Remember kids, never use your real name on the internet
@dielan I don't even use my real name IRL.
I've gone exclusively by a nickname since I was a child, the majority of people I know don't even know what my first name is.
I've gone exclusively by a nickname since I was a child, the majority of people I know don't even know what my first name is.
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@Indigo @dielan On a semi-related note, and it may sound weird, but I don't like people knowing my last name even IRL. I don't feel like it's important and I went to keep family stuff private, but if someone knows me because of someone that I'm related to, then I'm going to be known by a first and last name basis and be called by both my first and last name.
I hate last names. They're actually a recent invention. We went well fine without them. Hell, people in Iceland do use them that much.
@xianc78 @dielan Very understandable point of view. I somewhat benefit from the fact that I don't live anywhere near any extended family, and I have a very uncommon last name for the part of the country I live in; even if someone learns my last name, chances are it means nothing to them.
