# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Troppus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a587f6/32.png) [@Troppus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troppus)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2013, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tripolar-trinopus-troppus/661697/21 "2013-06-23T20:33:41Z")
What are you looking for here, predictability? Consistency? A theme? Won’t happen. Even though we are mere voices on a message board divorced from body language, tone, context, and inflection, I think it’s safe to assume we are complex complicated people with sometimes conflicting ideas and experience. If it helps, I’m the one who likes birds, bugs, and all the creeping things, gardens, paddles, loves strangers, smiles at everybody, loves men but hates anything that smells of pickup artist, not a fan of proselytizing and has too much time on her hands while the baby nurses and naps. Soon as she’s weaned and running I’ll be around less often and probably be a little less mouthy, too, since I expect to get more sleep. ---
**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, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tripolar-trinopus-troppus/661697/22 "2013-06-23T20:54:38Z")
> [@Troppus](#): > > If it helps, I’m the one who likes birds, bugs, and all the creeping things, gardens, paddles, loves strangers, smiles at everybody, loves men but hates anything that smells of pickup artist, not a fan of proselytizing and has too much time on her hands while the baby nurses and naps. Oooooooh you’re _that_ one! 😉 ---
**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:** [June 23, 2013, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tripolar-trinopus-troppus/661697/23 "2013-06-23T21:38:30Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > Raises hand again You have the same problem? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2013, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tripolar-trinopus-troppus/661697/24 "2013-06-23T21:52:49Z")
nm ---
**Author:** ![D18](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c57346/32.png) [@D18](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D18)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2013, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tripolar-trinopus-troppus/661697/25 "2013-06-24T15:05:47Z")
For me, it’s the two **Quasis**. ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2013, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tripolar-trinopus-troppus/661697/26 "2013-07-13T11:06:52Z")
Nope, I’m the bomb disposal guy. And the “oldest” of the three of us here. Those other two guys are trying to muscle into my gig–I don’t blame them really. If they pass their pledge week, and don’t piss off the Dean too much, we might just let them into Delta House. They need to bring another car though–Bluto took off with Flounder’s car after the parade. > [@TriPolar](#): > > Raises hand again I think I’ve got you beat there, man. Tripler _Might._ I said _might._ ---
**Author:** ![epbrown01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ba0ec/32.png) [@epbrown01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epbrown01)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2013, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tripolar-trinopus-troppus/661697/27 "2013-07-13T16:34:54Z")
> [@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? I have to double-check the first two to see who’s posting, but my mind automatically reverses the last one anyway. Which is puzzling, because it was _weeks_ before I realized what **Der Trihs** meant. Something about the Der made me filter it as German, so I didn’t even consider it being backwards. ---
**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:** [July 13, 2013, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tripolar-trinopus-troppus/661697/28 "2013-07-13T17:06:05Z")
> [@Tripler](#): > > I think I’ve got you beat there, man. I’m ready to engage in a crazy-off anytime. Admittedly, due to increasing age I don’t attempt to materialize my crazy ideas as much as I used to, but I’ve still got plenty of them. ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2013, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tripolar-trinopus-troppus/661697/29 "2013-07-13T17:36:51Z")
I used to mix **Mhendo, hajario** , and **jjimm** for some reason. And then the three K’s: **Kambucka, Kalhoun** , and **Khadaj** i (RIP). I used to mix those three all the time. Only would confuse those three K names, never any others beginning with K for some reason. ---
**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:** [July 13, 2013, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tripolar-trinopus-troppus/661697/30 "2013-07-13T21:33:05Z")
And **Jonathan Chance** and **John Mace**. Or is it the other way around? ---
**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:** [July 13, 2013, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tripolar-trinopus-troppus/661697/31 "2013-07-13T21:37:04Z")
> [@epbrown01](#): > > I have to double-check the first two to see who’s posting, but my mind automatically reverses the last one anyway. Which is puzzling, because it was _weeks_ before I realized what **Der Trihs** meant. Something about the Der made me filter it as German, so I didn’t even consider it being backwards. Whoa. Whoooooa. Support! _Red Shirt!_. Weeks? As you can see, it took me _years_! The Teutonic “Der” threw me off as well. Whoa. ---
**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:** [July 13, 2013, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tripolar-trinopus-troppus/661697/32 "2013-07-13T22:13:25Z")
[More about the red shirt.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=14805654&postcount=142) Not the socialist angle I was expecting. ---
**Author:** ![InternetLegend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/internetlegend/32/13154_2.png) [@InternetLegend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InternetLegend)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2013, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tripolar-trinopus-troppus/661697/33 "2013-07-13T22:38:48Z")
> [@monstro](#): > > 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. It’s the same for me. Except I stall at that point, and I can’t remember anything about them. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > I’m new so I started a notebook to remind me who’s who. I have files on all of you. I should _so_ do this. As a matter of fact, I should do this off the computer as well, since [I can’t remember my own neighbors](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=16451188&postcount=31). > [@JKellyMap](#): > > Whoa. Whoooooa. Support! _Red Shirt!_. Weeks? As you can see, it took me _years_! The Teutonic “Der” threw me off as well. > > Whoa. Whoa indeed. Of course, since I haven’t started my notebook, I’m unlikely to remember this. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2013, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tripolar-trinopus-troppus/661697/34 "2013-07-14T01:12:05Z")
Yep, earlier I was wondering why the heck does **Troppus** wanna see dirty pics on Google images? ---
**Author:** ![Troppus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a587f6/32.png) [@Troppus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troppus)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2013, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tripolar-trinopus-troppus/661697/35 "2013-07-14T01:15:48Z")
> [@Shakes](#): > > Yep, earlier I was wondering why the heck does **Troppus** wanna see dirty pics on Google images? Well why the hell wouldn’t I? ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2013, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tripolar-trinopus-troppus/661697/36 "2013-07-14T02:19:22Z")
I believe there’s actually another poster here with “drew” in his (her?) name, which I get mixed up with the OP sometimes. Unless I’m imagining things. ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2013, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tripolar-trinopus-troppus/661697/37 "2013-07-14T02:45:29Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > I’m ready to engage in a crazy-off anytime. Admittedly, due to increasing age I don’t attempt to materialize my crazy ideas as much as I used to, but I’ve still got plenty of them. Aye, there’s the rub. I am old enough to know better, but young enough to do it anyway. Tripler Quote me on that. ---
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2013, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tripolar-trinopus-troppus/661697/38 "2013-07-15T01:13:05Z")
Also **Maserschmidt** and **Maastricht**. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2013, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tripolar-trinopus-troppus/661697/39 "2013-07-18T07:36:21Z")
> [@Anonymous User](#): > > It’s **Trinopus** and **Troppus** that cause the greatest deal of confusion, at least for me. Yeah, **TriPolar** ’s name is too different, and the name actually correlates to something about him. But I actually just now noticed that **Trinopus** and **Troppus** are not the same name. I don’t think I’ve gotten any of the rest mixed up. Or. at least, they haven’t been named in this thread. ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2013, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tripolar-trinopus-troppus/661697/40 "2013-07-18T11:15:33Z")
I don’t really post enough to be confused with anyone, but there is a **Lust4life**. It’s not really a problem telling us apart because he has a British accent. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tripolar-trinopus-troppus/661697.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tripolar-trinopus-troppus/661697.md?page=3)