I Post with My Fake Name

[Flailing Escapist]

Because one day I decided to start hiding and take 0% responsibility for what I'm saying.

And...

Because I am afraid you will find out where I live.
Because I am afraid you will confuse me with people of a similar name.
Because I am afraid you will hit me when I pass you on the street.
Because I am afraid you will make fun of my real name.
Esuaceb I ma diarfa I lliw lleps gnihtyreve ssdrawkcab.
Because Batman.

Why do you use a fake name?

 

[Dango]

Because I want to.

Also, this thread (or at least this thread title) is stupid.

 

[Feralcentaur]

My First name is to easy to make a joke or giggle out of, it's pretty much the second worst English Male name since "Richard".
My Middle name is very meh.
My Last name makes me sound like a redneck.
I don't like any of them because they all sound far too generic and dull.
I tend to act very differently to people I'm talking to in person than to people I am directing text at over the internet, although not necessarily in a bad way.

 

[Flailing Escapist]

Because I want to.

Also, this thread is stupid.

Hey, you responded to it.

 

[DirgeNovak]

Because using your real name on the Internet is fucking dangerous?
I only use my real name on Facebook, and even that stresses me out a bit.

 

[OptimisticPessimist]

I see I'm not the only one who thought that "I use my real name" thread was stupid.

 

[ZeZZZZevy]

ha! using names to post with.
I use this username pretty much everywhere now, no one ever takes it (it's even my gamertag, i take pride in having zero numbers)

it's also a giggle and a half to listen to people try to pronounce it

 

[TFielding]

My real name is boring and overused. When you search my name on Google and set it to search on Facebook, I do not come up for at least the first three pages of all different people with my name. But mostly I really like Sphere.

 

[staika]

I prefer Staika to my actual name seeing as my first name is bland, my middle name is bland, and my last name is hard to pronounce and is 12 letters long.

 

[Tartarga]

Because my real name rhymes with a lot of different words and people like to remind me of that quite often.

 

[crop52]

because i put a lot of work into making myself look cool irl, and i let out my inner nerd on the internet,

 

[Flare Phoenix]

Because I want to.

Also, this thread (or at least this thread title) is stupid.

It's a stab at another thread in which the original poster believed he deserved some sort of medal because he used his real name as his screen name on the internet.

 

[2fish]

Because as in real life I do not always use my "real name" because I have no attachment my name or even to any name. I am who I want to be that day or even that hour.

I find names a type of self-formed label, when a person start to allow labels to be applied to themselves they associate those labels with their name. While a name can have power a lack of a name can also carry its own power.

Thus I have now made many people look at my post and think, "what the *beep* is wrong with that guy". That is some bad language you just used please try to clean that up.

Spoiler

also it keeps the evil corporations from looking into my mindskull and seeing that I hide an exoskeleton under my left dresser that I will use when I murder all humans!

 

[burningdragoon]

cuz "burningdragoon" is way cooler than (redacted).

 

[Flailing Escapist]

Because I want to.

Also, this thread (or at least this thread title) is stupid.

It's a stab at another thread in which the original poster believed he deserved some sort of medal because he used his real name as his screen name on the internet.

I think somebody knows whats going on

 

[emeraldrafael]

Because that way, the real Aaron Aaronson is blamed for murder. XD

really thoug, cause my user name is catchier.

 

[Scarecrow]

Because I hate my real name and would much rather have this name. I'm talking about both online AND in real life....without the 8 of course.

 

[Flare Phoenix]

Because I want to.

Also, this thread (or at least this thread title) is stupid.

It's a stab at another thread in which the original poster believed he deserved some sort of medal because he used his real name as his screen name on the internet.

I think somebody knows whats going on

Yeah... that thread was stupid. The guy actually admits he was just wasting our time then insults us because we got upset that he was wasting our time. I still can't decide if he was a troll or not.

I use a screen name so I don't have to be careful of what I say online (outside of the forum's rules of course). I don't think it's right that an employer should be allowed to take what you do online into account when you're applying for a job.

 

[AvsJoe]

I... don't. Not really. Hell, the shortened version of my first name is right there in my username and my real name is in my profile. Dangerous, sure, but that's the way I roll, baby.