Which posters do you mix up in your head? - Page 3

Winston · June 11, 2002, 20:24

Sprayber and Urban Ranger.

Zhu Yuanzang and Shi Huangdi.

Oh, an most of the Finns, though that's more of an observation than an actual problem...

Anodyne · June 11, 2002, 20:43

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Originally posted by Asher

Yes, we're completely similar.
He's a left wing British gay teen who likes to get play.
I'm a right wing Canadian bisexual teen who prefers to be a hermit.

Easy to mistake.

Hell, of course it seems obvious now, but it still doesn't bring back all the sleepless nights wasted on trying to figure that out.

axi · June 11, 2002, 21:02

The people that usually fade away in my mind are the ones who change names and avatars all the time. Specially that Trappist/LazarusAnd The Gimp/what's_his_name_now guy. I can;t relate these people to their older handles.

People who are using cliche avatars like chegitz guevara and sikander use that SMAC dude. Hell, I changed my partisan avatar partly in order to be easily distinguisshed from Tingkai and a few others that also used it.

People using the American flag.

Kropotkin and KrazyHorse for some reason.

Provost Harisson, Provost B and Provost D, in the old days. Back then I had a slight problem with Iain Lindley, Imran Sidiqqui and Lincoln too.

SlowwHand and Sprayber (americans in the armed forces?)

Actually very few Apolytoners have any distinguishable character in my eyes, except for their names and possibly nationalities. F.e. I know that JayBee is Spanish but I can't remember his political allegiance or what threads he prefers posting into. People from countries with massive presence here are more difficult to distinguish than others.

Ecthy · June 11, 2002, 21:05

Sometimes I thought MrFun was Siro and stuf like that. It happened when soem weirdos felt like it was cool to sue the Israeli flag as an avatar icon, and I'm talking about Americans doing that.

Cyber...Shy? Gnu? the guy that uses the Bad Religion thing I happen to mix up with PH, naturally.

SpencerH · June 11, 2002, 22:38

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Originally posted by GP
1. Ming is named after a serial, not an old Chinese person that noone has ever heard of....

Ming is named after a cereal .......Like corn flakes?

Boris Godunov · June 11, 2002, 22:40

I'm cuckoo for Mingpuffs.

Sarxis · June 11, 2002, 22:43

KrazyHorse and Alexander's Horse. Well, not so much nowadays.

And DanQ and DanS. Well, not so much lately.

Ecthy · June 12, 2002, 00:49

Would the 3rd be Echinda?

Ramo · June 12, 2002, 01:15

People with similar avatars.

aaglo · June 12, 2002, 02:32

I also sometimes mix Osweld and Orange...

Robert Plomp · June 12, 2002, 04:31

yeah, my avator was 'almost' the same as PH's one.
It was a protest avator.

I changed mine now, but it's just a temporary one.
I want my old one back, but it seems like I didn't save it anywhere

TCO · June 12, 2002, 13:09

I like how Chris has an acatar connected to sokmething we know about him. I picked mine the same way as a stereotype of myself. It's the branding/advertising logic.

Sprayber · June 12, 2002, 13:33

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Originally posted by Winston
Sprayber and Urban Ranger.

Are you smoking crack again Winston?

Ethelred · June 12, 2002, 13:44

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Originally posted by GP
picked mine the same way as a stereotype of myself. It's the branding/advertising logic.

I picked mine to get it through a few thick skulls that Ethelred is man's name and not to confused with Ethel.

One guy did come up with something different though. Tetraethyl lead is red so he thought I was named after the old bad for the environment ethyl gasoline.

Boris Godunov · June 12, 2002, 14:07

Ethel!

"You'll be swell! You'll be great! Gonna have the whole world on a plate!"

SpencerH · June 12, 2002, 14:16

so its kind of like evelyn

ranskaldan · June 12, 2002, 14:20

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Originally posted by Shi Huangdi
Glad to see people have stopped confusing me with Zhu.

I haven't.

And to think I'm Chinese!!!!!!

(Well, maybe being Chinese is a prerequisite for seeing the link between Shi Huangdi and Zhu Yuanzhang in the first place.

)

also: Sagacious Dolphin and LightEning. But that was before LightEning participated in the Conquest Thread. Cleared it up immediately.

Ethelred · June 12, 2002, 14:24

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Originally posted by SpencerH
so its kind of like evelyn

Is that plumbic plumbum or plumbous plumbum?

Bugs ****ing Bunny · June 12, 2002, 15:45

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Originally posted by axi
The people that usually fade away in my mind are the ones who change names and avatars all the time. Specially that Trappist/LazarusAnd The Gimp/what's_his_name_now guy. I can;t relate these people to their older handles.

Considering I'm fading away in your mind, I'm impressed at your ability to remember old handles.

Winston · June 12, 2002, 15:51

Sprayber,

Yours and Urban Ranger's handle come across very similar for some odd reason. It's not your posts I confuse, it's the handles.

Handle with care.

Ecthy · June 12, 2002, 16:27

on a sidenote: is ICQ down?

red_jon · June 12, 2002, 16:41

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Originally posted by Rogan Josh

Funily enough, I sometimes confuse Red-Jon for myself, but only when people call him RJ.

Then maybe peopke should call you RoJo

Zoid · June 12, 2002, 17:10

I only confuse people with identical avatars. paiktis and Snappy is a prime example.

You learn past histories/handles after a while.

Al'Kimiya · June 12, 2002, 17:11

myself and MarkG

Eroberer · June 12, 2002, 17:22

I confuse Bugs ****ing Bunny and Lazarus and the Gimp all the time. Hell, maybe they're the same people, and I missed something. I just can't follow their screenname change history, and they're both witty as hell.

I always thought Sagacious Dolphin was Giant Squid returned, and I just missed the return. Is he not?

I get Ecthy and Echinda mixed up...or once again maybe they're the same people.

I also have no clue who half the people here are, it seems. Seems like a whole lot of "newbies."

I get confused if MrFun doesn't say he's gay in a post.

I also get all the old spammers mixed up, like Djug, orange...Giant Squid...I dunno. Hey orange, didn't you used to be called something else?

Ecthy · June 12, 2002, 17:23

Echinda and me the same? why?

Eroberer · June 12, 2002, 17:27

I just haven't seen Echinda post in a while, so I didn't know if he changed his name. I also have to look twice whenever you post, too, probably because I can't pronounce the name and thus it's not in prominent memory.

Az · June 12, 2002, 18:04

That's interesting. Someone here has actually noticed my posts, and confused me with someone. I am spamming too much lately.

I used to mix up Kamrat X and Comrade Tribune when they just joined. As I grew to know Kamrat X better, and Comrade Tribune turned into a lurker ( no he didn't leave ) , I stopped mixing them up.

Ecthy · June 12, 2002, 18:07

Eck-thé-li-on.

Az · June 12, 2002, 18:09

similar to Excel-ion.