# Why do people think my login name in Karl? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 13, 2004, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-think-my-login-name-in-karl/279633 "2004-12-13T18:13:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Uvula\_Donor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e19adc/32.png) [@Uvula\_Donor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uvula_Donor)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2004, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-think-my-login-name-in-karl/279633/21 "2004-12-13T20:16:57Z")
> [@Jurph](#): > > Yeah, what the hell’s up with that “Latex Division” thing, anyway, Karl? Lots of douchebags are made of latex. ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2004, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-think-my-login-name-in-karl/279633/22 "2004-12-13T20:17:57Z")
> [@Uvula Donor](#): > > Lots of douchebags are made of latex. [Ed McMahon]Heyooo![/Ed McMahon] ---
**Author:** ![Kel\_Varnsen\_Latex\_Division](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@Kel\_Varnsen\_Latex\_Division](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kel_Varnsen_Latex_Division)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2004, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-think-my-login-name-in-karl/279633/23 "2004-12-13T20:20:04Z")
> [@Uvula Donor](#): > > Lots of douchebags are made of latex. Not that there’s anything wrong with that. ---
**Author:** ![fortytwo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f9ae1b/32.png) [@fortytwo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fortytwo)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2004, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-think-my-login-name-in-karl/279633/24 "2004-12-13T20:28:55Z")
I haven’t got any thing to say. I just wanted to post next to **Karl** my idol. ---
**Author:** ![yBeayf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/e274bd/32.png) [@yBeayf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yBeayf)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2004, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-think-my-login-name-in-karl/279633/25 "2004-12-13T20:59:03Z")
So you mean your name _isn’t_ Karl Vernsen? (Seriously, that’s what I thought it was!) ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2004, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-think-my-login-name-in-karl/279633/26 "2004-12-13T21:08:36Z")
So, is Kel short for Kelly or Kelli? ---
**Author:** ![kidchameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@kidchameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidchameleon)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2004, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-think-my-login-name-in-karl/279633/27 "2004-12-13T21:13:44Z")
Someone’s Karl envy is showing, Lenny. We can’t all be Karl, so just settle for being Lenny. ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2004, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-think-my-login-name-in-karl/279633/28 "2004-12-13T21:14:27Z")
> [@Uvula Donor](#): > > Lots of douchebags are made of latex. Holy crap, I am literally _crying_ with laughter here. **Uvula Donor** is my new hero. ---
**Author:** ![Bruce\_Daddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@Bruce\_Daddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bruce_Daddy)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2004, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-think-my-login-name-in-karl/279633/29 "2004-12-13T22:04:09Z")
[Diehard]Shoot the glass, Karl![/Diehard] ---
**Author:** ![Severian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@Severian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Severian)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2004, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-think-my-login-name-in-karl/279633/30 "2004-12-13T22:07:20Z")
It’s not Karl? Damn. Sorry about that. **[Carl Vansen](http://www.google.com/search?num=20&hl=en&lr=lang_en&newwindow=1&c2coff=1&q=%22carl+vansen%22)** it is then. ---
**Author:** ![Berkut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@Berkut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Berkut)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2004, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-think-my-login-name-in-karl/279633/31 "2004-12-13T22:17:04Z")
I don’t know about everyone else, but I always get you confused with Karl Vansen, the guy over in the Polychloroprene Division. Man, you remember him doing that rubber glove trick at the company Christmas party last year? What a trip that was! I still cringe when I get a whiff of talc. I bet the goat does, too. ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2004, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-think-my-login-name-in-karl/279633/32 "2004-12-13T22:23:13Z")
You are such an ignorant, moron fuck that you should be grateful that anyone calls you anything even resembling your screen name. Bow down now and thank Jesus that some people are polite enough to even give your name an acknowledgement. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2004, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-think-my-login-name-in-karl/279633/33 "2004-12-13T22:26:50Z")
I have this problem too but even worse. My username is clearly **Diogenes the Cynic** but for some reason people seem to read it variously as “Asshole,” “Dipshit,” “fucking tool,” “liberal puke,” “Diogenes the fuckhead” and the like. I don’t know what it is. Maybe it’s their monitors. ---
**Author:** ![Kaitlyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/73ab20/32.png) [@Kaitlyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kaitlyn)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2004, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-think-my-login-name-in-karl/279633/34 "2004-12-13T22:32:37Z")
Come on Kal, I was just trying to protect your secret identity so that your enemies won’t try to strike back at you through your loved ones. ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2004, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-think-my-login-name-in-karl/279633/35 "2004-12-13T22:33:40Z")
> [@Severian](#): > > It’s not Karl? Damn. Sorry about that. **[Carl Vansen](http://www.google.com/search?num=20&hl=en&lr=lang_en&newwindow=1&c2coff=1&q=%22carl+vansen%22)** it is then. no, no it’s [Carl Vinson](http://www.cvn70.navy.mil/) The guy is an aircraft carrier! ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2004, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-think-my-login-name-in-karl/279633/36 "2004-12-13T22:34:11Z")
Hey Karl, guess what? I opened my heart to God, and he told me you were an asshole and needed a good hard spanking! Go figure. ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2004, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-think-my-login-name-in-karl/279633/37 "2004-12-13T22:38:39Z")
> [@Diogenes the Cynic](#): > > I have this problem too but even worse. My username is clearly **Diogenes the Cynic** but for some reason people seem to read it variously as “Asshole,” “Dipshit,” “fucking tool,” “liberal puke,” “Diogenes the fuckhead” and the like. I don’t know what it is. Maybe it’s their monitors. :: tips hat to **Dio** :: ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2004, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-think-my-login-name-in-karl/279633/38 "2004-12-13T22:40:18Z")
I know a Karl Vensen from Playtex Division. Are you related to him? ---
**Author:** ![LordVor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/90ced4/32.png) [@LordVor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LordVor)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2004, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-think-my-login-name-in-karl/279633/39 "2004-12-13T22:42:31Z")
I’m thinking that you should probably just start thinking about what your next username is going to be. -lv ---
**Author:** ![manhattan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manhattan/32/7_2.png) [@manhattan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manhattan)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2004, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-think-my-login-name-in-karl/279633/40 "2004-12-13T22:45:13Z")
> [@Yeticus Rex](#): > > I know a Karl Vensen from Playtex Division. Are you related to him? In fact, the president of the personal products division of Playtex (which is to say, the guy in charge of the tampons) is named Dick Powers. [No, really!](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/842699/000104746904011920/a2132640zdef14a.htm). Well, OK, Richard. But still. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-think-my-login-name-in-karl/279633.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-think-my-login-name-in-karl/279633.md?page=3)