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Holebender · Posted: Sun Oct 18, 2009 9:57 am Post subject:

When I first signed up here there was another member using my first name, so I used a descriptive nickname. I later changed that nickname to another (Holebender) because the original was no longer valid; I no longer did what the nickname said I did. Holebender is just a jokey description of the work I do, and is sometimes good for breaking the ice as some people seem to imagine all kinds of strange practices.

Depending on the nickname, many people do display a sort of vanity when they choose them.
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magister ludi · Gaining a Reputation Joined: 13 Dec 2008 Posts: 225

Ok, Ok, given my avataar we can now all agree (surely, for once) that I'm a big, easy slow moving target on this one......and shamelessly vain.

I thoroughly agree, Dave, that hiding behind a false name to make personal attacks isn't on, and it's particularly offensive if the person on the receiving end is open about their identity as you and others are.

A bit of banter between contributors ( psuedos or not) who regularly cross-swords and are familiar with each others style can make for good and amusing reading, but it's tedious and disruptive (no doubt deliberately so) when the trolls go hunting for sport.

What annoys me though about people who deliberately and consciously use avataars is when they use the " you don't know anything about me" defence in an argument

It's interesting when two false identities have a go at each other; and a little worrying when this is obviously taken seriously and personally by the "false" name(s)......I can't help but think that if an attack on your "false" name causes that much distress it's time to reflect and pehaps let the false identity go.

Is suppose it all depends on why you are using a psuedo......to protect your real identity, or to live vicariously in the fabulous one you created. That's me. Sad and vain.

Stevie · Independentist Joined: 22 Nov 2008 Posts: 1179

My entire life seems to pass vicariously before my eyes at the moment.
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magister ludi · Gaining a Reputation Joined: 13 Dec 2008 Posts: 225

hair of the dog or pre-prandial, mon brave?

Stevie · Independentist Joined: 22 Nov 2008 Posts: 1179

Lesson planning.

I don't have time for strolling in the fields of reminiscence.

Wish I did.

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