User name changes- why?

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  1. Marso

    Marso High speed, low drag.

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    People change their avatars like their underwear, and I get that.

    Some people change their username like their avatars. That I don't get.

    Why?

    Just curious.
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  2. spot261

    spot261 I don't want the game to end

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    I thought it would throw the FBI off my tail.

    I've also claimed to be British ever since.
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  3. The Original Faceman

    The Original Faceman Lasagna Artist

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    Cheerio gov’nor! People who change their handles are nothing more than crumpet stuffing pranny fluffers. Verily!
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    Shut up baba
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    Each with less personality than a used condom.
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    Chaos Descending 14th Level Human Cleric

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    Mainly it's because I want people to forget that I'm Enterpriser, Dennis Bailey, and Storm Rucker.
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    Ancalagon Scalawag Administrator Formerly Important

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    Maybe some people are just morons?

    Like complete and total morons.

    As in they would set up a dual, impersonate a federal agent, use an actual picture of a federal agent as their avatar, then make statements insinuating said agent is a sexual predator. AND THEN they could be so stupid as to go to another board and BRAG about such behavior UNDER THEIR OWN NAME, bringing not only themselves but both boards into legal bullshit.

    Once they got smacked in the face by some agents they might finally (after nearly 2 decades of people warning them) feel the need to distance their RL self from their online self.

    Just spitballing here.
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  12. matthunter

    matthunter Ice Bear

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    Nice try, but fitting that much asshole into one person isn't possible.

    And believe me, I've tried.

    #TheAssholeStuffer #SerialKiller
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  13. garamet

    garamet "The whole world is watching."

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    Same avatar ever, easily connected to my RL name, which is why @Sokar and @Tamar Garish and @The Flashlight etc. have derived so much glee from trying to dox me.

    Oh, wait. Only one of them is still alive. Interesting, that.
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  14. matthunter

    matthunter Ice Bear

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    Mmm. Doesn't sound like something that person would do.

    Sounds more likely he just realized he was nuts.

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    Also, hopefully a moron who does something like that gets what’s coming to them. :corn:
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    Garamet's ginger ancestors gave us std's.
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    garamet "The whole world is watching."

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    Same always I've always had, @JediMarso. Who are you to criticize?
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    https://wordforge.net/index.php?posts/3082148/
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    Soma OMG WTF LOL STFU ROTFL!!!

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    It's so easy to get under your (fat) skin. :)
  21. matthunter

    matthunter Ice Bear

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    You've never been under me, so quit with the pretence that that explains your anal circumference.
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  22. Soma

    Soma OMG WTF LOL STFU ROTFL!!!

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    And they say Americans are crude and vulgar. :lol:
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    shootER Insubordinate...and churlish Administrator

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  24. matthunter

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    "They" are full of shit.

    The problem is that Americans are crude and vulgar and inaccurate.
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  25. Soma

    Soma OMG WTF LOL STFU ROTFL!!!

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    Your people will be extinct in a few decades. I wouldn't count on being accurate. :)
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  26. Amaris

    Amaris Guest

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    Your people? You're not human?
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  27. TheLonelySquire

    TheLonelySquire Fresh Meat

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    These idiots are the usernames they were born as.
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    Ancalagon Scalawag Administrator Formerly Important

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    The south has a saying for this particular kind of moron: That boy just ain’t got no walkin’ ‘round sense.
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  29. Steal Your Face

    Steal Your Face Anti-Federalist

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    I was ready for a name change and saw Spider-Man Far From home and found a name that I liked. Then Dayton changed his name and it reminded me to change mine.
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  30. garamet

    garamet "The whole world is watching."

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    We have a winner!"
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