# Stupid User Names **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 6, 2001, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-user-names/48775 "2001-01-06T23:51:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Chronolicht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3bc359/32.png) [@Chronolicht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronolicht)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2001, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-user-names/48775/41 "2001-01-08T01:46:13Z")
What’s a sock? ---
**Author:** ![Akatsukami](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ea666f/32.png) [@Akatsukami](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akatsukami)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2001, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-user-names/48775/42 "2001-01-08T01:56:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by beagledave \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by Akatsukami \* > > \*\* > > > > 😃 \*\* > > To say nothing of refusal to capitalize a username. Obviously, people who do not do so are either functionally illiterate or have low self-esteem 😛 \*\* ehhhh fuck you dude :p\*\* [/quote] Hey, we haven’t even _dated_ yet. 😃 > [@](#): > > \*\*I think all user names should include a reference to the posters IRL name… \*\* I won’t even _touch_ this one. ---
**Author:** ![Monster104](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Monster104](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monster104)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2001, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-user-names/48775/43 "2001-01-08T02:07:06Z")
I tend to like names with numbers in them. Not spelled out, the digits. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2001, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-user-names/48775/44 "2001-01-08T02:58:50Z")
Ten characters, you say? Yep. Sounds about right to me. ---
**Author:** ![imthjckaz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/imthjckaz/32/3223_2.png) [@imthjckaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/imthjckaz)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2001, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-user-names/48775/45 "2001-01-08T04:53:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lizard \* > \*\*I think only names that include both the first and last letters of the alphabet are anything more than insipid. 🙂 \*\* I’ll agree with that. And is this really a pit thread? ---
**Author:** ![Rasa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rasa/32/3578_2.png) [@Rasa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rasa)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2001, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-user-names/48775/46 "2001-01-08T04:56:20Z")
_sniffle sniffle_ My username doesn’t live up to oldscratch’s standards. It only has 4 letters and isn’t witty. ☹ But it’s Sanskrit, does that make it ok? ---
**Author:** ![Short](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@Short](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Short)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2001, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-user-names/48775/47 "2001-01-08T05:23:16Z")
Everyone want likes short usernames? 😃 Oh, if you don’t like the caps, take it up with bell hooks. ---
**Author:** ![Short](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@Short](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Short)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2001, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-user-names/48775/48 "2001-01-08T05:26:26Z")
Damn, two sentences and I screwed it up… try this: Everyone likes short usernames? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Qwisp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qwisp/32/397_2.png) [@Qwisp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qwisp)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2001, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-user-names/48775/49 "2001-01-08T05:46:59Z")
I think that picking out your own user name is getting totally ridiculous. Maybe the mods should pick out names for all the presumptuous newbies. I just found out recently that there is a Quisp Eater posting. Come’on don’t you think I would know if that was true?? If your going to lie like that at least send me flowers or something, then I might let the little worm get away with it. ---
**Author:** ![Alias](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a88e4f/32.png) [@Alias](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alias)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2001, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-user-names/48775/50 "2001-01-08T07:10:07Z")
Personally, I think I have the most brief-and-to-the-point username on the SDMB- not to mention intelligent. I think you’re all just jealous that you didn’t think of it first. OH YEAH!!! ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2001, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-user-names/48775/51 "2001-01-08T07:31:47Z")
> [@](#): > > Anything under 10 characters isn’t nearly descriptive enough and is somewhat confusing. Well, **oldnick** would have been more concise–shorter than 10 characters–without any more confusion. (We even had someone post once or twice as **Satan** which was much shorter and was _less_ confusing.) I would guess that posters who ostentatiously pick ten-character user names are most likely dekaphiliacs who are simply not able to deal with life unless their O-C tics are satisfied, (although, I understand drugs can help). ---
**Author:** ![Danielinthewolvesden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce7236/32.png) [@Danielinthewolvesden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danielinthewolvesden)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2001, 9:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-user-names/48775/52 "2001-01-08T09:00:14Z")
Remember, when we pick our usernames, it is before we are experienced. I had no idea my username was going to be a bit too long- I figured it fit in the box, so it was OK. At least folks don’t get me mixed up with other folks. Sometimes I get Spoofe & Spooge mixed up, and a few otheres. ---
**Author:** ![Chronolicht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3bc359/32.png) [@Chronolicht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronolicht)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2001, 9:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-user-names/48775/53 "2001-01-08T09:24:53Z")
That’s no excuse, damn it! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Xgemina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/b5e925/32.png) [@Xgemina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xgemina)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2001, 9:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-user-names/48775/54 "2001-01-08T09:55:02Z")
Derleth > [@](#): > > Personally, anyone with an odd or obscure reference in his username should be tied to a post in rural Montana. I live in rural South Dakota, is that close enough? ---
**Author:** ![Ms2001](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ms2001/32/18463_2.png) [@Ms2001](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms2001)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2001, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-user-names/48775/55 "2001-01-08T11:59:38Z")
I’m partial to usernames that contain movie references, myself. ---
**Author:** ![JeffB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeffb/32/188_2.png) [@JeffB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JeffB)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2001, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-user-names/48775/56 "2001-01-08T14:32:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ukulele Ike \* > \*\*Ten characters, you say? > > Yep. Sounds about right to me. \*\* It would sound right if you could count. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2001, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-user-names/48775/57 "2001-01-08T16:46:01Z")
…although the ten characters look better when enhanced by an internal space. (gets out the Enormous Cartoon Mallet and waits behind the tree for JeffB to walk past) ---
**Author:** ![lolagranola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ea5d25/32.png) [@lolagranola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lolagranola)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2001, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-user-names/48775/58 "2001-01-08T17:53:42Z")
I think that all usernames should contain a reference to Bloom County. ---
**Author:** ![FireTiger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/dfb087/32.png) [@FireTiger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FireTiger)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2001, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-user-names/48775/59 "2001-01-08T22:16:47Z")
[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=1035622#post1035622](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=1035622#post1035622) ---
**Author:** ![Bear\_Nenno](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bear_nenno/32/3358_2.png) [@Bear\_Nenno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bear_Nenno)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2001, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-user-names/48775/60 "2001-01-08T22:36:52Z")
10 Characters is most definitely the way to go. All you losers with more or less than ten should think about changing your lame-ass monikers. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-user-names/48775.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-user-names/48775.md?page=4)