Do you ever wish you could change your username?

October 1, 2004 9:43 PM

Do you ever wish you could change your username? What would you change it to?
posted by PrinceValium to MetaFilter-related at 9:43 PM (127 comments total)

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Despite recent rumors that Mel Brooks is planning a sequel, the Spaceballs reference meme has gotten, shall we say, dated since I started using this handle on my BBS back in '93. So I think I'm ready for a change. I just don't think I'm clever enough to come up with a good one.
posted by PrinceValium at 9:46 PM on October 1, 2004

I can't really decide, but I like my current username. I also have an eel in my shirt.
posted by Kwantsar at 10:02 PM on October 1, 2004

What a coincidence; My hovercraft is full of eels.

Getting back to PrinceValium's question: No, not really, but then again I just use my initials which is admittedly rather dull, not to mention unpronouncable and really annoying at meetups. So perhaps I would like to change it… Hmm… Damn you.
posted by fvw at 10:53 PM on October 1, 2004

More vowels!
posted by Krrrlson at 10:56 PM on October 1, 2004

Heh! No! I love mine! It's like, perfect!
posted by erratic frog at 10:58 PM on October 1, 2004

Oh, and - "login." Duh.
posted by Krrrlson at 11:02 PM on October 1, 2004

Is it my turn to be mathowie now?
posted by DaShiv at 11:02 PM on October 1, 2004

I ended up loving my username. Otherwise I would get Yossarian Lives.
posted by Keyser Soze at 11:02 PM on October 1, 2004

Since I'm fairly new here, I think I'll keep the one I've got.
posted by kamylyon at 11:09 PM on October 1, 2004

I like my user name because it connects to my real name, but I keep getting myself confused with chaz. Also, I suspect that when I first signed up Matt thought that I was some kind of teenaged troublemaker with a devilish agenda, because he deleted a couple of my comments, and as you know, I'm pretty innocuous. I think my current favorite mefite name is NotMyselfRightNow, and of course, always and forever, LittleMissCranky.
posted by taz at 11:23 PM on October 1, 2004

I kinda regret the space and capitalization now, since it's so different than (most) everyone else. I suspected that there wouldn't be a restriction against spaces, and it seemed silly to me to adopt the cramped username style when it wasn't necessary. But now I sort of don't like that it's as different as it is. With my high profile and all, anyway.

I don't have anything better to change it to, though. Unless it was "kmellis", which is, um, "me". "Keith M Ellis". I'm "kmellis" everywhere, pretty much, since 93. I didn't use that name, though, because there's a "kmel" here on MeFi and I wanted to avoid any confusion. Anyway, again, it's unusual for me to have a honest-to-goodness pseudonym. I'm not sure I like it, actually. It's like it's this other identity. That's sort of neat, in a way, but it also makes me uncomfortable. I'm me. I don't particularly have any desire to have an alter-ego. I realize that that's a big attraction to many other people. I'm kinda compulsively honest and not comfortable with facades or masquerades, even when they're socially acceptable and, well, healthy.

Oh, and yeah, I too love the name "LittleMissCranky". It's just so evocative. Great name.
posted by Ethereal Bligh at 11:36 PM on October 1, 2004

I signed up with this username back when I was strictly going by a pseudonym online. Now that I go by my first name (Valette) everywhere else, it would be nice to go by my first name here as well.
posted by rhapsodie at 11:46 PM on October 1, 2004

I worked on my username for a long time before i finally came up with Fidel Donson - its an anagram of my real name and i use it to such an extent that my friends are picking up on it in actual reality.

Lately though I have been fooling around with the brilliant name Art Vandelay - I think ill begin using it when i dont want anyone to know...
posted by FidelDonson at 12:00 AM on October 2, 2004

I actually kinda like my name, but I've always got a kick out of timeistight's Blosxom mailing list account name--something like "whyarenoneofmyaliasesavailable". Though it's a bit long to type...

And I suppose obscure Hitchhiker's references are in vogue again, so I could always go back to being Max Qordlepleen.
posted by arto at 12:04 AM on October 2, 2004

as I've said in the past, "fishfucker"
posted by matteo at 12:12 AM on October 2, 2004

yes, because sometimes I make some pretty boneheaded statements, and it ends up possibly reflecting badly on a whole group of people (those that participate on my website, named Crunchland) instead of just stupid, ol' me.

If I had it to do over again, I'd probably go with some sort of variation of my real name.
posted by crunchland at 12:14 AM on October 2, 2004

"whyarenoneofmyaliasesavailable" :)

Oh, yeah, FidelDonson, some of my friends IRL are calling me "taz", too. It was a slight shock the first time I heard it said out loud, but it feels sort of natural. I've been called "T" (and variations - Miss T, Lady T, Big T, T-Spot, etc.) a lot in the past. My favorite nickname ever was when I was a managing editor, and my pals used to call me "MissManagement". Get it?...

Oh, and remember (.)(.)?
posted by taz at 12:17 AM on October 2, 2004

Mine suits me just fine, thanks.
posted by dobbs at 12:29 AM on October 2, 2004

Everybody ought to have some sort of magical animal suffix thing.
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 1:19 AM on October 2, 2004

tazwizardlizard.
posted by taz at 1:24 AM on October 2, 2004

stav, I am known in lots of online places as mensachicken but I didn't want people to confuse me with you (and vice versa). With hindsight, I'm happy about it, but at first I was a little ticked.
posted by dobbs at 1:31 AM on October 2, 2004

blighthedisastrouslylargemeringue

Okay, I'm sorry. That was just plain silly.
posted by Ethereal Bligh at 1:33 AM on October 2, 2004

I have an old username floating around out there somewhere. I signed up back in 2000 or early 2001 expecting to be a complete troll but never followed through. Later in 2001 I actually grew a little affectionate toward this place and signed up using my real name.

Now I've been trying to track down that old account to see what assinine things I said but can't remember the name I used so it'll just have to float out there; a record of my former destructive self.

Yeah, I do want to change my username.

Not to derail but I had a blast while trying to find my old username. I ran across a lot of users on MeFi who got accounts, made one (1) comment and then disappeared (the "One Hit Wonders" of Mefi if you will). Some of the comments were innocuous - "Yes, I agree" type stuff and others were just bizarre and/or hilarious.

Too bad some the new blood dries up so quick.
posted by KevinSkomsvold at 1:41 AM on October 2, 2004

I wouldn't mind being SteveInHawaii.
posted by SteveInMaine at 2:46 AM on October 2, 2004

Not if I got it first, Keyser.

But really I'd probably just replace my 'At' with an '@'.
posted by Yelling At Nothing at 3:28 AM on October 2, 2004

i quite like the idea oh nnzgbxdxth
posted by nthdegx at 3:31 AM on October 2, 2004

I wish I'd chosen "when we were lions" as my name and had cultivated the most pretentious persona in the history of metafilter. Of course, to accomplish this I would have had to do a number of things such as proof-read what I write and have valid points, so it's probably a good idea I didn't.

I lament my current choice on a daily basis, however. It was just an e-mail address I started using when I was 18. Now, some four years later, I'm more than a little disappointed in my earlier, not-so-fresh self.
posted by The God Complex at 4:13 AM on October 2, 2004

I also kind of wish I'd gone with Larry "Pete" Murdock because why would I do that? Then every day I'd go "why would I do that?" and then after a dramatic pause I'd go, "that's why" and just sort of nod emphatically once and feel good about myself.
posted by The God Complex at 4:17 AM on October 2, 2004

Or maybe Brock Striker.
posted by The God Complex at 4:18 AM on October 2, 2004

If it were possible, I'd love to have Smart Dalek's username as a cool MetaFilter ID.
posted by Smart Dalek at 4:44 AM on October 2, 2004

Aw, shit.
posted by Smart Dalek at 4:45 AM on October 2, 2004

Mine just plain sucks, from the needless underscore to the arbitrary cutoff point in my surname. Eugh. Hate it. Bad.

I assume there must've been an existing user called Mot when I signed up, or I would've gone for that - it's what I use elsewhere online, and it's what everyone I know calls me in the real life.

Other than that, I'd quite like to be known as Little Edie Beale.
posted by jack_mo at 5:10 AM on October 2, 2004

I wish I could have "bunnyfire" back.
posted by konolia at 5:47 AM on October 2, 2004

mine is fine.
posted by andrew cooke at 5:57 AM on October 2, 2004

Madamejujujive and Kafkaesque are cool names. Would I change my user name? Absolutely.
posted by Tarrama at 6:05 AM on October 2, 2004

ANYTHING BUT THIS!!!


OT/thanks to bugmenot, the Washington Post website greets me every morning with a cheery "hello pigfucker" which never fails to amuse me.
posted by CunningLinguist at 6:10 AM on October 2, 2004

If I'd chosen the name Max Power then I'm sure I'd get more respect around here.
posted by Meridian at 6:20 AM on October 2, 2004

Karl was taken at the time...

...by dhoyt!

Oh, well, y2k sera...
posted by y2karl at 6:44 AM on October 2, 2004

I would adore a new username, due to the fact I am no longer a graffiti writer, and all that sort of nonsense.
posted by tenseone at 6:45 AM on October 2, 2004

"ook" was just a mash-the-keyboard response to 'all my usual names are already taken'.

I've grown to like it, though. What I really want is for "oog" to change his name.
posted by ook at 6:46 AM on October 2, 2004

Well, CunningLinguist's pigfucker story just made laugh. A lot.
posted by taz at 6:52 AM on October 2, 2004

I'd like to skip the "mr" part.
posted by mr.marx at 6:58 AM on October 2, 2004

Everybody ought to have some sort of magical animal suffix thing.

sciurusthecompassionateconservative

Homer: Lisa, honey. Are you saying your never going to eat any animal again? What about bacon?
Lisa: No!
Homer: Ham?
Lisa: No!
Homer: Porkchops?
Lisa: Dad! Those all come from the same animal!
Homer: Heh heh yeah right Lisa, a wonderful magical animal heh heh
posted by sciurus at 7:16 AM on October 2, 2004

No, not really. But then, I've used the same userid for, what, 20 years.
posted by majick at 7:29 AM on October 2, 2004

Taz, I'm honored. Thank you!
posted by NotMyselfRightNow at 7:32 AM on October 2, 2004

I should have used marble. I dunno why I didn't. My username is so boring. Oh well.
posted by beth at 7:36 AM on October 2, 2004

The shine has yet to come off mine. It's better than the 'lumin' or 'lycidas' I've used for years and years.
posted by robocop is bleeding at 8:03 AM on October 2, 2004

This name gets me in trouble all the time so I often want to delete it everywhere and move on. A second later I realize how silly that is, it has been my username since gaming days way-back-when - it would be deleting a lot (of me).
posted by dabitch at 8:13 AM on October 2, 2004

I like mine, but if i could have multiples:
gogmagog

pufnstuf
witchiepoo

Bingo
Fleegle
Drooper
Snork
posted by amberglow at 8:18 AM on October 2, 2004

More vowels!

Mmm, I could definitely go for one of those right now..

But the best name ever is probably Turtles all the way down.
posted by Ljubljana at 8:26 AM on October 2, 2004

Oh yes! That is a good one.

I'd like to be fnord.
posted by dabitch at 8:29 AM on October 2, 2004

I would make mine Chungking Express.
posted by chunking express at 8:46 AM on October 2, 2004

i wouldn't change. however, if i could get two more user names, i'd pick iron man and titanium man and have massive battles between the two of them in every thread that I could fine.

my ip would be banned in less than a day. maybe its a good thing signups are closed.
posted by Stynxno at 9:05 AM on October 2, 2004

I like my initials and I like their neutrality, that in themselves there is nothing much to create expectation or some kind of "pre-persona", that a person would imagine before reading my comment. Of course, I like some of the other more inventive usernames I've used and it's definitely more fun to have a series of interesting names than if everyone were to just use their initials - but I appreciate the straightforward ones too.

It's also funny what different people get from a name - whether you know a reference, whether you think it's a boring/blatant reference or a smart/clever one... or if it's not a reference (or not one you know), whether you find it subtle and witty or coy or self-congratulatory or what. There's a lot in a name. (Can you imagine if amberglow had been Drooper?)

I agree on 'turtles...' and 'notmyself...' (although I imagine it's a pain to login.)
posted by mdn at 9:13 AM on October 2, 2004

MetaFilter -- The Pigfucker Story Just Made Me Laugh A Lot
posted by matteo at 9:26 AM on October 2, 2004

BerkeleyParamus.
posted by scarabic at 9:34 AM on October 2, 2004

"marft"
posted by moift at 9:35 AM on October 2, 2004

You see, the other Eamons and I are having a contest. I'm not doing too bad, but not nearly as good as this bastard; this guy, however, is ruining our good name.
posted by Eamon at 9:51 AM on October 2, 2004

I tthink my name's quite dashing.

Though 'dosh slut' seems amusing, in a pimpy sort of way.
posted by dash_slot- at 9:51 AM on October 2, 2004

I wanna be quonsar.
posted by jpoulos at 10:08 AM on October 2, 2004

looking back, I dont think I should have used my name. Google it and you get every dumb statement i've ever made here. I should have used 'pukeandcry'.

Although I started using my name as my handle for everything just because people don't usually do that.
posted by bob sarabia at 10:44 AM on October 2, 2004

Mine was just force of habit from previous places. Nobody has won the prize for guessing it's origin, but many of the greats - Miguel, dhartung & riffola among them - have tried over the years.

I s'pose I'd use 'blissism' to fit in with more up-to-date online stuff but I'm not too worried.
posted by i_cola at 10:51 AM on October 2, 2004

a year after i signed up here i changed my nick everywhere else to "vapidsquid"

but i suppose i'm stuck with this here. *sobs*
posted by y0bhgu0d at 11:01 AM on October 2, 2004

I wish I could have "bunnyfire" back

When you came back, you shoulda been "flaming jackrabbit" or "bonfire of the lepus" or something like that.

Me, I've discovered that there are relatively few other Iain Banks drooling fanboys here (hi adrianhon!), so people end up abbreviating me to ROU, which is just plain wrong -- dammit, the *name* part of the username is Xenophobe, an ROU is just what the good ship Xenophobe --is--.*

So anyway, if I had it over I'd probably be a different bloodthirsty killing machine, like Skaffen-Amtiskaw or ED-209. Probably ED-209, as I do spend an awful lot of time on my back in stairwells, waving my limbs in the air pathetically... and you're not helping me. I mean you're not helping... why is that, Leon?

Come to think of it, WhyIsThatLeon would be a good userid too.

*Technically, was. But who wants to be a dROU/VFP?
posted by ROU_Xenophobe at 11:01 AM on October 2, 2004

FiveFreshFishfuckers
posted by kirkaracha at 11:17 AM on October 2, 2004

I am an idiot and misspelled my user name. I ignored it first and now it is really bothering me.
posted by eddydamascene at 11:31 AM on October 2, 2004

For awhile, I wanted to change mine to thomcatspike's editor.

/I say that with a fondness
posted by dhoyt at 11:36 AM on October 2, 2004

As I have said before, I'd like to change my uisername to CountChocula.
posted by crunchburger at 12:35 PM on October 2, 2004

I'd like to take the caps off. Far too early nineties and I stopped doing it right after I signed up. :(
posted by ODiV at 5:25 PM on October 2, 2004

The kicker is that when I sign is as "odiv" everything (Posting As:, Logged in As: etc) shows up in smallcaps. Even my preview shows up as posted by odiv. *snif*
posted by ODiV at 5:28 PM on October 2, 2004

I go by two online, "nothing" and "praestigiare." I'm glad I went with nothing here, it's easier to type. Besides, it makes for funny moments when me and Yelling at Nothing comment in the same threads, and there is no Yelling at Praestigiare.
posted by Nothing at 5:36 PM on October 2, 2004

Maybe something less pretentious.
posted by kenko at 6:08 PM on October 2, 2004

I've come up with all manner of ones I wish I'd chosen instead (like Sharrow or Diziet or Darckense, Xeny - and hi adrianhon!), but the truth is that I'm glad I'm biscotti - it was my last cat's nickname, and he was the Coolest Cat in the World, and now he's gone.
posted by biscotti at 8:01 PM on October 2, 2004

that makes the Biscotti Signal all the more appropriate

(I'd hate to think of what the Darckense Signal might be)
posted by ROU_Xenophobe at 8:16 PM on October 2, 2004

"I should have used marble."

Sweetie, we've all said that.
posted by mr_crash_davis at 8:18 PM on October 2, 2004

don'tactuallycallmejay'causeit'snotveryfunnyandsomebodydoesiteverytimeigetonirc.
posted by callmejay at 8:23 PM on October 2, 2004

El Kabong
Particle Man
Tim (as in, "there are some who call me ...")
posted by yhbc at 8:28 PM on October 2, 2004

Is earwax taken?
posted by mischief at 9:56 PM on October 2, 2004

Yeah, like bob I wish I had some anonymity. Oh well, I'm an atheist anyway, it's not like anything I say here can disqualify me for political office. Xenophobe, I think I'd have gone with one of the ships from Excession - maybe "Frank Exchange of Views" or "Not Invented Here".

But the best username is hands down "uosuaq". Fucking brilliant, I smile every time I see it.
posted by nicwolff at 1:11 AM on October 3, 2004

"benson"?

(everybody would be laughing at me right now if they could see me trying to get my head upside down to read the monitor.)
posted by taz at 3:04 AM on October 3, 2004

I use my real name on the vast majority of forums, so I'm used to having my name attached to everything I say. I would have included a space had I thought about it, though.
posted by SuzySmith at 4:21 AM on October 3, 2004

maybe Frank Exchange of Views

That's my (arguing with strangers) email address! I considered it as a user name but thought it sounded, well, combatative. Well, duh! :-)
posted by dmt at 5:41 AM on October 3, 2004

Strongbad

Laymedown

John Gunn

Wanyin

Scunthorpe

But it's the words I use as passwords to login that worry me the most. Association gone wrong.

I just went with what my friends call me. I mean, I had like a five-second window to sign up so no creativity allowed.

I like Turtles All The Way Down and I've always been partial to Dong Resin.
posted by Bdave at 6:35 AM on October 3, 2004

I admit to showing a complete lack of imagination in my choice of username. Even so, several people have come up to me at meetups and asked me what the "mc" stood for, as if it were some secret code. It's just the first to letters of my last name, and writing it that way is a grade school reflex since there were always more than one "jon" or "john" in the class and usually another Jon M.

I initially considered calling myself "buddybradley" but I didn't for some reason that escapes me now.
posted by jonmc at 9:23 AM on October 3, 2004

Everybody ought to have some sort of magical animal suffix thing.

MiloVonHyrax

I've always thought that ifjuly was an interesting name.
posted by milovoo at 10:37 AM on October 3, 2004

Xenophobe, I think I'd have gone with one of the ships from Excession - maybe "Frank Exchange of Views" or "Not Invented Here"

But I like Xeny, especially its giant cutesy avatar.

There's someone on usenet who posts as GSV Three Minds In A Can, which I like a lot.

I keep hoping that a ship that's been around Earth a bit might change its name to ROU S. Me, I don't believe they exist.

Maybe I should change my name to Bascule and rite only foneticaly, even tho its hard on the I's.
posted by ROU_Xenophobe at 11:45 AM on October 3, 2004

i have no idea why i chose to sign on here as t r a c y since i've been using katgyrl as my sole nick since '94. i wouldn't change it now tho'.

my favourite usernames are madamjujujive, turtles all the way down, and angry modem.

I've always been partial to Dong Resin.

it took me ages to not feel stupid calling him that, but now i'm so used to it i feel like an idiot using his real name.
posted by t r a c y at 12:30 PM on October 3, 2004

I like "robocop is bleeding", too.
posted by kenko at 1:02 PM on October 3, 2004

I've read several Banks novels, but I didn't recognize the reference. Darnit. Excession was one of them. It was good.
posted by Ethereal Bligh at 1:13 PM on October 3, 2004

SteveInMaine, I know a SteveInHawaii and thought perhaps you were linking to him. Alas, no.

I wanted mlnjr but couldn't have it for some reason I forget. A cursory glance tells me there's no current user named mlnjr, and searching for mlnjr brings up my user page since it's part of my e-mail address.

Huh, I'm getting close to my two-year anniversary here.
posted by emelenjr at 2:02 PM on October 3, 2004

Speaking of authors named Banks, I'd like my nick to be Rosie M. Banks.
posted by CunningLinguist at 2:16 PM on October 3, 2004

Seth.
posted by quonsar at 3:20 PM on October 3, 2004

You mean these aren't your real names? Man, that really takes some of the magic away.
posted by joaquim at 3:58 PM on October 3, 2004

I chose mine in a fit of japanophilia, which aside from an abiding penchant for sushi, has largely passed. If it weren't for the repercusions of having my posting history accessible to my current law firm and potential future employers, I would probably use something close to my real name.
posted by monju_bosatsu at 4:44 PM on October 3, 2004

I'd like to change my real name to my user name.
posted by Wet Spot at 5:50 PM on October 3, 2004

The Cod Complex (does that qualify as a magical animal infix?)
posted by louigi at 6:24 PM on October 3, 2004

I would capitalize the first letters now if I could. At the time I signed up I imagined that I'd have to do a case sensitive login several times daily, and thought I'd save myself the bother.

Otherwise I like my name and use it everywhere on the net and plan to use it on my own site if I ever get it launched. I especially like that it lends itself to a lot of word play.
posted by orange swan at 6:40 PM on October 3, 2004

I want to change mine to Dead_Ray_Romano__Every_Zealot's_Dream__No?

Or maybe a short form of that.
posted by drezdn at 7:00 PM on October 3, 2004

Well, what other animal should I keep alphabetical lists of?
posted by LionIndex at 7:39 PM on October 3, 2004

*sigh*

if I'd known there would be others, I never would have taken it.


(alt: IN YOUR FACE!! HERE FIRST!! BOO-YA!)
posted by norm at 8:32 PM on October 3, 2004

Oui [_] Non [x]
as in
posted by Oui [_] Non [x] at 6:40 PM PST on October 3

>Otherwise I like my name and use it everywhere on the net
I knew a Charles Swan. Drove a Thunderbird. Sharp dresser, glasses, red hair. Assumed you were related...
posted by philfromhavelock at 8:35 PM on October 3, 2004

I wouldn't mind Wendell with a CAPITAL W, or even a WWWendell, if that isn't hopelessly cliche'd (and I know it is).

Going back to my checkered past, I could be WendellOnHold or OliverWendellWendell.

I also have a strange connection to...
FnordPrefect
or...
StallionGanglia
or...
Ernie the Nurny
or...
CleanThoughtsOnADirtyWall
or...
FranzLister
or...
EyeWittlerNews
or...
JokishPoll
or...
FunkyColdMarine
or...
LostEpisode
or...
RooneyRabbit
or...
Smocker
(with a name like that, I'd HAVE to be good)
or the past tense of Wendell...
Went.
posted by wendell at 8:58 PM on October 3, 2004

As I've mentioned before, I'm one of those who deeply regrets picking my e-mail handle as my MeFi username. The least of it is people assume I'm all about promoting soy. I would change mine to "soyambiguity" or maybe "a10tive."

Also, did I blink and miss it or has no one mentioned stupidsexyflanders?

Oh yeah, and uosuaq is definitely the ubercoolest username.
posted by soyjoy at 9:13 PM on October 3, 2004

Set the timer for 21.6 seconds...

scythe_counts
creampuffbeyond
pitytoe
casual_antipodes
nigglewake
abstinent_mannequin
martial_barb
turgid_trollop

...Time!

(and as I've said before, I adore LittleMissCranky)
posted by Opus Dark at 10:29 PM on October 3, 2004

Yeah, but your imagination is far too fecund for your responses to be appropriate to this question in this venue. None of those, however, are as felicitious as "Opus Dark". Not as pretentious, either. But lucky for you, you live up to the promise.
posted by Ethereal Bligh at 10:55 PM on October 3, 2004

I would make mine Chungking Express.
posted by chunking express at 8:46 AM PST on October 2

I would capitalize the first letters now if I could.
posted by orange swan at 6:40 PM PST on October 3

Me too. I didn't notice at the time that capitals were allowed. I'd love to be LeLiLo, since it's an abbreviation (or acronym, or whatever) of a five-word phrase.

p.s. My favorite phrase I've heard lately (actually not a particularly good user name) is Generation Sandwich
posted by LeLiLo at 11:36 PM on October 3, 2004

I'm happy with my name and pleased that sometimes people think it means something it doesn't.
posted by Dagobert at 3:56 AM on October 4, 2004

Heh, funny. In Swedish Dagwood is Dagobert and he loves sandwiches. Dunno if he ever had a generation sandwich.
posted by dabitch at 4:21 AM on October 4, 2004

Name chosen by SO [gentlemanly I allowed her to sign up first, gleefully awaiting my turn, only to discover that the window of opportunity had closed. Dang. And to add insult to injury we got up at 3 in the morning to sign up... Bleh.]

The handles I had considered for myself, had I gotten to get my own account, were either SayMyName or something like MeFiSto, Mephisto, MEFIstofeles etc. [Hopefully I'll get my chance to change some day.]

Now it works as a shared account, but I probably use it 80% of the time. Poetic justice, maybe.
posted by AwkwardPause at 7:21 AM on October 4, 2004

I'm happy with my name and pleased that sometimes people think it means something it doesn't.
posted by Dagobert at 3:56 AM PST on October 4

When in college I had a philosophy book that had, quite literally, every important philosopher from 1000 BC to 1950 excerpted. It was an enormous book and edited by Dagobert Runes. Whenever I and my now-wife would have a disagreement about a philosopher, we'd settle it by "consulting Dagobert." I confess, sir, that when I see your handle I always think of consulting you.
posted by norm at 7:35 AM on October 4, 2004

"Dagobert Runes"
A great, great name. It sounds like a minor character from a Mervyn Peake novel.
posted by thatwhichfalls at 8:25 AM on October 4, 2004

I have two online names and my normal old name is one of them. The other one, which would have to be my second choice here [and is my alias or whatever on flickr] is iamthebestartist. I am sometimes partial to being called The Edgy Hammock Queen.
posted by jessamyn at 9:06 AM on October 4, 2004

bargle was just short and easy to remember. i would much prefer:

beautiful necrophillia
timorous barghest
pulsating gorebeast
let's pet ol' scratch
posted by bargle at 9:09 AM on October 4, 2004

Some days I wish I were ungrateful.
posted by grateful at 10:54 AM on October 4, 2004

was. frickin' keyboard.
posted by grateful at 10:55 AM on October 4, 2004

were, actually. Unless you mean that some days you wish you had previously been ungrateful.
posted by soyjoy at 11:56 AM on October 4, 2004

The second conditional is dying out, thank fuck.
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 1:52 PM on October 4, 2004

Hmm, from now on I think I'm going to start giving thanks to fuck before dinner.
posted by sciurus at 3:03 PM on October 4, 2004

Thurmocatspike
Then my first and middle name could be spelt out of the letters. If you ever looked at my profile it would explain this better.
posted by thomcatspike at 4:20 PM on October 4, 2004

we got up at 3 in the morning to sign up

Holy shit! I don't get up at 3 for anything.
posted by orange swan at 5:51 PM on October 4, 2004

Holy shit! I don't get up at 3 for anything.

Don't worry, he's putting you on. There's no such thing as 3 in the morning.
posted by kindall at 10:00 PM on October 4, 2004

Yeah, well, ok I made that up. I don't really have a MeFi-account. I just post, y'know.

You can call me login, if you like
posted by AwkwardPause at 7:17 AM on October 5, 2004

We just won't call you late for breakfast.
posted by orange swan at 7:21 AM on October 5, 2004

I still like Secret Life of Gravy very much-- it's a bit whimsical and, well, a bit mysterious. I just wish the initials didn't spell "slog." Slog is not an attractive verb. I would hate to think of myself as slogging through life.

Maybe I should have named myself Secret Life of Broccoli-- oh wait! That's worse.

Secret Life in Tea? Secret Life under Tobacco? Secret Life after Gristle?
posted by Secret Life of Gravy at 8:52 AM on October 5, 2004

I made a list of names in preparation for The Day and then, as soon as I was able to get on -- heart pounding, brow sweating -- hated all of them and ended up, somehow, with this name which, as soon as I'd gotten an account, hated even more than the others.

So, yeah, I'd like to change my name. However, I'm pretty sure that I'd have the same problem next time around.

At least it's fun to say: "papercakepapercakepapercake..."
posted by papercake at 1:08 PM on October 5, 2004

I just keep hoping Lou will visit MetaFilter one day and contact me! :)
posted by LouReedsSon at 7:44 PM on October 5, 2004

I just want to go on record as HATING my mefi handle. (When I initially signed up, I didn't put much thought into it, because I didn't think I would stop by that often. It's now three years later, for the record...) Never thought about what I would change it to though, ooblil could be cool though...
posted by lilboo at 7:54 PM on October 5, 2004