# What would you think of changing your screen name to? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 22, 2003, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-think-of-changing-your-screen-name-to/156743 "2003-02-22T07:32:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Frostillicus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Frostillicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frostillicus)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2003, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-think-of-changing-your-screen-name-to/156743/21 "2003-02-23T03:33:43Z")
As a big fan of The Simpsons, I try to use names of fairly obscure characters on the show. For example, Frostillicus was the name that Grandpa gave Jasper after Jasper froze himself in Apu’s freezer. Other names I have used are Rory B. Bellows (Krusty’s alias), Rex Banner (the FBI agent who tried to capture the Beer Baron), and Max Power (a name that Homer got off of a hair dryer.)😃 ---
**Author:** ![Mirror\_Image\_egamI\_rorriM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e56c9b/32.png) [@Mirror\_Image\_egamI\_rorriM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mirror_Image_egamI_rorriM)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2003, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-think-of-changing-your-screen-name-to/156743/22 "2003-02-23T03:54:39Z")
**Lindsay Withany**. (say it out loud. “Lindsay with an E”) My name is Lindsay, with an A, but everyone spells it with an E. So…it’d just be confusing, but I like that. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Big\_Cheese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8baadc/32.png) [@The\_Big\_Cheese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Big_Cheese)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2003, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-think-of-changing-your-screen-name-to/156743/23 "2003-02-23T12:09:07Z")
I’m not sure why, but… **Courtesy Flush**. maybe I’m thinking of a name for a punk band. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2003, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-think-of-changing-your-screen-name-to/156743/24 "2003-02-23T17:58:42Z")
**MisterCompletely** I earned that one playing pool. \*\*Philip McCup \*\* is an old favorite. ---
**Author:** ![cuauhtemoc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecb155/32.png) [@cuauhtemoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cuauhtemoc)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2003, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-think-of-changing-your-screen-name-to/156743/25 "2003-02-23T19:08:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Muad’Dib \* > \*\*I remember, you screwed up my searches for Ayn Rand. \*\* Oh, that was you, huh? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![joshmaker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a587f6/32.png) [@joshmaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joshmaker)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2003, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-think-of-changing-your-screen-name-to/156743/26 "2003-02-23T19:27:56Z")
I would change it to \*\* Lurker\*\*… ---
**Author:** ![cuauhtemoc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecb155/32.png) [@cuauhtemoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cuauhtemoc)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2003, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-think-of-changing-your-screen-name-to/156743/27 "2003-02-23T20:46:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by cjhoworth \* > \*\*Actually, I sort of have. When I signed up over at Fathom recently, I took the screen name “Siege”. It’s a shorter form of CJ, my real life nickname, and, I’m told, it rather suits me. 😉 > > CJ \*\* Adds new meaning to the expression “Laying Siege”, doesn’t it? :eek:😃 ---
**Author:** ![Cessandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cessandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cessandra)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2003, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-think-of-changing-your-screen-name-to/156743/28 "2003-02-23T22:14:22Z")
I’ve been thinking about this for a while, actually, and I can’t come up with anything. Cessandra is my name EVERYWHERE, and it never seems to be taken. I can’t think of another name that I could use in so many places (including AIM and Yahoo!) That’s one thing I actually miss about AOL. I’d change my username and my email, IM, webpage, and chat nick all changed together. In fact, I haven’t changed my username since I left AOL when I was 16. ---
**Author:** ![CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crankyasanoldman/32/11670_2.png) [@CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrankyAsAnOldMan)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2003, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-think-of-changing-your-screen-name-to/156743/29 "2003-02-24T00:19:50Z")
I’d be Aughra. Definitely Aughra. After that old hag in “The Dark Crystal.” If people’s faces reflected the state of their soul, I’d be her twin. ---
**Author:** ![quasar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/48db29/32.png) [@quasar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quasar)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2003, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-think-of-changing-your-screen-name-to/156743/30 "2003-02-24T01:55:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Aslan2 \* > \*\*Spiderman > The last Son of Krypton > IronMan > > Notice a pattern? \*\* I particularly like **The last Son of Krypton**. As to myself, I think **Anakin** would make a great username. Heck, I would love to change my real life name to Anakin. The only reason I have not done it is out of fear of being called Ani. :eek: Other candidates would be: \*\*Darth Yoda \*\* **dark quasar** **Cecil’s Evil Clone** In any case, I think I’ll be sticking with **quasar**. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Sylkyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/da6949/32.png) [@Sylkyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylkyn)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2003, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-think-of-changing-your-screen-name-to/156743/31 "2003-02-24T02:05:34Z")
My real life nick is Kang, and I use that in an email address on on MSN messenger. But I wouldn’t use that here. I’d most probably use Sylkyn, which is the name I use in chat on #straightdope and at fathom. It started out being used because it’s shorter, but now I like it better. My present user name is getting on my nerves. Now watch somebody grab it before I change it! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-think-of-changing-your-screen-name-to/156743.md?page=1)