A Rose by any other name...
Offline Why do you have the "screen name" that you have?
My own is blatantly picked from Marquis De Sade... in my own translation.
(I am a member of the Turbojugend [1]... more specifically the chapter Counter Earth... and my "warrior name" is Marquis De Sire.)
So here's a funny story from 10 years ago: The internet was young. And new to me. There was "chat rooms" such as Lycos or Delphi. It was all very silly. I registered the user name WhiteLordJesus - which is actually the name of a Norwegian band [2] that preceded the aesthetics of the black metal revolution with about 10 years - and this earned me the most unbelievable hatred from (mostly) Americans - which of course only made me more interested in exploring the correlation between some insignificant letters on a screen and the fierce feelings that were being exposed.
Anyway, I got rid of that name and re-registered as SemenOfSatan - which earned me some kudos! People were complimenting me on my eclectic choice of good manners and taste... and how "cool" and "awesome" it was. I myself was dumbfounded. WTF? Is this for real? I ouldn't help noticing that a lot of the screen names were - as they still are - very focused on fearful imagery and violence. There is no end to how many demons this-and-that or satanic devil images that float around out there. Why?
You'll get MasterOfDoom, VampireLady, TheExterminator... and whatever shit like that. I can't help but look at it and think that these people are retards. WTF? Is that egocentric totemism or what? As the amateur antrophologist I am, I will of course pay attention to these strange primitives and see if there are any reoccurring patterns of behaviour...
Anyway... why did you choose the screen name that you have?
"The idea of God is the sole wrong for which I cannot forgive mankind." (Alphonse Donatien De Sade)
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Did a bit better on the V2 - Cool High Nerd - not nerdy enough to basic cut and paste that fucken little table though...my settings suck.
"Experiments are the only means of knowledge at our disposal. The rest is poetry, imagination." Max Planck
Reality is the graveyard of the gods.
They said something about NO one had ever scored lower than I did on the dumb/dork/awkward. I think I should get a special award for that. (PS you get high scores by caring enough to look up the answers - obviousman.)
-- I feel so much better since I stopped trying to believe.
"We are entitled to our own opinions. We're not entitled to our own facts"-Al Franken
-- I feel so much better since I stopped trying to believe.
"We are entitled to our own opinions. We're not entitled to our own facts"- Al Franken
"If death isn't sweet oblivion, I will be severely disappointed" - Ruth M.
My screen name is an other name of a certain guy from one of my favorite games. He turned out to be a villain eventually (a religional & fanatical terrorist
) but I like the name.
Beings who deserve worship don't demand it. Beings who demand worship don't deserve it.
I take my name from the first person on record as defying mohammed.
Full name for those who wish to delve further is Abu Lahab ibn 'Abdul Muttalib, whereas my name is Tim.
Mine is certainly less impressive.
How can not believing in something that is backed up with no empirical evidence be less scientific than believing in something that not only has no empirical evidence but actually goes against the laws of the universe and in many cases actually contradicts itself? - Ricky Gervais
"What manner of man are you who can summon up flame without flint or tinder?"
"There are those who call me.... Tim?"
--Monty Python and the Holy Grail
*edit*
I'm sorry. I'm a cumpulsive Monty Python quoter. It's just so damn funny.
Never ever apologize for quoting Python.
(Unless you're looking for -- you know -- an argument.)
Reality is the graveyard of the gods.
"An argument isn't just contradiction."
"Well, it can be!"
"No, it can't! An argument is a connected series of statements intended to establish a proposition."
"No, it isn't!"
"Yes, it is! It isn't just contradiction."
"Look, if I argue with you, I must take up a contrary position."
"Yes, but it isn't just saying "no, it isn't."
"Yes, it is!"
"No, it isn't!"
"I have never felt comfortable around people who talk about their feelings for Jesus, or any other deity for that matter, because they are usually none too bright. . . . Or maybe 'stupid' is a better way of saying it; but I have never seen much point in getting heavy with either stupid people or Jesus freaks, just as long as they don't bother me. In a world as weird and cruel as this one we have made for ourselves, I figure anybody who can find peace and personal happiness without ripping off somebody else deserves to be left alone. They will not inherit the earth, but then neither will I. . . . And I have learned to live, as it were, with the idea that I will never find peace and happiness, either. But as long as I know there's a pretty good chance I can get my hands on either one of them every once in a while, I do the best I can between high spots."
--Hunter S. Thompson
No need to apologize, I think my wish finally came true for a woman who appreciates Python.
I'm in love, however there is one small problem.
Are you a witch!
How can not believing in something that is backed up with no empirical evidence be less scientific than believing in something that not only has no empirical evidence but actually goes against the laws of the universe and in many cases actually contradicts itself? - Ricky Gervais
Kapkao- from an online game player's name. I used to play... around him. (this guy camped out a particularly profitable spot within the game- you couldn't miss him or several other server VIPs). And then when a person's.... corpse decayed, I could actually loot their bodies!
His response (as best as I can remember after 7 years): "ROFLMAO"
I boasted about this... in front of the LOSER who got corpse-looted and start spamming "give me my shit back bitch" (word-for-word, I suppose, and OVER and OVER
, and my personal sense of Schadenfreude had me snickering and chuckling NONSTOP!
And then he said something that... pissed me off.. to the general effect "Yeah, if you wanna loot people while still a white dot (as opposed to a Red Dot player killer), and corpse thieve, GO FOR IT!"
“A meritocratic society is one in which inequalities of wealth and social position solely reflect the unequal distribution of merit or skills amongst human beings, or are based upon factors beyond human control, for example luck or chance. Such a society is socially just because individuals are judged not by their gender, the colour of their skin or their religion, but according to their talents and willingness to work, or on what Martin Luther King called 'the content of their character'. By extension, social equality is unjust because it treats unequal individuals equally.” "Political Ideologies" by Andrew Heywood (2003)
Burn the Satan and The God, if need be...
“A meritocratic society is one in which inequalities of wealth and social position solely reflect the unequal distribution of merit or skills amongst human beings, or are based upon factors beyond human control, for example luck or chance. Such a society is socially just because individuals are judged not by their gender, the colour of their skin or their religion, but according to their talents and willingness to work, or on what Martin Luther King called 'the content of their character'. By extension, social equality is unjust because it treats unequal individuals equally.” "Political Ideologies" by Andrew Heywood (2003)
“A meritocratic society is one in which inequalities of wealth and social position solely reflect the unequal distribution of merit or skills amongst human beings, or are based upon factors beyond human control, for example luck or chance. Such a society is socially just because individuals are judged not by their gender, the colour of their skin or their religion, but according to their talents and willingness to work, or on what Martin Luther King called 'the content of their character'. By extension, social equality is unjust because it treats unequal individuals equally.” "Political Ideologies" by Andrew Heywood (2003)
I know what (Do)Lorem Ipsum means... but my latin REALLY sucks.
“A meritocratic society is one in which inequalities of wealth and social position solely reflect the unequal distribution of merit or skills amongst human beings, or are based upon factors beyond human control, for example luck or chance. Such a society is socially just because individuals are judged not by their gender, the colour of their skin or their religion, but according to their talents and willingness to work, or on what Martin Luther King called 'the content of their character'. By extension, social equality is unjust because it treats unequal individuals equally.” "Political Ideologies" by Andrew Heywood (2003)
Oh, yes. Of course I'm a witch. I'm a woman who thinks for herself and everyone knows women are evil anyway. I did turn John Cleese into a newt! It was me! Ahahahahaaaaa!
He got better......
I bet your cauldron is charming.
How can not believing in something that is backed up with no empirical evidence be less scientific than believing in something that not only has no empirical evidence but actually goes against the laws of the universe and in many cases actually contradicts itself? - Ricky Gervais
I went for subtlety... I used to pole vault and I play bass. It's been my moniker since I joined AIM...
Not surprising:
Also not surprising.
My Website About Roller Coaster Design
AND he is one of "those" too, Gene is a "R" voter.......EWEEEEEEE! COOTIES!
I like his current avatar. I saw that episode.
ANYWHO,
My name is obvious. But the number after my name was supposed to change every year to reflect my age. I am 43. But I think that would be to cumbersome for all the websites to continually change it.
As for my avatar. That is obvious too. I am a Redskins fan, but they suck huge donkey balls right now, so I copied the parody pick with the native American with his face in his palm out of shame. I'll take it down when they start having consistent winning seasons again.
"We are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus -- and nonbelievers."Obama
Check out my poetry here on Rational Responders Like my poetry thread on Facebook under Brian James Rational Poet, @Brianrrs37 on Twitter and my blog at www.brianjamesrationalpoet.blog
(I had to cheat on Battlestar and Carl Sagan. History answer is a tad ironic. Also I've never touched a VCR w/o parental supervision)
“A meritocratic society is one in which inequalities of wealth and social position solely reflect the unequal distribution of merit or skills amongst human beings, or are based upon factors beyond human control, for example luck or chance. Such a society is socially just because individuals are judged not by their gender, the colour of their skin or their religion, but according to their talents and willingness to work, or on what Martin Luther King called 'the content of their character'. By extension, social equality is unjust because it treats unequal individuals equally.” "Political Ideologies" by Andrew Heywood (2003)
so far cj and i share the high score on history/literature. considering the other areas bore me, i'm content with that.
"I have never felt comfortable around people who talk about their feelings for Jesus, or any other deity for that matter, because they are usually none too bright. . . . Or maybe 'stupid' is a better way of saying it; but I have never seen much point in getting heavy with either stupid people or Jesus freaks, just as long as they don't bother me. In a world as weird and cruel as this one we have made for ourselves, I figure anybody who can find peace and personal happiness without ripping off somebody else deserves to be left alone. They will not inherit the earth, but then neither will I. . . . And I have learned to live, as it were, with the idea that I will never find peace and happiness, either. But as long as I know there's a pretty good chance I can get my hands on either one of them every once in a while, I do the best I can between high spots."
--Hunter S. Thompson
-- I feel so much better since I stopped trying to believe.
"We are entitled to our own opinions. We're not entitled to our own facts"- Al Franken
"If death isn't sweet oblivion, I will be severely disappointed" - Ruth M.
This is my pen and stage name... as I am a self promoting douche...
www.RichWoodsBlog.com
Mine is my first initial and last name. So.....that either makes me uncreative or stupid. Or both.
I use aliases when I am gaming, because, well it is a game. But on serious forums I just use my name.
Everything makes more sense now that I've stopped believing.
wow. and i've been thinking it was some kind of play on "molested."
"I have never felt comfortable around people who talk about their feelings for Jesus, or any other deity for that matter, because they are usually none too bright. . . . Or maybe 'stupid' is a better way of saying it; but I have never seen much point in getting heavy with either stupid people or Jesus freaks, just as long as they don't bother me. In a world as weird and cruel as this one we have made for ourselves, I figure anybody who can find peace and personal happiness without ripping off somebody else deserves to be left alone. They will not inherit the earth, but then neither will I. . . . And I have learned to live, as it were, with the idea that I will never find peace and happiness, either. But as long as I know there's a pretty good chance I can get my hands on either one of them every once in a while, I do the best I can between high spots."
--Hunter S. Thompson
Lol. If that makes it more interesting, feel free to let it remain mysterious.
Everything makes more sense now that I've stopped believing.
It came from and old commercial for Henry Weinhards Private Reserve beer. Well, sort of. A couple of us would get together to play guitar, but we would usually go over to Coffee People and get quad shot coffees before playing. Once we hit the caffeine crash, we ended up playing lounge lizard music. I remembered the old commercial for Henry's, where a bunch of people would be gathered in a saloon sometime in the 1850s. Then the announcer would say "Ladies and Gentlemen, Tex Velvet!". A person would then be on the piano playing "She'll be comin' 'round the mountain" like Bill Murray from the old 1970s SNL skits. So, my friend called me Kid Velvet, and I removed the implied space.
Dolt:"Evolution is just a theory."
Me:"Yes, so is light and gravity. Pardon me while I flash this strobe while dropping a bowling ball on your head. This shouldn't bother you; after all, these are just theories."
Everything makes more sense now that I've stopped believing.
My avatar name is short for my real name with the 101 for obvious reasons.
And I did the little nerd test.
edit: and the pic is me, with an axe I crafted =)~
Faith is the word but next to that snugged up closely "lie's" the want.
"By simple common sense I don't believe in god, in none."-Charlie Chaplin
Stainless or some sort of carbon steel? Stock removal or forged? Do you work metal?
Everything makes more sense now that I've stopped believing.
Just cold forged steel, I made quite a few weapons in my shop. I used to sell replica stuff, from actual items to everquest stuff. But no, I'm not a blacksmith, it just took regular power tools and lots of patience.
Some more of them if you are interested. But no I quit making them, not enough demand and bad profit/time spent ratio.
http://c2.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/41/l_1fd7cfe7e0f1ab25dbdfdf49f329e615.jpg
Faith is the word but next to that snugged up closely "lie's" the want.
"By simple common sense I don't believe in god, in none."-Charlie Chaplin
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDOUxuzC9CQ
www.RichWoodsBlog.com