If you could change your user name

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The discussion centers around the challenges and thoughts surrounding choosing or changing usernames. Participants express frustration with their current usernames, often feeling they lack creativity or regret their choices. Many suggest alternative names, with "basil" and "RainStorm" being popular favorites, while others share personal anecdotes related to their usernames. The conversation also touches on the significance of usernames in online identity and the ease of recognition among community members. Ultimately, the thread highlights a shared struggle with username selection and the desire for names that resonate personally.
  • #31


╔(σ_σ)╝ said:
If I could change my username I would like a blank name or sunshine & gasoline, SAG or S&G for short. :-)
I've always wondered how long it took you to log in with your handle. Copy and past maybe?
 
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  • #32


I would be lazygirl, or rather stopbeinglazygirl, there is really nothing nuclear about me whatsoever.
 
  • #33


nucleargirl said:
... there is really nothing nuclear about me whatsoever.
You expect me to believe that? HA!
 
  • #34


what would nuclear be? dense core with a fluffy exterior?
 
  • #35


Proton Soup said:
what would nuclear be? dense core with a fluffy exterior?
Or smokin' hot with a short half-life?
 
  • #36


She's female. That's all that maters.
 
  • #37


dlgoff said:
I've always wondered how long it took you to log in with your handle. Copy and past maybe?

I never log in. I have been logged in ever since I registered.
 
  • #38


I would change my username to Superaveragenova.
 
  • #39


Jimmy Snyder said:
When my next sex change operation comes around perhaps I will.

"...next...?"

I like my name as it is.
 
  • #40


mugaliens said:
"...next...?"
I've had so many I can't remember what I started out as.
 
  • #41


╔(σ_σ)╝ said:
I never log in. I have been logged in ever since I registered.
:smile: You high speed connection folks... Rural internet sucks.
 
  • #42


Jimmy Snyder said:
I've had so many I can't remember what I started out as.
Well, it's like the Monty Hall paradox implies, picking twice increases your chances of being right.
 
  • #43


I wouldn't. I am who I am. :wink:
 
  • #44


At one point I was going to changed mine to "d-cubed" or "3D" -- but everybody wanted me to keep "physics girl phd" (to explain, I was writing my thesis when I discovered PF online, and found being a homework helper a great procrastination device). D-cubed roughly matches my "initials."

I like "basil" (probably because, like turbo, I like the spice-- but as a teen I also liked a book with a character named Basil), but then i'll confess to liking "lisab" as much or more. I guess we get to know each other by certain names and therefore poo-poo it if someone wants to switch. I guess if someone switches then they definitely should keep around the same avatar for a while to ease the transition.
 

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