# Who's changed their username? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 23, 2002, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-changed-their-username/115585 "2002-06-23T18:28:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Stuffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f17d59/32.png) [@Stuffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stuffy)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2002, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-changed-their-username/115585/21 "2002-06-24T16:05:01Z")
I used to be stuffinb, but then a couple of other posters who I admire _cough_thanks, **biggirl** _cough_ started calling me Stuffy, I liked it better. ---
**Author:** ![clayton\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2002, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-changed-their-username/115585/22 "2002-06-25T04:28:52Z")
I was going to change mine, but thanks to several people’s comments on how they’d loose track of me/forget who I was, I stuck with this. ---
**Author:** ![Aguecheek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@Aguecheek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aguecheek)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2002, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-changed-their-username/115585/23 "2002-06-25T13:10:30Z")
To celebrate my expat status in a rather roundabout way, I was **NoLongerPatrick** for a couple of weeks, until I started getting questions that had absolutely nothing to do with my nationality… ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Dave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/46a35a/32.png) [@Great\_Dave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Dave)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2002, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-changed-their-username/115585/24 "2002-06-25T17:52:56Z")
formerly BigDaddyD, but I didn’t feel quite right with that. Apparently there is a Big Dave registered, so I couldn’t go with my first choice. ---
**Author:** ![G.B.H.Hornswoggler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c67d28/32.png) [@G.B.H.Hornswoggler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G.B.H.Hornswoggler)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2002, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-changed-their-username/115585/25 "2002-06-25T18:49:53Z")
I started off here as **Da Ace** , which was more-or-less a nickname of mine. I found it a great pain to search for, though – and I tend to forget what threads I’m following, so I had to search for myself to find myself, if you know what I mean – so I changed it to something more distinctive. ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2002, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-changed-their-username/115585/26 "2002-06-26T03:11:49Z")
Formerly zgystardst, after my AOL handle at that time. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Asbestos\_Mango](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@The\_Asbestos\_Mango](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Asbestos_Mango)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2002, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-changed-their-username/115585/27 "2002-06-26T04:48:30Z")
Used to be **agisofia** , melted down from hagia sophia- holy wisdom in Greek. ---
**Author:** ![Fred](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/db5fbb/32.png) [@Fred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fred)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2002, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-changed-their-username/115585/28 "2002-06-26T05:28:56Z")
**Istara:** It used to be “ **thegrimspectreofreddeath** ,” which had a lot of things going for it, including confusion over where the spaces would go, and a not just one, but two literary references. It had one thing against it, that being that it would ruin the table length of the threads I posted to. _sigh_ I guess this is progress. ---
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2002, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-changed-their-username/115585/29 "2002-06-26T17:30:19Z")
Well, I used to be [**Raymond Luxury Yach-t**](http://www.montypython.net/cgi-bin/dl2/sketches.cgi?mangrove.wav), but everyone kept pronouncing it wrong. Now I’m just **Esprix**. ( 😉 ) Esprix ---
**Author:** ![Kiki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dc4da7/32.png) [@Kiki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kiki)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2002, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-changed-their-username/115585/30 "2002-06-26T18:15:57Z")
I used to be Rachelle (not my real name btw). One of my friends has called me Kiki since we were in kindergarten so that’s what I changed it to. Kind of makes me sound like a stripper too… and I like that. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Marconi\_Schmeese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ea666f/32.png) [@Marconi\_Schmeese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marconi_Schmeese)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2002, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-changed-their-username/115585/31 "2002-06-26T20:36:26Z")
My name was originally Alice in Wonderland, but then I realized there was already alice\_in\_wonderland and I didn’t want to be rude and step on her toes, so I changed to the next best drug-induced name I could think of . . . .😃 ---
**Author:** ![Winnowill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/4491bb/32.png) [@Winnowill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winnowill)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2002, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-changed-their-username/115585/32 "2002-06-26T21:29:34Z")
I used to use my real name. Now I don’t. ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2002, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-changed-their-username/115585/33 "2002-06-26T23:05:56Z")
First, I was vanillanice then orangecakes Then peaches8 Now I dropped the nice am just vanilla ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2002, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-changed-their-username/115585/34 "2002-06-27T00:58:40Z")
I am thinking of starting a thread (probably in MPSIMS) about changing my own name, But I am weary, because people might think I want to hide my identity, or something else (some people have an uncanny ability to find fault/take offence). I may ask weither it is wise or lame to simply choose the name of a character from a book you like, like **Lobsang** (hey, that’s quite close to **Lobley**! Might be appropriate for me) Is it wise to start such a thread? ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2002, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-changed-their-username/115585/35 "2002-06-27T01:00:57Z")
Hey, my next post will be the 400th. wonder if I shoud make _that_ the MPSIMS thread I just mentioned. ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2002, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-changed-their-username/115585/36 "2002-06-27T02:07:41Z")
Yeah, things just aren’t the same around here since **vanilla** quit bein’ _nice_. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![lno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@lno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lno)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2002, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-changed-their-username/115585/37 "2002-06-27T02:24:50Z")
I used to be **LNO**. I became **lno**. Maybe I should go back, 'cos no one called me **Ino** before. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-changed-their-username/115585.md?page=1)