# Tripolar/Trinopus/Troppus **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 23, 2013, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tripolar-trinopus-troppus/661697 "2013-06-23T10:46:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2013, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tripolar-trinopus-troppus/661697/1 "2013-06-23T10:46:10Z")
You all confuse me with your screen names that blur together slowly from one to the next. I’m trying really hard to differentiate the three of you in my mind but it’s all just one “Tr”-blur. That is all. I guess I should just be glad we also don’t have a Tropponis or something… Am I the only one who has trouble with this? ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2013, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tripolar-trinopus-troppus/661697/2 "2013-06-23T10:50:20Z")
You forgot **Tripler** , our resident bomb disposal expert. Or is that **Tripolar**? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2013, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tripolar-trinopus-troppus/661697/3 "2013-06-23T11:09:33Z")
Agreed. Likewise with **Xozinga** and **Nzinga, Seated**. Zinga, zinga, zinga! ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2013, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tripolar-trinopus-troppus/661697/4 "2013-06-23T11:38:51Z")
> [@Quartz](#): > > You forgot **Tripler** , our resident bomb disposal expert. > > Or is that **Tripolar**? > > 🙂 Ugh so it goes tripler to tripolar to trinopus to troppus! This is all just too much for my feeble brain. ---
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2013, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tripolar-trinopus-troppus/661697/5 "2013-06-23T11:46:59Z")
> [@drewtwo99](#): > > You all confuse me with your screen names that blur together slowly from one to the next. I’m trying really hard to differentiate the three of you in my mind but it’s all just one “Tr”-blur. > > That is all. I guess I should just be glad we also don’t have a Tropponis or something… > > Am I the only one who has trouble with this? Same here. I’ve given up even trying to distinguish them. It’s the internet, I can do what I want. ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2013, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tripolar-trinopus-troppus/661697/6 "2013-06-23T12:04:04Z")
One of them has more crazy ideas than the others. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2013, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tripolar-trinopus-troppus/661697/7 "2013-06-23T12:04:25Z")
Yeah, it gets confusing. On the other hand, I only fairly recently realized I’d been confusing **Miller** and **Baker**. Apparently because of their names’ thematic relationship. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2013, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tripolar-trinopus-troppus/661697/8 "2013-06-23T15:32:39Z")
I too have trouble differentiating their posts. Excerpt for the really intelligent and cool one. Hey! You know what might help with this sort of thing? Avat— **rifle shot** ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2013, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tripolar-trinopus-troppus/661697/9 "2013-06-23T15:36:31Z")
> [@monstro](#): > > One of them has more crazy ideas than the others. 🙂 Raises hand ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2013, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tripolar-trinopus-troppus/661697/10 "2013-06-23T15:37:33Z")
> [@cmyk](#): > > I too have trouble differentiating their posts. Excerpt for the really intelligent and cool one. Raises hand again ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2013, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tripolar-trinopus-troppus/661697/11 "2013-06-23T15:42:50Z")
The worst part is that while you 3 may be perfectly different individuals, you just aren’t different enough for me to ever notice. If one of you was more like an adaher or a clothahump or even a billfish, I’d be able to pick you out in a lineup. Can we get a list of contrasts between your major beliefs please? 🙂 An essay from each of the 3 of you of no fewer than 500 words should suffice. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2013, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tripolar-trinopus-troppus/661697/12 "2013-06-23T16:23:56Z")
Am I the only one who rarely notices the names of posters in threads anyway? All you guys are just one big, amorphous blob to me. Well, except for \*\*Colibri \*\*and **MeanOldLady**. ---
**Author:** ![R3d\_Anonymous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/aeb1de/32.png) [@R3d\_Anonymous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R3d_Anonymous)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2013, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tripolar-trinopus-troppus/661697/13 "2013-06-23T16:32:25Z")
I have the same problem. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2013, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tripolar-trinopus-troppus/661697/14 "2013-06-23T16:34:09Z")
I’m new so I started a notebook to remind me who’s who. I have files on all of you. ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2013, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tripolar-trinopus-troppus/661697/15 "2013-06-23T17:01:36Z")
I do a quick scan of a name and put it into a bin. Like, all the short, lower-case names are grouped together. As are all the names that sound like actual names ( **John Mace** , **Wesley Clarke** ) and “Z” and “Q” names. What this means is that if I see a poster and try to recall their posting history, everyone with their “type” of name is pulled in for the mental line-up. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2013, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tripolar-trinopus-troppus/661697/16 "2013-06-23T17:03:18Z")
> [@JKellyMap](#): > > Agreed. Likewise with **Xozinga** and **Nzinga, Seated**. Zinga, zinga, zinga! I meant **Koxinga**. Inga, inga, inga! Makes me want to eat sweet cottony fluff from the bean pods of a Mexican coffee-shade tree with a Swedish woman. ---
**Author:** ![Toucanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3bc359/32.png) [@Toucanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toucanna)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2013, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tripolar-trinopus-troppus/661697/17 "2013-06-23T17:51:12Z")
I frequently mistake **ralph124c** for **robert columbia** and vice versa. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2013, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tripolar-trinopus-troppus/661697/18 "2013-06-23T18:41:52Z")
Look, there is me and **olivesmarch4th** and you guys. ---
**Author:** ![R3d\_Anonymous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/aeb1de/32.png) [@R3d\_Anonymous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R3d_Anonymous)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2013, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tripolar-trinopus-troppus/661697/19 "2013-06-23T18:44:08Z")
It’s **Trinopus** and **Troppus** that cause the greatest deal of confusion, at least for me. ---
**Author:** ![HoneyBadgerDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honeybadgerdc/32/1033_2.png) [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2013, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tripolar-trinopus-troppus/661697/20 "2013-06-23T19:07:07Z")
I mix them up also, I know one of them treats me ok, one of them slams me and one is indifferent but I can never remember which ones they are. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tripolar-trinopus-troppus/661697.md?page=2)