# Similar User Names **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [April 3, 2010, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/similar-user-names/534820 "2010-04-03T12:44:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2010, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/similar-user-names/534820/21 "2010-04-06T22:28:31Z")
> [@NoClueBoy](#): > > polycarp and iampunha look almost exactly dissimilar. No, we’re both extremely handsome individuals from Upper South states. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2010, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/similar-user-names/534820/22 "2010-04-06T23:50:18Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > It’s not a hypothetical situation, though. And there’s no rule being incubated either. We are, however, discussing banning names based on annoying sitcom characters. ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/similar-user-names/534820/23 "2010-04-07T00:06:08Z")
> [@Smeghead](#): > > Now that we have custom titles, we could use those to address the problem. Cicero could have changed his to “The Non-Kiddy Diddler” or “Only Attracted to Adults since 1973” or whatnot. Thanks. That gave me a good laugh first thing in the morning. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/similar-user-names/534820/24 "2010-04-07T00:09:44Z")
There used to be a poster here who called himself Zenster. Before he managed to get himself banned, he was a prolific poster of killer recipes. Someone joined the board and called himself Z3nster, which incensed the original. But I guess it resolved itself in the banning. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/similar-user-names/534820/25 "2010-04-07T02:47:46Z")
People used to get me confused with **Bippy the Beardless** , but the Bipster hasn’t been around here lately. (I’m the one _with_ a beard.) ---
**Author:** ![cerberus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@cerberus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cerberus)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/similar-user-names/534820/26 "2010-04-07T06:14:16Z")
cerberus: tricephalic hellhound cerebus: aardvark-like graphic novel character ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/similar-user-names/534820/27 "2010-04-07T06:45:35Z")
> [@cerberus](#): > > cerberus: tricephalic hellhound > cerebus: aardvark-like graphic novel character [Cerebrus](http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix/cerebrus.htm): Iron Man foe. But I when I saw your name, I thought of [Cerebro](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerebro) - X-Men mutant detector and psychic enhancer. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2010, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/similar-user-names/534820/29 "2010-04-08T06:17:26Z")
Sorry **aeiou260199038** , spammers get reported. ---
**Author:** ![Hbns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Hbns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hbns)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2012, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/similar-user-names/534820/30 "2012-07-09T20:42:16Z")
Funny thing is I often confuse **cerberus** and **Cicero** and they aren’t even that close. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![tapu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@tapu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tapu)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2012, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/similar-user-names/534820/31 "2012-07-09T20:50:54Z")
You won’t be setting the bar, that’s for sure. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Dord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3be4f8/32.png) [@The\_Dord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Dord)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2012, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/similar-user-names/534820/32 "2012-07-09T23:35:10Z")
> [@Hbns](#): > > Funny thing is I often confuse **cerberus** and **Cicero** and they aren’t even that close. :eek: I often confuse those name when I’m resurrecting the dead in my graveyard :eek: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/similar-user-names/534820.md?page=1)