636082/29 "2012-10-03T15:10:51Z")
> [@Cinnamon\_Imp](#): > > No confusion yet, but I’ve just noticed we’ve got **Enola Gay** as well as **Enola Straight**. > > (unless that was a name change?) 🙂 At first glance, I thought this post by **Cinnamon Imp** was written by **Invisible Chimp.** It’s the first incident of confusion I’ve experienced. ---
**Author:** ![MoodIndigo1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e8c25b/32.png) [@MoodIndigo1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MoodIndigo1)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2012, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posters-youve-gotten-confused-many-times/636082/30 "2012-10-03T23:10:58Z")
> [@zoid](#): > > I think I’ve been confused for stoid a few times. You made me laugh because I was about to post that. Though your posting styles and personalities seem so different, it took me a while to register my misapprehension. ---
**Author:** ![Cinnamon\_Imp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@Cinnamon\_Imp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cinnamon_Imp)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2012, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posters-youve-gotten-confused-many-times/636082/31 "2012-10-04T12:48:01Z")
> [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](#): > > At first glance, I thought this post by **Cinnamon Imp** was written by **Invisible Chimp.** It’s the first incident of confusion I’ve experienced. Huh. Odd. I’ve confused **Unauthorised Cinnamon** for myself a few times. Should’ve known better when I picked this name 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Agent\_Foxtrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2012, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posters-youve-gotten-confused-many-times/636082/32 "2012-10-04T20:11:01Z")
> [@hrhomer](#): > > There’s the obvious Argent Towers / Agent Foxtrot thing. Quasimodem and Quasimodal. Definitely a few others. > > Joe Ugh, don’t remind me. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![perfectparanoia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a5b964/32.png) [@perfectparanoia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/perfectparanoia)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2012, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posters-youve-gotten-confused-many-times/636082/33 "2012-10-04T21:10:54Z")
> [@hrhomer](#): > > Quasimodem and Quasimodal. Definitely a few others. > > Joe Before this post, I didn’t realize these were two different people. It makes a lot more sense now. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2012, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posters-youve-gotten-confused-many-times/636082/34 "2012-10-04T21:33:05Z")
> [@hrhomer](#): > > There’s the obvious Argent Towers / Agent Foxtrot thing. Quasimodem and Quasimodal. Definitely a few others. > > Joe Yeah, I used to get Agent Towers and Argent Foxtrot mixed up too. ---
**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:** [October 4, 2012, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posters-youve-gotten-confused-many-times/636082/35 "2012-10-04T21:37:21Z")
> [@corkboard](#): > > Sometimes I see a post by\*\* cochrane \*\*and from just skimming the screen, I think it’s me. I read the post and go “wha…? Oh. I didn’t write that.” Same thing with me and **BobT**. Oddly enough, “Bob T” was my father. But I don’t think they’re the same guy. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2012, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posters-youve-gotten-confused-many-times/636082/36 "2012-10-04T21:53:47Z")
**Lissa** and **Lissla Lissar** StG ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2012, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posters-youve-gotten-confused-many-times/636082/37 "2012-10-05T18:54:20Z")
Even though they’ve both been active posters for years, I only recently recognized that I might have been be confusing **lost4life** with **Lust4Life**. ---
**Author:** ![Ostrya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/35a633/32.png) [@Ostrya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ostrya)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2012, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posters-youve-gotten-confused-many-times/636082/38 "2012-10-06T16:09:39Z")
**needscoffee** and **curlcoat** ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2012, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posters-youve-gotten-confused-many-times/636082/39 "2012-10-06T16:23:54Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > Same thing with me and **BobT**. > > Oddly enough, “Bob T” was my father. But I don’t think they’re the same guy. 😉 Maybe BobT’s your uncle 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2012, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posters-youve-gotten-confused-many-times/636082/40 "2012-10-06T16:38:55Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > Though I do notice **Guinastasia** occasionally provokes reactions. So THAT’S the origin of that name. In my mind’s voice I’ve (variously) pronounced it as “Guin-e-NAST-eah”, “Guin-AST-asia” or even “GUI-nast-a-sia”, but never even imagined that it rhymed it with “Anastasia”, as in “Ann-a-STAY-zhee-a”… :smack: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posters-youve-gotten-confused-many-times/636082.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posters-youve-gotten-confused-many-times/636082.md?page=3)