[oowolf]

Part of the fun of this is giving yourself a new name. Mostly we're stuck with what we are given at birth, etc. Most Westerners have 2 first names. I don't know why...in case you really dislike one you've got a spare? But I digress....

When you make up your new name what are you trying to accomplish? Simple PR? Showing how clever, or cute, you can be? What information are you telling us about yourself, and is it the TRUTH?

PenultimateManStanding and smallpoxgirl feel the need to include specific gender information. A lot of us appropriate animal names. Some are obviously nicknames or pet names. Names with numbers aren't popular. SpeCop007 isn't really a number but I suppose a reference to James Bond--very macho. SinisterBlueCat, who are you threating harm to? UnNaTuRaL eLeMeNt, inquiring minds want to know how'd you get so unnatural. Ludi, why does your name sound like part of the trade name of an antidepressant?
killJoy...what can I say--such a self deprecating name. MonteQuest--very elegant name for a Smokey the Bear "(crush those butts...and stay on topic, dammit"). Pops......."pope".

Some amerindians kept their "real" names a secret. prefering pseudonyms. Why do WE do this? Why do we communicate and even confide to people who won't even tell us their names?

This internet is strange. What are we doing?

(Thanks to PMS (yes, if your "handle" is inconvenient it gets abbreviated) and Shannymarra for instigating this line of questioning.

[Pops]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('oowolf', 'P')art of the fun of this is giving yourself a new name...
Pops......."pope".
This internet is strange. What are we doing?

[presidentsherrill]

I myself am an open book, you all know my last name and by clicking my www you'll know it all.

[PrairieMule]

When it came time to pick a internet handle I have never felt comfortable with fearsome name like death tiger, ace of spades, or the glock samurai. So when it came to choosing a internet handle, I chose a more disarming amiable creature. Living in the prairies of North Texas well, Prairiemule seemed natural.

Anyways my wife just calls me Dork. I often reminder that since she married me, she is Mrs.Dork..

[Pops]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('PrairieMule', 'A')nyways my wife just calls me Dork. I often reminder that since she married me, she is Mrs.Dork..

[Novus]

I first took the name Novus in 1998. It is a reference to the Illuminati conspiracy. The name Novus is invoked on official seals and constitutional documents to represent Illuminati control over said organizations. The name even appears on the one dollar bill as well as numerous other seals of world government. I have hijacked the name for my own personal use.

[worrier]

A number of years ago I found a cartoon that showed Xena worrying about her life (e.g. "do people think I'm too butch" and "does Gabrielle laugh at me behind my back") and the cartoon called her "Xena : worrier princess". I thought it was the most amusing thing out, and I am one of life's worriers, so on the internet I called myself Xena : worrier princess or Xena for short. But when you try to sign on to forums as Xena it's always taken so I started using worrier instead. It's an appropriate name for me, and funnily enough it's never taken.

[presidentsherrill]

I guess I just lack creativity. I have never been able to come up with a nick/handle. So I just stick with being me.


My defining qualities

Impatient
Egotisitical
Self Involved
Introvert
Compassionate
Agnostic
Screwedup
Paranoid
Goof Ball



Now could someone with more imagination that me, use the the above information to create a nick for me.

[smallpoxgirl]

I originally started using this pseudonym back during the whole thing where Bush was trying to convince everyone that Osama was hiding in every trashcan and shrub waiting to throw smallpox spores on them. They were also threatening to force the vaccine on health care workers. I knew I was going to refuse if they did, and was worried about what would happen. Bush had just gotten vacinated and I was hoping like crazy that he would get the disease. So it was mostly a poke at Bush and the ridiculous paranoia of the neverending "war on terror". At the time it seemed that smallpoxgirl was probably his arch nemesis. I figured anything that had dubya quaking in his loafers, I was all about it.

[presidentsherrill]

I am looking for a wife... you just met one of the qualifications

[PenultimateManStanding]

Way back somewhere there is a whole thread with a huge number of replies on this topic. Now I wasn't thinking of a need to include my gender. I had just finished reading Savinar talk about the Last Man Standing scenario. So I was saying I sure as hell don't expect to be some ubersurvivalist Last Man Standing myself, hence "penultimate", i.e. second to the last. Plus I'm prone to grandiosity Hey, savinar liked it, that's why he tried out the "alphamaleprophetofdoom" handle!

[oowolf]

Is the poster known as MattSavinar actually "the MattSavinar"? How do you know. I don't know why anyone would want to impersonate Matt...oh wait, I do....

[SoothSayer]

"penultimate", i.e. second to the last.

You Americans and your amusing language loosely based on English

You mean "next to last" don't you?

Or perhaps "first to last" ... but that sounds odd.

And don't get me started on "first floor" !

[Hawkcreek]

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[SinisterBlueCat]

sinisterblue is the name of the paint on blue harleys! my kitty is black, and when she sits in the sun, her coat looks kinda blueish-black and she is a crab ass...so, i thought sinisterbluecat had a nice ring to it

[PrairieMule]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('oowolf', 'I')s the poster known as MattSavinar actually "the MattSavinar"? How do you know. I don't know why anyone would want to impersonate Matt...oh wait, I do....

[Aaron]

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[Aaron]

Oh... & yeah... it's Savinar.

[Atlantean_Relic]

Aaron you feeling left out?

[Ludi]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('oowolf', ' ')Ludi, why does your name sound like part of the trade name of an antidepressant?