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gallop w/a boner
Aug 16, 2002

Hell Gem
I can't actually remember what my original username was. I think it was 'nrrgh' or something similar.

Anyway, I posted in a FYAD namechange thread in about 2003 and it was changed to 'DICK IN rear end'.

Feeling dissatisfied, I posted in the next namechange thread that appeared. My username was promptly changed to 'HUGE DICK IN rear end'.

A few years later, Livestock changed it to the much more charitable 'gallop w/a boner', and i've been gallop w/a boner ever since.

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100YrsofAttitude
Apr 29, 2013




One Hundred Years of Solitude is probably my favorite novel. I've read it at least four times in both English and Spanish and not wanting to use the regular handle I have on the internet I decided to make use of it for SA. The change from solitude to attitude comes from an afternoon of creating stupid pun-based book titles with my girlfriend, which also gave us "For Whom the Bell Rock and Rolls" and "Anna Wouldn't-want-to-be-her" amongst many other dumb ones (I said they were stupid). I used the One Hundred Years of Solitude one because being an internet forum I felt that the username should be a bit silly and not so serious. Maybe I'll see the day where I regret having it.

For what it's worth it is a great book.

Hot Stunt
Oct 2, 2009



Male gonad.

LogisticEarth
Mar 28, 2004

Someone once told me, "Time is a flat circle".
I used a random name generator when registering for some old online version of Axis & Allies back in like 2001 when I was in high school. LogisticEarth came up and I figured it sounded cool enough and wasn't likely to be used by someone else. I have now been using it for like 12 years. I thought about coming up with something more "meaningful" but it's an internet handle so who cares. It's unique enough that people can recognize me between various forums/games.

:effort:

Thirteen Orphans
Dec 2, 2012

I am a writer, a doctor, a nuclear physicist and a theoretical philosopher. But above all, I am a man, a hopelessly inquisitive man, just like you.
Two of my interests are Catholic Systematic Theology :catholic: and Chinese Religions (mostly Buddhism and Daoism.) Having a great love for Daoist thought I was incredibly intrigued by the fact that John 1 in the Chinese bible translates the word "Logos" as "Dao." This means that it is religiously true and relevant to the Catholic faith, in some way, to say that the Dao became flesh. Hence, Incarnate Dao.

Not Nipsy Russell
Oct 6, 2004

Failure is always an option.
...because it's true.

Generation Internet
Jan 18, 2009

Where angels and generals fear to tread.
I was pretty young when I joined, and having heard the terms 'generation x' or 'generation y' I was inspired by my perception of myself and people around my age.

Lindy Hopscotch
Mar 30, 2010

You know the story about the scorpion and the frog?

Lindy Hopscotch fucked around with this message at 16:00 on May 10, 2013

BAKA FLOCKA FLAME
Oct 9, 2012

by Pipski
Briku Squad~

Benny the Snake
Apr 11, 2012

GUM CHEWING INTENSIFIES
My middle name is Benjamin and my Chinese Zodiac sign is the Snake. "Benny the Snake" sounded like a neat handle, like a rocker circa 1960s England.

Experto Crede
Aug 19, 2008

Keep on Truckin'
Latin for "Believe the one who is experienced in the matter". There's no reason behind it, I just like Latin and it's not used by me anywhere online in any capacity outside SA stuff.

Poniard
Apr 3, 2011



A vehicle from old MMO Anarchy Online was named this, it's also a knife which is cool I guess.

Hexyflexy
Sep 2, 2011

asymptotically approaching one
Because hexaflexagons are really really fun to play with (and I was reading a paper on them at the same time I made my account).

Rickycat
Nov 26, 2007

by Lowtax
I had a cat named Ricky. A more in-depth explanation is that Ricky was born about a week before I was with a heart defect and was given maybe 2-3 years before he would die. He survived being run over by a car, shot in the head with a BB gun, and I believe a brick falling on him. Also survived me during my terrible 2's. He finally passed away after 9 years of life giving him the middle finger. He had been with me every day, slept in my crib when I was a baby, would greet me at the door after school, comforted me when I was going through kid woes, and was generally a chill-as-gently caress ball of fur that loved being around everyone. I created the username when I was 11-12 and I wasn't the most imaginative kid.

Here he is being chill-as-gently caress while I drool and such:

Rickycat fucked around with this message at 23:27 on May 10, 2013

Aleph Null
Jun 10, 2008

You look very stressed
Tortured By Flan
aleph null the first infinite cardinal and the set of all natural numbers.
As a high schooler, I stumbled across a book called One, Two, Three ... Infinity by George Gamow. Nobody had checked it out in 15 years, but I proceeded to check it out over and over again because it was awesome.
One of the many things that fascinated me was the idea that there were different infinities. aleph null is the smallest infinity.

Aleph Null fucked around with this message at 23:10 on May 10, 2013

Mimesweeper
Mar 11, 2009

Smellrose

jackyl posted:

I wanted something that would not be easily googleable for internet detective type bullshit when I was first registering. Also:


Also I spent most of my childhood like ten minutes from the place and used to sneak in for shenanigans with my dumb friends after hours.

screech on the beach
Mar 9, 2004
I was listening to Lamb of God when I registered. Super original, I know.

pandariot
Feb 19, 2012

ExplosiveBuck posted:

My one regret is not including the space between the words.

Me too, buddy. Me too. :(:respek::(

FreelanceSocialist
Nov 19, 2002
It's s literary reference. I was standing in line at a bookstore/cafe that had staff picks of used books up front. One of them was some kind of annual anthology of sci-fi short stories. I skimmed one of them and the protagonist referred to another character as a "freelance socialist" for stealing something he needed but couldn't afford.

Phosphia
Jan 29, 2013

Oh you.. :>
Because it reminds me of how I managed to get a top grade in chemistry without being able to mention a single unit in the periodic table of elements. I'm a scientist, ask me anything. Or so I liked to believe.

Phosphia fucked around with this message at 03:05 on May 11, 2013

Boxy
Feb 21, 2012

Beep! Beep! Beep! Beep!
Character from Futurama, all he says is beep beep beep.

grillster
Dec 25, 2004

:chaostrump:
to this day I've probably grilled twice

Vincent Van Goatse
Nov 8, 2006

Enjoy every sandwich.

Smellrose
Mine's just a goatse joke.

let it mellow
Jun 1, 2000

Dinosaur Gum

Vincent Van Goatse posted:

Mine's just a goatse joke.

goatse owns!

Lurch
Mar 5, 2010

by Lowtax

I'm a hulking dimwit.

Roll of Quarters
Jan 7, 2012

My name is how much this account cost.

gleep gloop
Aug 16, 2005

GROSS SHIT
A dude in GiP changed his name to AIDS CURES FAGGOTS and I cracked up. Then we played make the most offensive name. The joke has run it's course but I still get angry PMs from people saying they search the forums for the word "tranny" and my name fucks it up so I'll probably keep it for a while.

cakesmith handyman
Jul 22, 2007

Pip-Pip old chap! Last one in is a rotten egg what what.

HATE CURES TRANNYS posted:

I still get angry PMs from people saying they search the forums for the word "tranny" and my name fucks it up so I'll probably keep it for a while.

What the gently caress? :psyduck: Are people actively seeking things to get angry about?

Anoia
Dec 31, 2003

"Sooner or later, every curse is a prayer."
/\ Short answer: yes.

HATE CURES TRANNYS posted:

A dude in GiP changed his name to AIDS CURES FAGGOTS and I cracked up. Then we played make the most offensive name. The joke has run it's course but I still get angry PMs from people saying they search the forums for the word "tranny" and my name fucks it up so I'll probably keep it for a while.

Oh, so that's how they swoop in every time someone mentions tranny in any thread. This ruined the image I had of Social Justice Warriors with a Tranny Alarm in their basement.

my dad
Oct 17, 2012

this shall be humorous
So many people on these forums hate me. :( I just wanted what was best for them.


Anoia posted:

Oh, so that's how they swoop in every time someone mentions tranny in any thread. This ruined the image I had of Social Justice Warriors with a Tranny Alarm in their basement.

So, they're like the mail-bots that check emails for stuff like "death to America," except they get thwarted by GiP usernames? I guess jokes cure SJWs.

Soulex
Apr 1, 2009


Cacati in mano e pigliati a schiaffi!

Call of the wild had a mean ol dog names Solleks, which meant "the angry one." I had a lot of anger management issues growing up so when my 12 year old brain heard it, I stuck to it. Heard is the key word. I had no loving idea how to actually spell it.

The other one I had was judeophobia. But I kept getting banned from different games and forums because they said it was offensive.

Ferrosol
Nov 8, 2010

Notorious J.A.M

I joined a slightly pretentious WOW guild way back in the mists of time (2003), where everyone gave their characters Latin names. Not knowing all that much Latin I stuck together the only two Latin words I could remember Ferro: meaning steel and Sol: meaning sun. The guild exploded in drama a year or so later, but I liked the name and have used it as my internet pseudonym ever since.

Safety Biscuits
Oct 21, 2010

I wanted a self-deprecating and punning username. It seemed like the thing to do. So without much thought, I registered a name that punned on "house mouse" but involved an even more worthless and loathsome animal.

I keep thinking about changing it, but usually can't be arsed.

The Door Frame
Dec 5, 2011

I don't know man everytime I go to the gym here there are like two huge dudes with raging high and tights snorting Nitro-tech off of each other's rock hard abs.
It holds a door to a wall.


I was trying to play the offensive Xbox live game, (you got killed by ATERRIBLESTD, etc) but all the funny sounding names were taken. It stuck because it's strange enough that no one would take it and I had run out of ideas

Weaponized Autism
Mar 26, 2006

All aboard the Gravy train!
Hair Elf
I got it during a name change thread years ago.

No idea what it means!

E-Tank
Aug 4, 2011
I refill Megaman's health to maximum. I also go by Edward Tank because gently caress giving out your real name to all those data farming accounts.

dadgummit
Dec 14, 2012

like a baby's bottom, smooth and sometimes...
explosive

Ferrosol posted:

I joined a slightly pretentious WOW guild way back in the mists of time (2003), where everyone gave their characters Latin names. Not knowing all that much Latin I stuck together the only two Latin words I could remember Ferro: meaning steel and Sol: meaning sun. The guild exploded in drama a year or so later, but I liked the name and have used it as my internet pseudonym ever since.

Ferrous (from the Latin ferrum) actually refers to iron, not steel. Hence iron's chemical symbol being Fe.

GreenCard78
Apr 25, 2005

It's all in the game, yo.
I'm half Mexican. The avatar is because I live in Baltimore. 78 comes from Diablo 2.

ch3cooh
Jun 26, 2006

vinegar

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Edwhirl
Jul 27, 2007

Cats are the best.
My middle name is Edward. Whirl is just a spinning motion. Edwhirl.

I do not really spin that much nor do I particularly care to engage in activities that involve spinning. I just picked whirl because it went well with Edward.

Edit: The avatar was from a thread on lovedump where a person offered to draw cute things. I requested a picture of a cat on a surfboard just standing as a cat normally does.

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