# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2004, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/start-you-need-to-change-your-name-buddy/260364/21 "2004-08-19T04:03:33Z")
As far as I know, all it takes is an email to \*\*TubaDiva \*\*and you’re set. Just be sure to explain why you want to change your name… name conflation is probably as good a reason as any, if not better than most. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2004, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/start-you-need-to-change-your-name-buddy/260364/22 "2004-08-19T04:27:58Z")
Or y’all could elaborate your names: Say, STARTingline and SHAKESpeare. But I never did think that a START was SHAKES’ peer. ---
**Author:** ![Sylkyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/da6949/32.png) [@Sylkyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylkyn)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2004, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/start-you-need-to-change-your-name-buddy/260364/23 "2004-08-19T04:32:16Z")
> [@Brainiac4](#): > > I don’t get SHAKES and START confused. But I am unable to tell the difference between SPOOFE and SPOOGE. > > Gosh, that sounds bad. Actually, I have no trouble with those. It’s **SPOOFE** and **spooje** , respectively. That “J” makes a world of difference. Also, the caps help us old folks. (If there is a “Spooge”, I’ve not seen him/her so ignore what I just said, because that shit **can** be confusing.) Oh, and in regards to the OP: I can tell y’all apart just fine. Just because you both have all CAPS and start with “S” isn’t a problem. I think maybe some people need to read more carefully if there’s a name mixup. I also (on preview) realized **SHAKES** wasn’t all that mad (if at all) but thought I’d take this chance to be a voice of reason for a change. Y’all have no idea how much I yell at this board without actually typing!! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![calm\_kiwi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc348/32.png) [@calm\_kiwi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/calm_kiwi)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2004, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/start-you-need-to-change-your-name-buddy/260364/24 "2004-08-19T04:42:07Z")
I miss **spooje**. He was hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![calm\_kiwi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc348/32.png) [@calm\_kiwi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/calm_kiwi)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2004, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/start-you-need-to-change-your-name-buddy/260364/25 "2004-08-19T04:45:22Z")
**SPOOFE** I meant. I am an idiot. ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2004, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/start-you-need-to-change-your-name-buddy/260364/26 "2004-08-19T04:57:52Z")
I don’t get them mixed up. SHAKES is a redneck homophoble, START hasn’t hit my radar yet. ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2004, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/start-you-need-to-change-your-name-buddy/260364/27 "2004-08-19T05:05:16Z")
> [@neuroman](#): > > **SHAKES** , **START** , I hope I don’t sound like a caseist here, but all you people look alike. Uh, can anyone tell me how to dislodge pie from my lung. Funniest thing I’ve seen all day. ---
**Author:** ![START](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@START](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/START)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2004, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/start-you-need-to-change-your-name-buddy/260364/28 "2004-08-19T05:08:26Z")
Taking away the name START could also be confusing for people being that I have established myself under that name but I am willing to put this thing to a vote. From now on everybody that posts after this please vote; Continue being START or Change my name to STAKES…but seriously vote on it. ---
**Author:** ![harmless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/2acd7d/32.png) [@harmless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmless)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2004, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/start-you-need-to-change-your-name-buddy/260364/29 "2004-08-19T05:23:46Z")
> [@START](#): > > From now on everybody that posts after this please vote; Continue being START or Change my name to STAKES…but seriously vote on it. Is that a whoosh? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![START](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@START](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/START)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2004, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/start-you-need-to-change-your-name-buddy/260364/30 "2004-08-19T06:12:29Z")
> [@harmless](#): > > Is that a whoosh? 😕 If by whoosh you mean a joke. I’m just saying I would let the Dopers vote on if I change my name or not. ---
**Author:** ![Necro\_Romancer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/50afbb/32.png) [@Necro\_Romancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Necro_Romancer)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2004, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/start-you-need-to-change-your-name-buddy/260364/31 "2004-08-19T06:23:33Z")
> [@START](#): > > I’m just saying I would let the Dopers vote on if I change my name or not. This is something I can respect in a poster. I believe you should keep your name, **START**. Since we’re being democratic, how about **SHAKES** change his name to “involuntarily pees”? ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2004, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/start-you-need-to-change-your-name-buddy/260364/32 "2004-08-19T12:23:47Z")
I think it would be a lot more interesting to have **SHAKES** and **STARTSHAKIN’** around here. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2004, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/start-you-need-to-change-your-name-buddy/260364/33 "2004-08-19T12:29:31Z")
> [@calm kiwi](#): > > **SPOOFE** I meant. I am an idiot. Well, neither of us has went away… ---
**Author:** ![Exgineer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Exgineer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exgineer)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2004, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/start-you-need-to-change-your-name-buddy/260364/34 "2004-08-19T13:19:18Z")
I can never remember which one of you is the guy with the toothbrush, though. ---
**Author:** ![calm\_kiwi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc348/32.png) [@calm\_kiwi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/calm_kiwi)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2004, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/start-you-need-to-change-your-name-buddy/260364/35 "2004-08-19T13:41:49Z")
> [@spooje](#): > > Well, neither of us has went away… See! I am an idiot! As soon as I read that I remembered his name was **spogga** (and that is probably wrong too). Damn all you Sp people, you confuse the morons! ---
**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 19, 2004, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/start-you-need-to-change-your-name-buddy/260364/36 "2004-08-19T14:21:26Z")
> [@START](#): > > Taking away the name START could also be confusing for people being that I have established myself under that name What, praytell, have you established? A fresh “start” could be the best thing to happen to you on this board. ---
**Author:** ![Hooch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/9fc29f/32.png) [@Hooch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hooch)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2004, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/start-you-need-to-change-your-name-buddy/260364/37 "2004-08-19T14:52:52Z")
And START is responsible for dumbfucks confusing his name with SHAKES because why? Anyone that confuses the two names is just not paying very close attention (if they are paying attention at all). These are also the same monkey farts that put makeup on while driving, stand at the bottom of an escalator looking confused while people pile up & people that park in non-parking spaces because they think they are the only ones that exist. Why not pit the braindead dipshits that confuse the name? They both begin with an S and are in all caps, but other then that there is no similarity. Any person that confuses the 2 names needs to take a reading comprehension course. May I reccomend Reading for Idiots? ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2004, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/start-you-need-to-change-your-name-buddy/260364/38 "2004-08-19T15:18:59Z")
> [@](#): > > May I reccomend Reading for Idiots? And Gaudere’s Law strikes again. ---
**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2004, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/start-you-need-to-change-your-name-buddy/260364/39 "2004-08-19T15:41:41Z")
> [@Green Bean](#): > > 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. OK, now I am getting confused. START and SHAKES are two different dopers? Which one is the asshole? 🙂 J/K ---
**Author:** ![Hooch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/9fc29f/32.png) [@Hooch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hooch)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2004, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/start-you-need-to-change-your-name-buddy/260364/40 "2004-08-19T16:31:06Z")
> [@andros](#): > > And Gaudere’s Law strikes again. I’m still superior to those that confuse the words START & SHAKES. That may not reach quite the high level you are on but at least it isn’t the bottom rung of the evolutionary ladder. 😛 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/start-you-need-to-change-your-name-buddy/260364.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/start-you-need-to-change-your-name-buddy/260364.md?page=3)