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Are you prejudiced against certain (types of) usernames?

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    #122
    The King of Moo
    Registered Users Posts: 8,207 ✭✭✭The King of Moo


    Mickey Lover wrote: »
    I couldn't think of anything else at the time - plus it gave me a giggle :)

    Mickey Mouse always makes me laugh too, with all his wacky hijinks! :D


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    #123
    Aoifey!
    Registered Users Posts: 4,571 ✭✭✭Aoifey!


    The King of Moo wrote: »
    Sometimes I also presume that a username with the person's real name and some numbers after it are a bit unimaginative.

    *sniff sniff*


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    #124
    The King of Moo
    Registered Users Posts: 8,207 ✭✭✭The King of Moo


    Aoifey! wrote: »
    *sniff sniff*

    An exclamation point is much better than a few numbers though: it's less impersonal and perkier!


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    #125
    ScumLord
    Registered Users Posts: 28,789 ✭✭✭✭ScumLord


    The King of Moo wrote: »
    An exclamation point is much better than a few numbers though: it's less impersonal and perkier!
    Nice save. ;)


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    #126
    Show Time
    Registered Users Posts: 1,637 ✭✭✭Show Time


    I quite like my handle.


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    #127
    languagenerd
    Registered Users Posts: 3,201 ✭✭✭languagenerd


    Usernames with reference to football teams in them always make me think the poster will be arrogant. I'm usually proved wrong, so I don't know why!

    On the other hand (and this isn't a prejudice, more an assumption), I always think anyone with a band-name in their username must be really young (about 13-15).

    I don't really like my username, I think the one I wanted was gone so I just typed in anything so I could post. It also makes everyone (wrongly) assume I'm male... :P


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    #128
    beardedmaster
    Registered Users Posts: 614 ✭✭✭beardedmaster


    My name is just silly.. I don't even have a beard..


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    #129
    stupidusername
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,762 ✭✭✭✭stupidusername


    ScumLord wrote: »
    Just apologise for picking a stupid username already. :rolleyes: :pac:

    :(
    Show Time wrote: »
    I quite like my handle.

    good that you're confident, but we're talking about usernames here

    :pac:


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    #130
    Jen Pigs Fly
    Registered Users Posts: 2,770 ✭✭✭Jen Pigs Fly


    ScumLord wrote: »
    Just apologise for picking a stupid username already. :rolleyes: :pac:

    I'm really sorry for the hurt and annoyance my username has caused :(

    How ever can I make it up to you and the community.


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    #131
    Bipolar Joe
    Registered Users Posts: 3,443 ✭✭✭Bipolar Joe


    languagenerd wrote: »
    On the other hand (and this isn't a prejudice, more an assumption), I always think anyone with a band-name in their username must be really young (about 13-15).

    What if they are the band in question?


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    #132
    The King of Moo
    Registered Users Posts: 8,207 ✭✭✭The King of Moo


    And another thing: putting your age in your username.

    Your birthyear is not so bad, as that doesn't change.

    But your age...

    It reminds me of when I'd see people's Bebo pages saying "Hi I'm ______ and I'm 15 and I go to St. Aloysius' Secondary School!" when they were in college or after!


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    #133
    languagenerd
    Registered Users Posts: 3,201 ✭✭✭languagenerd


    Bipolar Joe wrote: »
    What if they are the band in question?

    It's unlikely, really :P

    <band> rock
    <band> rule!
    I <3 <band>
    And then you also get people who slot their own name into bands (not on boards as much as other sites) - Mary! At The Disco etc.

    Nothing against it, just makes me think the person is v young.


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    #134
    Bipolar Joe
    Registered Users Posts: 3,443 ✭✭✭Bipolar Joe


    languagenerd wrote: »
    It's unlikely, really :P

    <band> rock
    <band> rule!
    I <3 <band>
    And then you also get people who slot their own name into bands (not on boards as much as other sites) - Mary! At The Disco etc.

    Nothing against it, just makes me think the person is v young.

    I mean like my handle is also the name of my musical project.


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    #135
    PhlegmyMoses
    Registered Users Posts: 11,906 ✭✭✭✭PhlegmyMoses


    wendell borton wrote: »
    Fecal Hi
    La Chief
    http://wordsmith.org/anagram/

    Gee Lymph Moss

    Nice.


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    #136
    SafeSurfer
    Registered Users Posts: 6,415 ✭✭✭SafeSurfer


    PhlegmyMoses wrote: »
    Gee Lymph Moss

    Nice.

    PhlegmyMoses, I like it, he should take both tablets!

    Multo autem ad rem magis pertinet quallis tibi vide aris quam allis



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    #137
    NoobSaibot5
    Registered Users Posts: 58 ✭✭NoobSaibot5


    People that call themselves Sexy or Hot in their usernames. Good god it just reeks of narcissism!

    Mine's the name of a videogame character and a lucky number of mine, I can tolerate nerdy usernames (it is the internet after all).

    But when people call themselves Hot or Sexy (or worse, sxc) I do want to slap them in the face. With a brick.


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    #138
    PhlegmyMoses
    Registered Users Posts: 11,906 ✭✭✭✭PhlegmyMoses


    SafeSurfer wrote: »
    PhlegmyMoses, I like it, he should take both tablets!

    Look man, if you're trying to sell me drugs, I only do cake.


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    #139
    SafeSurfer
    Registered Users Posts: 6,415 ✭✭✭SafeSurfer


    PhlegmyMoses wrote: »
    Look man, if you're trying to sell me drugs, I only do cake.

    Moses your a basket case.

    Multo autem ad rem magis pertinet quallis tibi vide aris quam allis



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    #140
    Show Time
    Registered Users Posts: 1,637 ✭✭✭Show Time


    stupidusername wrote: »
    :(



    good that you're confident, but we're talking about usernames here

    :pac:
    You have never used a CB radio so?


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    #141
    stupidusername
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,762 ✭✭✭✭stupidusername


    Show Time wrote: »
    You have never used a CB radio so?

    I'm guessing not


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    #142
    K-9
    Registered Users Posts: 43,311 ✭✭✭✭K-9


    I had something deep and profound to say but

    look,squirrel.

    Mad Men's Don Draper : What you call love was invented by guys like me, to sell nylons.



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    #143
    languagenerd
    Registered Users Posts: 3,201 ✭✭✭languagenerd


    The King of Moo wrote: »
    It reminds me of when I'd see people's Bebo pages saying "Hi I'm ______ and I'm 15 and I got St. Aloysius' Secondary School!" when they were in college or after!

    Haha Bebo was brilliant for usernames. I have a cousin a couple of years younger than me, and there was a trend amongst all her friends to put "hugs and kisses" after their name... which they wrote as Ox. So they were all Karen Ox, Mary Ox, Anna Ox etc. I asked her once why she was friends with so many oxen... :pac:
    Bipolar Joe wrote: »
    I mean like my handle is also the name of my musical project.

    Well no, I didn't imagine you as fifteen, if that's any consolation :P. Not if it's their own band! It's just names with like "I-Love-Fall-Out-Boy" and "Nirvana-Rule" etc that make me think that the poster is very young.


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    #144
    Aoifey!
    Registered Users Posts: 4,571 ✭✭✭Aoifey!


    The King of Moo wrote: »
    An exclamation point is much better than a few numbers though: it's less impersonal and perkier!

    Okay, you live...this time :p


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    #145
    The King of Moo
    Registered Users Posts: 8,207 ✭✭✭The King of Moo


    Aoifey! wrote: »
    Okay, you live...this time :p

    Phew!

    See, an "Aoife123456" wouldn't be so forgiving :).


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    #146
    Captain Morgan Freeman
    Registered Users Posts: 279 ✭✭Captain Morgan Freeman


    Im prejudiced against any user not called Captain Morgan Freeman.


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