# Would this be wrong?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-this-be-wrong/271200>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [October 26, 2004, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-this-be-wrong/271200 "2004-10-26T04:55:01Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![mcott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@mcott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mcott)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2004, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-this-be-wrong/271200/1 "2004-10-26T04:55:01Z")

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I’m thinking about buying a membership for my father for X-Mas. If I register as a guest, then pay, then hand off the account to him, with instructions to change the password, would that be considered to be a sock, strawman, or anything else nefarious?

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**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2004, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-this-be-wrong/271200/2 "2004-10-26T08:42:16Z")

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Not that I count, but to me, it would be considered a very cool gift giver.

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**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2004, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-this-be-wrong/271200/3 "2004-10-26T12:24:58Z")

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That would be fine. Please alert the moderators by email, specifying the username, just in case there’s any kinda hiccough in the system. (And, of course, there’s only one name change, so be sure to find out what screen name he’d like before your register it! \< grin \> )

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**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2004, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-this-be-wrong/271200/4 "2004-10-26T12:29:34Z")

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Hmm, something I have not thought of…

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**Author:** ![mcott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@mcott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mcott)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2004, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-this-be-wrong/271200/5 "2004-10-27T04:31:54Z")

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Thank you. If I sign him up, I’ll let ya’ll know.

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**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2004, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-this-be-wrong/271200/6 "2004-10-27T15:38:49Z")

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I’d just like to say that **mcott** absolutely rocks.

_hides from mods_

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**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2004, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-this-be-wrong/271200/7 "2004-10-27T22:25:25Z")

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That won’t do you any good, **Kytheria**. You can run, but you can hide… 😃

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**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2004, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-this-be-wrong/271200/8 "2004-10-27T22:26:48Z")

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:smack:

_Can’t_…you _can’t_ hide.

I’ve been cursed.