Matt, I thought the conversation you were in in the Tube thread about RL names vs forum names was super interesting. Do you just not like Pony because it's Pony or because it's not your real name though? Like, if it was something else, would you be more comfortable being called it?
Edit: Wait, sorry for calling you Pony in a post about why you don't like being called Pony *headdesk*
to answer your question directly
I don't like being called Pony for two reasons
1. Is I don't like MLP and I never have and I don't want to be associated with it, this username predates the existence of MLP:FiM and its meteoric rise in popularity and the "brony" phenomenon and I want to be as far away from that as humanly possible. Hence why I don't use an actual pony avatar anymore, for example.
2. The name Pony I associate with the forumer identity Pony, and who I used to really be on this forum and the kind of things I used to do and say. I do not like that person and do not want to be associated with that person anymore. It's bad memories, bad feelings, bad history. I want to walk away from it. I have grown up a lot in the ten years I've been posting here and I am not the person I was when I started. I am not really Pony anymore.
but could you be just a little bit chad? i want to know a chad... i dont know one... can somebody be my chad Q_Q
*sigh*
*opens costume closet and fishes out puka shell necklace*
faded A&F t
puka shell necklace
some banging sandals and aviators
shit I actually own all these things
Thousands of hot, local singles are waiting to play at bubbulon.com.
+1
21stCenturyCall me Pixel, or Pix for short![They/Them]Registered Userregular
Matt, I thought the conversation you were in in the Tube thread about RL names vs forum names was super interesting. Do you just not like Pony because it's Pony or because it's not your real name though? Like, if it was something else, would you be more comfortable being called it?
Edit: Wait, sorry for calling you Pony in a post about why you don't like being called Pony *headdesk*
to answer your question directly
I don't like being called Pony for two reasons
1. Is I don't like MLP and I never have and I don't want to be associated with it, this username predates the existence of MLP:FiM and its meteoric rise in popularity and the "brony" phenomenon and I want to be as far away from that as humanly possible. Hence why I don't use an actual pony avatar anymore, for example.
2. The name Pony I associate with the forumer identity Pony, and who I used to really be on this forum and the kind of things I used to do and say. I do not like that person and do not want to be associated with that person anymore. It's bad memories, bad feelings, bad history. I want to walk away from it. I have grown up a lot in the ten years I've been posting here and I am not the person I was when I started. I am not really Pony anymore.
but could you be just a little bit chad? i want to know a chad... i dont know one... can somebody be my chad Q_Q
*sigh*
*opens costume closet and fishes out puka shell necklace*
faded A&F t
puka shell necklace
some banging sandals and aviators
Speaking of names and internet identities, my friend and I have been introducing ourselves with our real names when recording our podcast and I'm wondering if that's something I'm comfortable with. I mean, this is what everybody on every podcast seems to do already, and no one will ever really listen to mine I'm sure, but at the same time it's not as if I am just going around volunteering my first and last name to the [chat] thread normally, right? That would seem like a silly thing to do, and why would anybody do it? But if I were to post a link to this podcast, I would be doing just that. Not sure what to do, could just do first names?
Make up an alias with a cool last name?
See, doing a podcast is a business venture. (Even if you're only doing it for fun.) I think that's a reasonable place to use your real name. Using an internet handle, especially if there's no associated character that makes sense to go with it, seems unnecessary.
Its on personal stuff where you're not going to be censoring yourself (forums, twitter, etc) that I think you should keep it under a handle.
life's a game that you're bound to lose / like using a hammer to pound in screws
fuck up once and you break your thumb / if you're happy at all then you're god damn dumb
that's right we're on a fucked up cruise / God is dead but at least we have booze
bad things happen, no one knows why / the sun burns out and everyone dies
+1
Sir Landsharkresting shark faceRegistered Userregular
but yeah, that was funny
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I was never more nervous than when I went to meet everyone at PAXSouth.
Like, beyond nervous.
but why? you're awesome, meeting friends is awesome, what's to worry about?
well what if every terrible thing I said on the internet was read back to me
and then there was a small room where everyone shared their feelings about everything I said
and like spool32 and family hated me for being a jerk on the internet
that was my biggest fear
don't worry cloud you're great and also I am sending u hugs
I'm actually not like, completely tied to this idea of going into IT
i just don't know what else to do
this government grant thing is an opportunity, I'm just not sure what else to do with it
I don't know how far I can push it, in terms of how many years of school I can push out of it
I know a year can work, beyond that I don't know
but to be honest I don't think I want to be in school more than a year because that'd be more years my wife and I have to live with her parents because I'm not working full time
(our current living situation is we are renting a room from her parents and have been for a year and they're being super good about it and it's fine for now but we want our own place, we just can't afford it with me not working and to live stably on our own I need to be working at least 20-30 hours a week)
A big factor is also my back
my back is fuuuuuuuuucked and it puts a big damper on the kind of jobs I can do
I'm sorta restricted to white collar officey shit that doesn't really require a lot of standing
like even something as simple as like, dental assistant?
nope, that's standing and stooping like all the fucking time, no way yo
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Sir Landsharkresting shark faceRegistered Userregular
I was never more nervous than when I went to meet everyone at PAXSouth.
Like, beyond nervous.
but why? you're awesome, meeting friends is awesome, what's to worry about?
well what if every terrible thing I said on the internet was read back to me
and then there was a small room where everyone shared their feelings about everything I said
and like spool32 and family hated me for being a jerk on the internet
that was my biggest fear
don't worry cloud you're great and also I am sending u hugs
your Mom and Dad were so nice and cool
I was just TERRIFIED
same with meeting Ludious and Chelle and CptRugged the first time
I pour my heart and soul out to anonymous very close friends on the internet
not sure why actually meeting them scared me so much
:P everyone
I was never more nervous than when I went to meet everyone at PAXSouth.
Like, beyond nervous.
but why? you're awesome, meeting friends is awesome, what's to worry about?
well what if every terrible thing I said on the internet was read back to me
and then there was a small room where everyone shared their feelings about everything I said
and like spool32 and family hated me for being a jerk on the internet
that was my biggest fear
don't worry cloud you're great and also I am sending u hugs
I read this as "you're on cloud great".
And you are.
It's like three above 9.
life's a game that you're bound to lose / like using a hammer to pound in screws
fuck up once and you break your thumb / if you're happy at all then you're god damn dumb
that's right we're on a fucked up cruise / God is dead but at least we have booze
bad things happen, no one knows why / the sun burns out and everyone dies
+1
Blameless Cleric An angel made of sapphires each more flawlessly cut than the last Registered Userregular
Not at all embarrassing and the nickname I got from it is even a passable nickname for my RL name
I've never had a username I wouldn't be comfortable just being called.
My fanfiction isn't even that awful and it was all written multiple years ago so I wouldn't even be that embarrassed by it, it's the "Liked/Followed Stories" tab that I want to keep you nerds out of
Speaking of names and internet identities, my friend and I have been introducing ourselves with our real names when recording our podcast and I'm wondering if that's something I'm comfortable with. I mean, this is what everybody on every podcast seems to do already, and no one will ever really listen to mine I'm sure, but at the same time it's not as if I am just going around volunteering my first and last name to the [chat] thread normally, right? That would seem like a silly thing to do, and why would anybody do it? But if I were to post a link to this podcast, I would be doing just that. Not sure what to do, could just do first names?
Make up an alias with a cool last name?
See, doing a podcast is a business venture. (Even if you're only doing it for fun.) I think that's a reasonable place to use your real name. Using an internet handle, especially if there's no associated character that makes sense to go with it, seems unnecessary.
Its on personal stuff where you're not going to be censoring yourself (forums, twitter, etc) that I think you should keep it under a handle.
I can see how that distinction makes sense, but it still leaves me in a weird place RE: sharing it here. I guess the solution is "don't do it", which is perfectly acceptable (@Winky, for example, famously adheres to this policy), but I'm really just musing about why I feel that reticence about sharing it.
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Sir Landsharkresting shark faceRegistered Userregular
also I had to stop and think about how old I was
the true mark of age
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My fanfiction isn't even that awful and it was all written multiple years ago so I wouldn't even be that embarrassed by it, it's the "Liked/Followed Stories" tab that I want to keep you nerds out of
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shit I actually own all these things
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It's easy to be confident when you can shark whoever crosses you.
I'm an old man.
However, it remains as a super not very secret codename that people can use that will in all likelihood endear them to me.
am I smiling right now cuz you made a funny joke
or because I am subtly reminding you that i have 50 giant teeth honed by millions of years of evolution for a singular brutal purpose
See, doing a podcast is a business venture. (Even if you're only doing it for fun.) I think that's a reasonable place to use your real name. Using an internet handle, especially if there's no associated character that makes sense to go with it, seems unnecessary.
Its on personal stuff where you're not going to be censoring yourself (forums, twitter, etc) that I think you should keep it under a handle.
fuck up once and you break your thumb / if you're happy at all then you're god damn dumb
that's right we're on a fucked up cruise / God is dead but at least we have booze
bad things happen, no one knows why / the sun burns out and everyone dies
So in that aspect, I am jealous of you, BC.
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do you actually like jeeps though?
don't worry cloud you're great and also I am sending u hugs
I'd love it if you took a look at my art and my PATREON!
i just don't know what else to do
this government grant thing is an opportunity, I'm just not sure what else to do with it
I don't know how far I can push it, in terms of how many years of school I can push out of it
I know a year can work, beyond that I don't know
but to be honest I don't think I want to be in school more than a year because that'd be more years my wife and I have to live with her parents because I'm not working full time
(our current living situation is we are renting a room from her parents and have been for a year and they're being super good about it and it's fine for now but we want our own place, we just can't afford it with me not working and to live stably on our own I need to be working at least 20-30 hours a week)
A big factor is also my back
my back is fuuuuuuuuucked and it puts a big damper on the kind of jobs I can do
I'm sorta restricted to white collar officey shit that doesn't really require a lot of standing
like even something as simple as like, dental assistant?
nope, that's standing and stooping like all the fucking time, no way yo
you are still jeepguy to me
I assume she describes sex like GRRM describes food
I was just TERRIFIED
same with meeting Ludious and Chelle and CptRugged the first time
I pour my heart and soul out to anonymous very close friends on the internet
not sure why actually meeting them scared me so much
:P
I read this as "you're on cloud great".
And you are.
It's like three above 9.
fuck up once and you break your thumb / if you're happy at all then you're god damn dumb
that's right we're on a fucked up cruise / God is dead but at least we have booze
bad things happen, no one knows why / the sun burns out and everyone dies
Not at all embarrassing and the nickname I got from it is even a passable nickname for my RL name
I've never had a username I wouldn't be comfortable just being called.
I'd love it if you took a look at my art and my PATREON!
Making fetch happen is so easy though.
Yeah it's nearly as familiar to me as my real name (which is weird... but true). Fong is alright.
Nobody wants to be called Regina, including people actually named Regina.
You can still do it!
My fanfiction isn't even that awful and it was all written multiple years ago so I wouldn't even be that embarrassed by it, it's the "Liked/Followed Stories" tab that I want to keep you nerds out of
I'd love it if you took a look at my art and my PATREON!
):
Brian Jacques
I'd love it if you took a look at my art and my PATREON!
I still look like im 20 apparently
but the grim reaper knows the truth
No, no it did not.
I'd love it if you took a look at my art and my PATREON!
"A" gray hair?
*chortle*
Run along now you little scamp and fetch my reading glasses and slippers for me like a good lad
ah, didn't know your local
also sorry for forgetting the Matt thing, Matt
Can you do online programs?
;_;
I've been on this project as a QA tester for, like, 2 and a half months now.
and I still get teary eyed at an emotional moment in the beginning of the game... every. single. time.
Like, I would've thought i'd be desensitized by now, but nope.
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I can see how that distinction makes sense, but it still leaves me in a weird place RE: sharing it here. I guess the solution is "don't do it", which is perfectly acceptable (@Winky, for example, famously adheres to this policy), but I'm really just musing about why I feel that reticence about sharing it.
the true mark of age
Can't mix up your overlords like that shark. They get jelly.
Especially since it's a lame town.
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i don't have the patience to write...
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Even mine is riddled with adverb-adjective combinations that don't invoke the correct kind of carnal response.
The lewdest stuff is probably written by like 65-75 year old ladies.
You can develop your craft, but you won't be a journeyman sex describer until you get a few years under your belt, with your belt off, etc.