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Andrew Steer

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i was asked once "are you a keyboard warrior because you dont use your name"???

 

i have been dipslick since school

 

my mates i think have forgotten my real name

 

I hope you know to me (with my dyslexia and all) you are "dipstick"

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Why pretend to be a different person, or behave differently when you are hiding behind your keyboard?

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i was asked once "are you a keyboard warrior because you dont use your name"???

 

i have been dipslick since school

 

my mates i think have forgotten my real name

Should I tell them Dipsy boy!
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This is my real name. My family are Spanish immigrants with a tradition of naming their child after the first animal they see in the place they were born.

 

The whole no-anonymity thing has been shown to lead to less conflict online. It's an extremely difficult thing to enforce, though. One way of reducing double posters could be to link a profile to a cell number and require activation from an SMS code. Due to Rica, any disputes can be traced… in case anyone wants to sue the whole internet for claiming they can't ride or something.

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It depends what you are used to i suppose ...

 

I have mates who (like Dips) have had nicknames that have been entrenched so much that we actually have "forgotten" their real names to such an extent that they introduce THEMSELVES as their nickname ...

 

Personally - I use my real name as i think it will be better for KZN MTB and the World Cup Committees to use my real name so that people can actually converse with me properly if need be regarding events etc. ...

 

... and if i used my nicknames the following may happen ...

 

1. Big Nig = I will be thought of as a large stomached person of colour ...

 

2. Pic Nic (derived somehow from Big Nig) = I like going and eating food on the grass ...

 

3. Skelly = I may be perceived as being someone named Kelly

 

hahahhahaa

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Should I tell them Dipsy boy!

Maybe he really has forgotten his own name. Should have a look at his ID
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How are you supposed to ask for advise with some unknown rash in your pubic region when your name shows up for real?

 

Also, how are we supposed to lie to the SO about the value of things when they can confirm here?

 

Not a well thought out plan this..

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a lot of us has the same name like Johan le roux, do you know how many of us are there in SA

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