# Smapti is Pitted

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smapti-is-pitted/688907>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [May 21, 2014, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smapti-is-pitted/688907 "2014-05-21T08:14:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2015, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smapti-is-pitted/688907/1367 "2015-01-03T03:32:11Z")

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Well, Smapti has successfully made the “Good for you, CNN,” thread all about him. Yay.

> [@Good for you, CNN. (edit teen suicide/gender identity)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-for-you-cnn-edit-teen-suicide-gender-identity/708743/6):
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> Because that was his name. You don’t get to choose your name when you’re a teenager - your name is the name you were given when you were born. I’d no more be justified in insisting that the entire world refer to me as “Smapti” simply because I prefer it in certain contexts to my given name.

Yeah, like a bulldog troll like you would want to be known in meatspace. Sometimes aliases protect you.

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