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Post by Roquefort Raider on Dec 29, 2018 10:55:55 GMT -5
Outside of comic book forums most people think I'm a guy named Adam who is a practicing Wiccan warlock with a random number attached. Comic readers knows better than that. Right, we know that number isn't random. $20.99 is the current price of a comic-book?  |
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Post by beccabear67 on Dec 29, 2018 15:19:19 GMT -5
Just discovering I met Brian F at least once at Seattle's old Funhouse... small world! Unless he's the one who grabbed that rare Cryptkicker Five single before I could at Jive Time.  |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 29, 2018 15:27:38 GMT -5
I'll just presume my username is self-explanatory. |
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Post by brianf on Dec 29, 2018 16:11:02 GMT -5
Just discovering I met Brian F at least once at Seattle's old Funhouse... small world! Unless he's the one who grabbed that rare Cryptkicker Five single before I could at Jive Time. Oops, sorry to jack yer record. FYI - I still own that CK5 7 inch - Endino playing in a surfy band, wild man! |
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Post by Mister Spaceman on Jan 18, 2019 9:26:43 GMT -5
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Søren
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I trademarked my name two years ago. Swore I'd kill any turniphead that tried to use it
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Post by Søren on Jan 20, 2019 6:47:23 GMT -5
Back in mid 2000's when when I was a teenager, I wanted to be part of the cool kids, and they all seemed to have 'handles' online where they used their first name and a random/obscure word as a second name often using same letter. So when others were things like mattieMANIAC (typed like that too for reasons I don't know), I was sorenSKULDUGGERY, without the 'ø' as it seemed to mess up on most places. Anyway, that proved to be too long for many forums and a pain to type, craze seemed to die out too so kept the memories but lost the long name to have 'sorensk' as username and just Søren as display, as can never think of anything better. Never worked to become part of the cool kids anyway  |
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Post by shaxper on Mar 29, 2022 9:59:07 GMT -5
A conversation in another thread reminded me of this old discussion. So many members have joined us since this topic was last discussed in 2019. I thought a few might like an opportunity to see our explanations and provide theirs as well.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 29, 2022 11:53:19 GMT -5
I'm not sure exactly what happened with mine, I was planning on Querl Dox originally (being a Legion megafan) and last second changed my mind. Maybe my crazy pet cats running around the house gave me the idea (like Bruce Wayne getting the "sign" with the bat).
And I was going to pick "Streaky", but Supercat opened more possibilities of avatars (like when I used Streaky's descendant "Whizzy" for awhile, or even my current one for that matter).
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Post by Batflunkie on Mar 30, 2022 18:55:55 GMT -5
Was almost absolutely sure that I had posted in here, but apparently not (did mention it in "Introduce Yourself" way back when)
My namesake came from "Batfink", a 60's cartoon lampooning the Adam West Batman show, and "fink" just kind of morphed into "flunkie" (they also both start with "f" and "flunkie" was always a fun word to me). I do kind of consider myself a connoisseur of numerous homages and flat-out knock-offs of Batman (even though I have no love for the originator other than his side characters like Catwoman, Azrael, and Red Hood), so it fits I suppose
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Post by Deleted on Mar 30, 2022 19:05:55 GMT -5
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Post by kirby101 on Mar 31, 2022 9:14:38 GMT -5
I changed my name a few years ago. I wanted a more comics-centric username. So I was looking at character or creator, I went with creator and Kirby was an obvious choice (though artist like Barry Smith or Gene Colan were possibilities). The "101" was a phrase for a fundamental college course. I don't know if it is in much use anymore.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 16, 2022 12:07:41 GMT -5
Mine is from a MST3K skit where they were discussing and applying the formula for coming up with tough-guy names. I believe the formula was a short or punchy, virile-sounding first name, with a hard substance for the last name. Drake Tungsten was my favorite of the bunch. Poor Tom Servo was having some difficulty. He contributed the name Ric (he spelled it for us, so make sure to leave out the "k") Drywall. Which sounds hilarious, except I think it would give the impression that I am a contractor in real life if I used it for a forum name. Unfortunately, there's some band that also adopted the name Drake Tungsten, so I think that's the reason the name isn't quite as universally not-taken-yet across the internet as I had hoped.
I worked with a guy whose first name is Tungsten. His parents were chemists. I'm so jealous.
As long as I'm on the subject, I want to make clear that the tough-guy name and the ready-to-rumble Popeye avatar are meant tongue-in-cheek.
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Post by chadwilliam on Apr 16, 2022 22:21:40 GMT -5
Mine is from a MST3K skit where they were discussing and applying the formula for coming up with tough-guy names. I believe the formula was a short or punchy, virile-sounding first name, with a hard substance for the last name. Drake Tungsten was my favorite of the bunch. Poor Tom Servo was having some difficulty. He contributed the name Ric (he spelled it for us, so make sure to leave out the "k") Drywall. Which sounds hilarious, except I think it would give the impression that I am a contractor in real life if I used it for a forum name. Unfortunately, there's some band that also adopted the name Drake Tungsten, so I think that's the reason the name isn't quite as universally not-taken-yet across the internet as I had hoped. I worked with a guy whose first name is Tungsten. His parents were chemists. I'm so jealous. As long as I'm on the subject, I want to make clear that the tough-guy name and the ready-to-rumble Popeye avatar are meant tongue-in-cheek. Well that's all fine and dandy, but what I'd really like explaining is just what "I got half a pair of shoes and no time to lose" is all about. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 17, 2022 1:21:20 GMT -5
Mine is from a MST3K skit where they were discussing and applying the formula for coming up with tough-guy names. I believe the formula was a short or punchy, virile-sounding first name, with a hard substance for the last name. Drake Tungsten was my favorite of the bunch. Poor Tom Servo was having some difficulty. He contributed the name Ric (he spelled it for us, so make sure to leave out the "k") Drywall. Which sounds hilarious, except I think it would give the impression that I am a contractor in real life if I used it for a forum name. Unfortunately, there's some band that also adopted the name Drake Tungsten, so I think that's the reason the name isn't quite as universally not-taken-yet across the internet as I had hoped. I worked with a guy whose first name is Tungsten. His parents were chemists. I'm so jealous. As long as I'm on the subject, I want to make clear that the tough-guy name and the ready-to-rumble Popeye avatar are meant tongue-in-cheek. Well that's all fine and dandy, but what I'd really like explaining is just what "I got half a pair of shoes and no time to lose" is all about. That part of my profile is the real me. The clock is ticking and I'm totally unprepared. It's a feeling I'm used to. It comes from "Black Sheep Of The Family" from the first Rainbow record. |
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Post by chadwilliam on Apr 17, 2022 11:48:30 GMT -5
Well that's all fine and dandy, but what I'd really like explaining is just what "I got half a pair of shoes and no time to lose" is all about. That part of my profile is the real me. The clock is ticking and I'm totally unprepared. It's a feeling I'm used to. It comes from "Black Sheep Of The Family" from the first Rainbow record. Ah, that explains it! I thought it might have been more along the lines of "I came here to do two things: chew bubblegum and kick ass. And I'm all out of bubblegum..." |
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