# What's the meaning of your userne? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 3, 2014, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-meaning-of-your-userne/680398 "2014-02-03T03:47:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![jimbuff314](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c57346/32.png) [@jimbuff314](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jimbuff314)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2014, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-meaning-of-your-userne/680398/141 "2014-02-06T10:19:34Z")
At the time I joined, I was in a kinda low spot in my life. Just been through a bad this, was looking at a crummy that, etc. So I thought “well, I’ve been reading the Dope since the Lame-O days. Let’s join up and see how that changes my life.” So, I did the paperwork, got the various certifications in order and then I couldn’t think of a cool username. We all know - names are power here. ™ As it turned out, I was late for an appointment to get an undescended testicle seen to, so I screamed to myself: “For God’s sake, put something down - ANYTHING! Oh my GOD! That’s what you’re putting down?!? FOR CHRISSAKE, DON’T PRESS SEND!” “Shit.” Oops! TMI? Um, I like pie? And circle thingies? ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2014, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-meaning-of-your-userne/680398/142 "2014-02-06T15:43:18Z")
I’m a hairy gay man who lives near a swamp. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2014, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-meaning-of-your-userne/680398/143 "2014-02-06T18:22:02Z")
formerly known as **spooje** I can neither spell nor type well. I have Type O Negative Blood And I think the band is really cool. ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2014, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-meaning-of-your-userne/680398/144 "2014-02-06T18:42:38Z")
> [@jimbuff314](#): > > At the time I joined, I was in a kinda low spot in my life. Just been through a bad this, was looking at a crummy that, etc. …couldn’t find the salt shaker… > [@](#): > > Um, I like pie? Well, that seems to be a requirement around here. Mmmm…[pie](http://homecooking.about.com/od/dessertrecipes/r/blpie27.htm). 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2014, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-meaning-of-your-userne/680398/145 "2014-02-06T18:49:34Z")
> [@Balance](#): > > …couldn’t find the salt shaker… Not to mention that nasty gouge on his heel. ---
**Author:** ![iamthewalrus\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/258eb7/32.png) [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2014, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-meaning-of-your-userne/680398/146 "2014-02-06T18:54:50Z")
Back in the early days of the web, when AoL chatrooms were the hotness and emoticons were more of a thing, I was joking around with some friends about emoticons to go with different sentences. Dave Barry had a joke about putting them on classic literature, like: It was the best of times :), it was the worst of times ☹ Call me Ishmael 🙂 And I realized you could make a walrus with (:3= ---
**Author:** ![Capt\_Kirk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@Capt\_Kirk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt_Kirk)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2014, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-meaning-of-your-userne/680398/147 "2014-02-06T19:25:33Z")
IRL my first name is Kirk. I have introduced myself as “Kirk as in Captain James T.” for basically my whole life. This has, at times, allowed people to pronounce and spell my name correctly. When I started posting here the first responses I got were often along the lines of… “Wait, we have been a board for 13 years and you are the first person to have this username?” **Capt** ---
**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 6, 2014, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-meaning-of-your-userne/680398/148 "2014-02-06T19:25:49Z")
My last name’s Nottingham, and at work they called me Nott. Somehow, they got to thinking of me as a human encyclopedia. Don’t know the answer? Ask Nott. Also a nice pun on a JFK quote. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2014, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-meaning-of-your-userne/680398/149 "2014-02-06T19:28:02Z")
I seeded genetic information into developing proto-world’s biospheres. Yes, Wesley is the next step in human evolution. ---
**Author:** ![jimbuff314](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c57346/32.png) [@jimbuff314](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jimbuff314)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2014, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-meaning-of-your-userne/680398/150 "2014-02-06T19:28:07Z")
> [@](#): > > Well, that seems to be a requirement around here. Mmmm…pie. Margarita Pie recipe. Awesome looking. Gonna have to try that as soon as it stops looking like the inside of a frozen Margarita blender around here. ---
**Author:** ![Gordon\_Urquhart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/db5fbb/32.png) [@Gordon\_Urquhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gordon_Urquhart)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2014, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-meaning-of-your-userne/680398/151 "2014-02-06T19:47:09Z")
Favorite character from my favorite movie, _Local Hero_ ([introduced here](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WE3CEuZyEJ4&t=5m0s)). ---
**Author:** ![jimbuff314](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c57346/32.png) [@jimbuff314](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jimbuff314)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2014, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-meaning-of-your-userne/680398/152 "2014-02-06T20:05:01Z")
Kayaker posted > [@](#): > > I originally signed up using my real name, Kay Aker, but inadvertently left out the space. Wow. All these years I’ve always pictured you paddling around on a river somewhere. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2014, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-meaning-of-your-userne/680398/153 "2014-02-06T20:14:04Z")
> [@jimbuff314](#): > > Kayaker posted > Wow. All these years I’ve always pictured you paddling around on a river somewhere. 🙂 I’m kinda getting the feeling that this particular kayak goes “Whoosh!” but maybe that’s just the cynic in me. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2014, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-meaning-of-your-userne/680398/154 "2014-02-06T20:20:06Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > formerly known as **spooje** _You’re_ **spooje**? I’ve been looking over long-ago threads of late, and wondered what happened to many of the old-time posters, LIKE YOURSELF man. Lamenting even. When did you drop spooje? 😕 And of course, over the intervening years, I have confused **Typo Negative** with **Typo Knig**. Never had such issues with spooje! You were one of a kind. 😛 See how important usernames are, choose one with care kids. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2014, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-meaning-of-your-userne/680398/155 "2014-02-06T20:38:46Z")
> [@kambuckta](#): > > When did you drop spooje? 😕 That’s a rather personal question, isn’t it? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2014, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-meaning-of-your-userne/680398/156 "2014-02-06T20:44:37Z")
> [@Infovore](#): > > That’s a rather personal question, isn’t it? 😃 Oh _my_. Normally I read over my posts to see whether such unintended gaffs are made…obviously not this time. Apologies **Typo Negative**. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2014, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-meaning-of-your-userne/680398/157 "2014-02-06T21:24:46Z")
_Hands kambuckta a wet-wipe_ ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2014, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-meaning-of-your-userne/680398/158 "2014-02-06T21:25:48Z")
> [@Infovore](#): > > I’m kinda getting the feeling that this particular kayak goes “Whoosh!” but maybe that’s just the cynic in me. 😃 Whoosh indeed. Never thought it might. . . :D:D:D ---
**Author:** ![jimbuff314](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c57346/32.png) [@jimbuff314](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jimbuff314)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2014, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-meaning-of-your-userne/680398/159 "2014-02-06T21:44:03Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Whoosh indeed. Never thought it might. . . :D:D:D 'K. Used to being laughed at. ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2014, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-meaning-of-your-userne/680398/160 "2014-02-06T23:26:54Z")
> [@Balance](#): > > …couldn’t find the salt shaker… > > Well, that seems to be a requirement around here. Mmmm…[pie](http://homecooking.about.com/od/dessertrecipes/r/blpie27.htm). > > 😃 Heckle & Jeckle: Have you tried magpie pie without magpies? It’s simply delicious. Just take the juice of one watermelon, add seasoning… 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-meaning-of-your-userne/680398.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-meaning-of-your-userne/680398.md?page=9)