# START you need to change your name buddy! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 18, 2004, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/start-you-need-to-change-your-name-buddy/260364 "2004-08-18T06:41:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2004, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/start-you-need-to-change-your-name-buddy/260364/1 "2004-08-18T06:41:39Z")
Becuase people keep geting [us](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=269502) [confused!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=271646) And seeing how I was here first… 😉 Oh and since this is the pit… Fuck fuck and double fuck!!! ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2004, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/start-you-need-to-change-your-name-buddy/260364/2 "2004-08-18T06:43:13Z")
And a loser shall light the way. :rolleyes: ---
**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:** [August 18, 2004, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/start-you-need-to-change-your-name-buddy/260364/3 "2004-08-18T06:50:11Z")
And here I was getting him confused for a nuclear missile/warhead reduction treaty. . . :smack: Tripler No, I’m serious. I see all caps as an acronym. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2004, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/start-you-need-to-change-your-name-buddy/260364/4 "2004-08-18T06:57:42Z")
> [@Mockingbird](#): > > And a loser shall light the way. > > :rolleyes: Hey **Mockingbird** how long you been keeping that one in the holster? Taking ever oppertunity you can to insult me? How very benevolent of you. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2004, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/start-you-need-to-change-your-name-buddy/260364/5 "2004-08-18T13:37:21Z")
> [@SHAKES](#): > > Hey **Mockingbird** how long you been keeping that one in the holster? > > Taking ever oppertunity you can to insult me? How very benevolent of you. :rolleyes: Yeah, who pulled **Mockingbird’s** horn anyway? ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2004, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/start-you-need-to-change-your-name-buddy/260364/6 "2004-08-18T13:41:22Z")
Okay, that was a strange interlude from **Mockingbird** … Anyway, I think it would be an excellent idea for **START** to make a change to his name. I’m not especially prone to getting users mixed up, but I have gotten those two mixed up when they’ve been in the same thread. ---
**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2004, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/start-you-need-to-change-your-name-buddy/260364/7 "2004-08-18T14:03:31Z")
I think you guys should fight this out in the **Pit o’ Death®**. Loser changes his name and gets castrated. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2004, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/start-you-need-to-change-your-name-buddy/260364/8 "2004-08-18T14:24:54Z")
I think the person who has fought more ignorance should be able to keep their name, not the person who has created more of it. Sorry, SHAKES, but I think you’re on the wrong side of the argument here. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2004, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/start-you-need-to-change-your-name-buddy/260364/9 "2004-08-18T14:25:59Z")
Wait, fuck. It was START who started the “let’s create an urban legend” thread, wasn’t it? Seems your point has been made! :smack: ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2004, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/start-you-need-to-change-your-name-buddy/260364/10 "2004-08-18T14:28:48Z")
One of you just needs to drop the “all caps” idea, and everything will be fine. Not really a name-change…more of a presentation change. Or you could wrestle for it. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9dc877/32.png) [@Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightwatch_Trailer)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2004, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/start-you-need-to-change-your-name-buddy/260364/11 "2004-08-18T14:33:52Z")
I even get **SPOOFE** mixed in with you guys. In fact, my main problem is confusing **SPOOFE** with **SHAKES**. But that’s probably just me. ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2004, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/start-you-need-to-change-your-name-buddy/260364/12 "2004-08-18T16:22:35Z")
Yeah, I always mix you guys up. Several times you’ve posted in the same thread, and it took me a minute to realize you were two separate posters. For a second, I thought perhaps you were a single poster with multiple personalities. How about you both lose the all-caps and become **Shakes** and **Start** , respectively? Then everything would be fine. Better than fine, great! ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2004, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/start-you-need-to-change-your-name-buddy/260364/13 "2004-08-18T17:20:13Z")
At least **AndrosX** has a couple capitals in his SN. Makes it hella easier on me. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2004, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/start-you-need-to-change-your-name-buddy/260364/14 "2004-08-18T17:27:09Z")
> [@Giraffe](#): > > How about you both lose the all-caps and become **Shakes** and **Start** , respectively? Then everything would be fine. Better than fine, great! Amen to that. Either that or go with “Mr. and Mrs. Ken Dove of Dorking, Surrey.” ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2004, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/start-you-need-to-change-your-name-buddy/260364/15 "2004-08-18T17:28:58Z")
I’m always getting **lno** and **Ino** confused. One of those guys needs to change too. ---
**Author:** ![Chairman\_Pow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/838e76/32.png) [@Chairman\_Pow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chairman_Pow)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2004, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/start-you-need-to-change-your-name-buddy/260364/16 "2004-08-18T17:30:11Z")
> [@Green Bean](#): > > Okay, that was a strange interlude from **Mockingbird** … You do realize that it’s _Mocking_bird. ---
**Author:** ![MysteryFellow63427](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e4f/32.png) [@MysteryFellow63427](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysteryFellow63427)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2004, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/start-you-need-to-change-your-name-buddy/260364/17 "2004-08-18T17:55:04Z")
**SHAKES** , **START** , I hope I don’t sound like a caseist here, but all you people look alike. ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2004, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/start-you-need-to-change-your-name-buddy/260364/18 "2004-08-18T18:06:24Z")
Personally, I think people who spell their user names with ALL CAPS are _asking for it_. Asking for _what_ is a question for another day … ---
**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:** [August 19, 2004, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/start-you-need-to-change-your-name-buddy/260364/19 "2004-08-19T01:41:11Z")
I don’t get SHAKES and START confused. But I am unable to tell the difference between SPOOFE and SPOOGE. Gosh, that sounds bad. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2004, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/start-you-need-to-change-your-name-buddy/260364/20 "2004-08-19T02:26:30Z")
Ok, I guess I could change to **Shakes** , I’m just wondering which Mod I should bother about this. FTR it’s really not that big a deal, I just thought it was funny is all. Which in turn is kind of making me feel guilty about bothering a mod. I’m not sure how much of a pain this is to do. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/start-you-need-to-change-your-name-buddy/260364.md?page=2)