# Three people using "CalMeacham" is the same as one person having multiple socks. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 25, 2008, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-people-using-calmeacham-is-the-same-as-one-person-having-multiple-socks/439134 "2008-02-25T23:55:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-people-using-calmeacham-is-the-same-as-one-person-having-multiple-socks/439134/121 "2008-02-26T21:08:10Z")
[QUOTE=Kid\_A] Facky wucker? [/QUOTE] Fucking wanker? ---
**Author:** ![Kid\_A\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Kid\_A\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kid_A_1)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-people-using-calmeacham-is-the-same-as-one-person-having-multiple-socks/439134/122 "2008-02-26T21:09:56Z")
Now that makes sense…that’s the last time I let the idiot alter-ego post. ---
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-people-using-calmeacham-is-the-same-as-one-person-having-multiple-socks/439134/123 "2008-02-26T21:15:10Z")
[QUOTE=Little Nemo] If you’re one person using three screen names and CalMeacham is three people using one screen name, doesn’t it all even out? [/QUOTE] See, that’s what bugs me about the thread title. He says that three people using one account is the same as one person having three accounts. But it _isn’t_ the same. It’s the _exact opposite_. How can things that are opposite be the same? What kind of a doofus would say they were the same? I hate this. ---
**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:** [February 26, 2008, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-people-using-calmeacham-is-the-same-as-one-person-having-multiple-socks/439134/124 "2008-02-26T21:29:11Z")
[QUOTE=Kid\_A] Now that makes sense…that’s the last time I let the idiot alter-ego post. [/QUOTE] I dunno, I preferred your version. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-people-using-calmeacham-is-the-same-as-one-person-having-multiple-socks/439134/125 "2008-02-26T21:41:01Z")
> [@](#): > > This is kinda OT, but related. Cal, I have nothing against you (and I’m sure you don’t know me from Adam/Eve), but it does get a little … oh, not annoying, it doesn’t even rise to that level, let’s just say mildly cloying?.. when you refer to Pepper Mill in posts (e.g. “Pepper Mill was walking past” or “Pepper Mill and I…”) as if we’re all supposed to know who the heck she is. If she was a member ‘briefly’, most of us probably don’t know her. Even fewer may know she’s your wife. Isn’t it clearer and shorter to just say “My wife”? OTOH, if it’s on topic, for example if people are asking about families on the SDMB, that’s a different story. > > It’s not a big deal, and I don’t mean to sound like a harriden, even though this is the Pit. It’s just that this shtick always makes my teeth hurt, no matter who it comes from. I frequent TelevisionWithoutPity, for example, and those forums are filled with people saying the equivalent of “Oh I was watching Food Network and HusbandOfChoie happened to walk by and said the funniest thing about Rachael Ray!” or “Two-year-old ChoieDaughter thinks Katherine Heigl’s knees are hideous too!” Why not just say “My husband” or “my kid”? Yuck. The cutesy, it burns. I kinda like the cutesy “Chloedaughter” designations, myself. I refer to mine as “Pepper Mill” and “MilliCal” (a combination of “CalMeacham” and “Pepper Mill”) to be original. And I figure that, if I use 'em enough, people will know who they are. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-people-using-calmeacham-is-the-same-as-one-person-having-multiple-socks/439134/126 "2008-02-26T21:50:49Z")
[QUOTE=CalMeacham] I kinda like the cutesy “Chloedaughter” designations, myself. I refer to mine as “Pepper Mill” and “MilliCal” (a combination of “CalMeacham” and “Pepper Mill”) to be original. And I figure that, if I use 'em enough, people will know who they are. [/QUOTE] Or pick them up from context. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-people-using-calmeacham-is-the-same-as-one-person-having-multiple-socks/439134/127 "2008-02-26T21:51:41Z")
[Another mod speaks.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=9517987&postcount=21) ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-people-using-calmeacham-is-the-same-as-one-person-having-multiple-socks/439134/128 "2008-02-26T23:02:03Z")
[QUOTE=TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW] I don’t want anyone to think I’m being a jerk - I’m just concerned for the integrity of the board, [/QUOTE] ROTFL! ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-people-using-calmeacham-is-the-same-as-one-person-having-multiple-socks/439134/129 "2008-02-26T23:55:28Z")
[QUOTE=choie] This is kinda OT, but related. Cal, I have nothing against you (and I’m sure you don’t know me from Adam/Eve), but it _does_ get a little … oh, not annoying, it doesn’t even rise to that level, let’s just say mildly cloying?.. when you refer to **Pepper Mill** in posts (e.g. “Pepper Mill was walking past” or “Pepper Mill and I…”) as if we’re all supposed to know who the heck she is. If she was a member ‘briefly’, most of us probably don’t know her. Even fewer may know she’s your wife. Isn’t it clearer and shorter to just say “My wife”? OTOH, if it’s on topic, for example if people are asking about families on the SDMB, that’s a different story. It’s not a big deal, and I don’t mean to sound like a harriden, even though this is the Pit. It’s just that this shtick always makes my teeth hurt, no matter who it comes from. I frequent TelevisionWithoutPity, for example, and those forums are filled with people saying the equivalent of “Oh I was watching Food Network and **HusbandOfChoie** happened to walk by and said the funniest thing about Rachael Ray!” or “Two-year-old **ChoieDaughter** thinks Katherine Heigl’s knees are hideous too!” Why not just say “My husband” or “my kid”? Yuck. The cutesy, it burns. [/QUOTE] It’s not so much cutesy, but there’s a world of difference, IMNSHO, between a title and a name. Even if the name is simply ground out of the relevant poster’s name. I’ve read, and enjoyed, some of the stories that **CalMeacham** has posted about **MilliCal**. I’ve also enjoyed a number of other nicknames that posters have used to describe people with whom they live their lives. Ranging from the positive, like **IvyLass** ’s **IvyLad** , to the negative of **TuckerFan** ’s **Pete Puma**. Call me cutesy, if you must\* but I just prefer for people to have names, rather than titles. \*As a self-confessed Otaku, I suspect I may have to plead guilty to a certain level of cutesiness, anyways… ---
**Author:** ![TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/51bf81/32.png) [@TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-people-using-calmeacham-is-the-same-as-one-person-having-multiple-socks/439134/130 "2008-02-26T23:55:28Z")
[QUOTE=choie] This is kinda OT, but related. Cal, I have nothing against you (and I’m sure you don’t know me from Adam/Eve), but it _does_ get a little … oh, not annoying, it doesn’t even rise to that level, let’s just say mildly cloying?.. when you refer to **Pepper Mill** in posts (e.g. “Pepper Mill was walking past” or “Pepper Mill and I…”) as if we’re all supposed to know who the heck she is. If she was a member ‘briefly’, most of us probably don’t know her. Even fewer may know she’s your wife. Isn’t it clearer and shorter to just say “My wife”? OTOH, if it’s on topic, for example if people are asking about families on the SDMB, that’s a different story. It’s not a big deal, and I don’t mean to sound like a harriden, even though this is the Pit. It’s just that this shtick always makes my teeth hurt, no matter who it comes from. I frequent TelevisionWithoutPity, for example, and those forums are filled with people saying the equivalent of “Oh I was watching Food Network and **HusbandOfChoie** happened to walk by and said the funniest thing about Rachael Ray!” or “Two-year-old **ChoieDaughter** thinks Katherine Heigl’s knees are hideous too!” Why not just say “My husband” or “my kid”? Yuck. The cutesy, it burns. [/QUOTE] I hate it. HATE it hate it hate it. Not only is it overly cutesy and irritating like you said, but it’s off-putting to newcomers and reinforces a cliquish mentality around this place. If I was a new member and I saw this guy referencing all these other people with made-up names, I’d have no idea what he was talking about. Who?! ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2008, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-people-using-calmeacham-is-the-same-as-one-person-having-multiple-socks/439134/131 "2008-02-27T00:12:55Z")
[QUOTE=TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW] I hate it. HATE it hate it hate it. Not only is it overly cutesy and irritating like you said, but it’s off-putting to newcomers and reinforces a cliquish mentality around this place. If I was a new member and I saw this guy referencing all these other people with made-up names, I’d have no idea what he was talking about. Who?! [/QUOTE] 90% of the time I have no idea what you are talking about. I hate it. HATE it hate it hate it. Could you do something about that please? ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2008, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-people-using-calmeacham-is-the-same-as-one-person-having-multiple-socks/439134/132 "2008-02-27T00:22:03Z")
[QUOTE=Contrapuntal] 90% of the time I have no idea what you are talking about. I hate it. HATE it hate it hate it. Could you do something about that please? [/QUOTE] While he’s at it, **TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW** should do something about his user name. I hate it. HATE it hate it hate it. Not only is it overly cutesy and irritating like you said, but it’s off-putting to newcomers and reinforces a cliquish mentality around this place. If I was a new member and I saw this guy with a random assortment of letters for his name, I’d have no idea what he was talking about. Who?! ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2008, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-people-using-calmeacham-is-the-same-as-one-person-having-multiple-socks/439134/133 "2008-02-27T00:23:46Z")
[QUOTE=silenus] You mean like [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=224544&highlight=giraffe+toast)? 😃 [/QUOTE] That will never stop being funny. ---
**Author:** ![DMC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dmc/32/18049_2.png) [@DMC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMC)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2008, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-people-using-calmeacham-is-the-same-as-one-person-having-multiple-socks/439134/134 "2008-02-27T00:43:52Z")
I’m just curious if the OP has actually read any posts by **CalMeacham** , or if his rant is based on what little he could discern by hovering his mouse over the threads for a few seconds. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2008, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-people-using-calmeacham-is-the-same-as-one-person-having-multiple-socks/439134/135 "2008-02-27T00:59:09Z")
[QUOTE=CalMeacham] 6.) The Dope Board as a site for molesters? It seems unlikely. And we keep an eye on the threads she’s been involved in. [/QUOTE] Yeah, I tend to think the SDMB attracts more the Ellen-Page-in-_Hard-Candy_ type girls myself. ---
**Author:** ![TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/51bf81/32.png) [@TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2008, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-people-using-calmeacham-is-the-same-as-one-person-having-multiple-socks/439134/136 "2008-02-27T01:06:15Z")
[QUOTE=KneadToKnow] Yeah, I tend to think the SDMB attracts more the Ellen-Page-in-_Hard-Candy_ type girls myself. [/QUOTE] I always got the vibe that **SurrenderDorothy** was one of these. Or a “To catch a predator.” ---
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2008, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-people-using-calmeacham-is-the-same-as-one-person-having-multiple-socks/439134/137 "2008-02-27T01:46:28Z")
[QUOTE=CalMeacham] I just stumbled across this. I’m surprised and flattered and amazed. [/QUOTE] Having met the entire **MillMeacham** family, including your daughter, I have to say, I was surprised, to say the least, that you were the topic of a pitting. I personally don’t understand why it’s a big deal to mention a past member by name in threads. Other halves of couples mention their SOs by Doper name frequently, whether or not they are active. ---
**Author:** ![Wee\_Bairn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90db22/32.png) [@Wee\_Bairn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wee_Bairn)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2008, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-people-using-calmeacham-is-the-same-as-one-person-having-multiple-socks/439134/138 "2008-02-27T04:02:25Z")
[QUOTE=lorene] Having met the entire **MillMeacham** family, including your daughter, I have to say, I was surprised, to say the least, that you were the topic of a pitting. I personally don’t understand why it’s a big deal to mention a past member by name in threads. Other halves of couples mention their SOs by Doper name frequently, whether or not they are active. [/QUOTE] In general I find it irksome as well, on a board or in life. For example, I’m talking to my best friend about my sister Sally. He knows I have a sister Sally but doesn’t know her personally, so I would refer to her in conversation as “my sister” and not “Sally”- just a personal preference I guess. And its doubly annoying when someone refers to something Bob did and you have no idea who the hell Bob is- husband, granpappy, whatever. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2008, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-people-using-calmeacham-is-the-same-as-one-person-having-multiple-socks/439134/139 "2008-02-27T04:19:28Z")
As long an nobody refers to their husband as “DH” as on some of my other boards, I’m thrilled. ---
**Author:** ![Santo\_Rugger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@Santo\_Rugger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santo_Rugger)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2008, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-people-using-calmeacham-is-the-same-as-one-person-having-multiple-socks/439134/140 "2008-02-27T05:04:13Z")
[QUOTE=susan] As long an nobody refers to their husband as “DH” as on some of my other boards, I’m thrilled. [/QUOTE] Designated Hitter? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-people-using-calmeacham-is-the-same-as-one-person-having-multiple-socks/439134.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-people-using-calmeacham-is-the-same-as-one-person-having-multiple-socks/439134.md?page=8)