# The Paradigm Of Futility

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-paradigm-of-futility/462338>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 6, 2008, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-paradigm-of-futility/462338 "2008-09-06T13:57:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![mutantmoose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a87d85/32.png) [@mutantmoose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mutantmoose)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2008, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-paradigm-of-futility/462338/1 "2008-09-06T13:57:41Z")

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…would be a better username than what I’ve got

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**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2008, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-paradigm-of-futility/462338/2 "2008-09-06T14:02:34Z")

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Oh, why bother?

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**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2008, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-paradigm-of-futility/462338/3 "2008-09-07T13:21:50Z")

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You can request a change, you know.

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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2008, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-paradigm-of-futility/462338/4 "2008-09-07T13:25:12Z")

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Moving thread from IMHO to MPSIMS.

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**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2008, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-paradigm-of-futility/462338/5 "2008-09-07T13:29:17Z")

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Anything …would be a better username than what you’ve got. :eek::smack::o