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Title: Your screen name and why you chose it
Post by: blackrhino on May 24, 2012, 10:29:33 am
I chose the screen name Black Rhino because, ive always thought rhinos to be one of the coolest looking animals in the world. Also,because of their  tough nature.I like myself to them because no matter what is going on in my life i refuse to lay down,continuing to charge towards what i believe in to make me healthier.I believe im in the right jungle,foraging on the knowledge that this forum provides. Anyone else like to share?
Title: Re: Your screen name and why you chose it
Post by: goodsamaritan on May 24, 2012, 11:21:44 am
I chose goodsamaritan because I've always wanted to be a goody two shoes "Paladin" type of guy.  I tend to use the same name in all other forums.
Title: Re: Your screen name and why you chose it
Post by: eveheart on May 24, 2012, 11:56:01 am
Back in the Olden Days, when we lived in caves and didn't have computers, there was a time called The Nineteen Seventies. All the young chicks worked in offices and did all their work longhand. When we wrote memos (because there was no email), we signed our names with cute symbols like daisies, smiley faces, and hearts. My signature was "Eve" followed by a little heart. By-and-by, I started getting memos addressed to "Eve Heart."

Fast-forward to the Nineteen Eighties, when we chatted on BBS, I used the alias eveheart. A few years later, my first email addy was eveheart@myISP.com. I still use eveheart to this very day. If I try to create a screen name and "eveheart" is taken, I get really furious because I had this name first.
Title: Re: Your screen name and why you chose it
Post by: Projectile Vomit on May 24, 2012, 08:04:06 pm
Eric is my first (given) name. I use it because I want to be honest with others about what my name is (not use a pseudonym) but at the same time I don't want to use my full name.
Title: Re: Your screen name and why you chose it
Post by: intrigued on May 24, 2012, 08:42:40 pm
Out of my many internet monikers, Intrigued is what I used on forums when delving into something personal, random, or strange (per common thinking).  As expected, I use it a lot.  It's a symbol of my interest in all these different subjects.  I believe my first use was probably 10-15 years ago, when I signed up for a forum on a site with a ton of info on many different religions that I was interested in.
Title: Re: Your screen name and why you chose it
Post by: Dorothy on May 25, 2012, 01:14:24 am
I am recent to the world of computers and internet anonymity so the first place I showed up they asked me my name and I told them. Everything I wrote on-line was true and still is. I just can't get used to the idea of acting like someone else or being someone else on-line than I am in real life - so I just don't. Too hard. Ever try telling a lie in real life and how confusing it can be and how it makes your energy system go haywire? I feel like I'm really talking to real people here so when someone talks to me they are using my real name and can know that I am real. No hiding - nothing false. It would upset my sense of self too much. Dorothy I am here and Dorothy I am at home and everywhere else.

.... and I also realize that this is all quite naive and that I just don't  have a clue what I'm doing.  ;)
Title: Re: Your screen name and why you chose it
Post by: Alive on May 25, 2012, 04:21:05 am
First I chose rawmike, as that is what my brother called me when I was RVF, but I wondered about basing my identity on rawness (nuts and dried fruit are considered raw by some, but eating toooo much of them sure made me sick!)

I'm not really very imaginative like some other posters with their excellent names and 'mike' was already taken, so I just added the initial from my last name to get miker.

I've since wondered about having a cooler ID like NeoApe or PaleoApe : )
Title: Re: Your screen name and why you chose it
Post by: blackrhino on May 25, 2012, 07:18:35 am
Miker is cool!
Title: Re: Your screen name and why you chose it
Post by: Alive on May 25, 2012, 07:52:37 am
Cheers Blackrino!
Title: Re: Your screen name and why you chose it
Post by: blackrhino on May 25, 2012, 08:49:32 am
Cheers!
Title: Re: Your screen name and why you chose it
Post by: blackrhino on May 25, 2012, 08:50:25 am
Anyone else?
Title: Re: Your screen name and why you chose it
Post by: cherimoya_kid on May 25, 2012, 10:40:35 am
I chose cherimoya_kid back when I was eating fruitarian, about 8 years ago.  It became my Yahoo groups ID, and I decided to use it here so people coming from the Yahoo rawpaleo group would know who it was.

I had this idea that cherimoyas and papayas were the ideal fruit for me to eat, since I am part Native American, and live in the Americas.  Cherimoyas also taste amazing, and tend to be higher Brix than other fruit.
Title: Re: Your screen name and why you chose it
Post by: goodsamaritan on May 25, 2012, 11:52:13 am
i have stumbled onto cherimoyas only twice.  and immediately i understood why you called yourself cherimoya kid.
Title: Re: Your screen name and why you chose it
Post by: LePatron7 on May 25, 2012, 04:27:16 pm
I chose DaBoss88 cause I thought it was kind of funny. Like ghetto funny, and I'm not ghetto at all so I thought it was sarcastic. My bdays 88 so I put an 88 at the end.
Title: Re: Your screen name and why you chose it
Post by: TylerDurden on May 25, 2012, 05:25:29 pm
I chose  the "tylerdurden" character from the film "Fight Club" because I am an anarchist by belief, though, sadly, I haven't had the guts  to put my thoughts into action, as yet.
Title: Re: Your screen name and why you chose it
Post by: wodgina on May 25, 2012, 06:58:04 pm
Pretty much every yahoo ID was taken when I tried to become a member of the Raw Vegetables and Animal Foods RVAF forum so I picked the name of an Aboriginal place where I had worked.

I like it.
Title: Re: Your screen name and why you chose it
Post by: CitrusHigh on May 25, 2012, 07:25:00 pm
I chose  the "tylerdurden" character from the film "Fight Club" because I am an anarchist by belief, though, sadly, I haven't had the guts  to put my thoughts into action, as yet.

At least you got some honesty going if that's the case!
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I keep changing my name. My first one was citrushigh because my favorite strains of cannabis way back when I got the name were citrus strains like Cali Orange, grapefruit.

And Thoth because right now that's who and what I'm studying, Thoth aka Hermes Trismegistus the egyptian god of writing and 'magick'. Pretty fascinating, especially in light of more natural theories of the source of civilization and human development!
Title: Re: Your screen name and why you chose it
Post by: Dorothy on May 25, 2012, 11:29:08 pm
At least you got some honesty going if that's the case!
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I keep changing my name. My first one was citrushigh because my favorite strains of cannabis way back when I got the name were citrus strains like Cali Orange, grapefruit.

And Thoth because right now that's who and what I'm studying, Thoth aka Hermes Trismegistus the egyptian god of writing and 'magick'. Pretty fascinating, especially in light of more natural theories of the source of civilization and human development!

Hey Citrus Thoth - How would you feel about giving us a little heads up when you change your name? I'm glad to see you are still here! I thought you left.
Title: Re: Your screen name and why you chose it
Post by: goodsamaritan on May 25, 2012, 11:37:16 pm
Maybe Citrus needs to put that in his signature.  Formerly known as CitrusHigh.
Title: Re: Your screen name and why you chose it
Post by: blackrhino on May 26, 2012, 12:09:27 am
Good idea,gs
Title: Re: Your screen name and why you chose it
Post by: aLptHW4k4y on May 26, 2012, 02:33:36 pm
I have a script which generates me random 10-character strings, so I don't have to think about usernames and passwords :)
Title: Re: Your screen name and why you chose it
Post by: cherimoya_kid on May 26, 2012, 10:17:14 pm
i have stumbled onto cherimoyas only twice. 

That's the unfortunate part about living in the tropics.  You have so much wonderful local native fruit that you are less likely to import or grow non-native fruits. However, some of those non-native fruits can be awesome

I always wish that somebody would start growing durian and jackfruit in Costa Rica or other places in Central America to sell commercially in the US. 
Title: Re: Your screen name and why you chose it
Post by: CitrusHigh on May 27, 2012, 05:46:55 am
Hey Citrus Thoth - How would you feel about giving us a little heads up when you change your name? I'm glad to see you are still here! I thought you left.

haha Thanks Dorothy. I feel like every time a learn some significant new thing that reshapes the way I perceive the world it's like moving in to a new phase and the name switch just reflects that.  My world views have changed so much since I last went by that name that it's like a different person wrote that, in a sense. And actually that's kind of how natives do it now that I think about it. They would get renamed after some accomplishment or great act, they probably did it once or at most twice in a life, same principle though.
Title: Re: Your screen name and why you chose it
Post by: sabertooth on May 27, 2012, 06:43:20 am
I chose Sabertooth for a couple of reasons. First off the image of a ferocious paleolithic predator prowling the outskirts of early human encampments, was appealing.

I also chose Sabertooth for the villain of the X-Men comics. Sabertooth like wolverine had a   remarkable ability to rejuvenate and had well developed primal instincts.

I believe that we have the power to mutate and adapt, perhaps not to the superhuman level of the X-men, but there is a Mutagenesis processes at work in all of life .
Title: Re: Your screen name and why you chose it
Post by: Dorothy on May 27, 2012, 07:33:24 am
haha Thanks Dorothy. I feel like every time a learn some significant new thing that reshapes the way I perceive the world it's like moving in to a new phase and the name switch just reflects that.  My world views have changed so much since I last went by that name that it's like a different person wrote that, in a sense. And actually that's kind of how natives do it now that I think about it. They would get renamed after some accomplishment or great act, they probably did it once or at most twice in a life, same principle though.

Keep in mind that in a physical tribe (as opposed to an internet tribe) people have faces that carry on associations. When you change your name others might not know that you are an old friend. It's a little bit like waking up to your tribe wearing a mask.

So - if you change your name again can I ask you a favor ... would you please let at least me know? I'd sure appreciate it.
Title: Re: Your screen name and why you chose it
Post by: Alive on June 03, 2012, 05:32:25 am
Where's your face then Dorothy? If you have picture you like or you find something on the net you could add it as your avatar (on this site go to profile / forum profile / Personalized Picture / then upload from your PC or enter URL (which is the internet address in the top of the web browser when viewing the online pic you like)
Title: Re: Your screen name and why you chose it
Post by: Dorothy on June 03, 2012, 08:37:04 am
Where's your face then Dorothy? If you have picture you like or you find something on the net you could add it as your avatar (on this site go to profile / forum profile / Personalized Picture / then upload from your PC or enter URL (which is the internet address in the top of the web browser when viewing the online pic you like)

I'll have to try to find one Miker. Thanks for the instructions!
Title: Re: Your screen name and why you chose it
Post by: Adora on June 03, 2012, 10:31:00 pm
I picked Adora because it is my name and like my profile and Dorothy say I choose to be true to myself. If I am persecuted for it I may fight, but I won't hide.
Also, I love my name, it is part of what makes me feel better about being so unique.
Adora means beloved in Greek. In Latin it is a command to love. A nun from my youth got me all upset about how only God could command love. Now I realize it was good that she got me to think on it. After long reflection I discovered that LOVE IS MY PURPOSE. It is my deepest desire to know and love myself completely. Since I am ever changing I want to live forever to love every change as they come.
    I realize this is self centered and I work through the judgement I and others hold to a low self love more freedom.
Title: Re: Your screen name and why you chose it
Post by: Dorothy on June 04, 2012, 01:23:11 am
Adora - that's beautiful.

Loving yourself completely is the only way to love all others completely. When there are parts of oneself that are not loved, they do not know how to love, and therefore are incapable of loving others.

To love oneself fully and then be able to love others completely to me IS the spiritual path.
Title: Re: Your screen name and why you chose it
Post by: raw on July 04, 2012, 01:02:41 am
Being rawist is just like I get a new life. I feel too attach with "raw" then real me.  ;)
Title: Re: Your screen name and why you chose it
Post by: blackrhino on July 08, 2012, 06:53:57 am
anyone else want to share?
Title: Re: Your screen name and why you chose it
Post by: Wolf on July 08, 2012, 10:54:01 am
The Wolf has always been my favourite animal and the animal who I have always wished to be.  I don't like being human and being forced to live in a house and to be addicted to these disgusting processed foods, and part of a race that does nothing but destroy nature.  I want to be free and wild in the forest, to run on four paws like I was meant to run, to live the life of the Wolf in all it's ways, so loving and playful and graceful and majestic, it would be a perfect life.  I love how they act and how they live and how they mate for life.

I felt it fit with trying to switch to a raw paleo diet, for I have always wanted to eat raw meat like Wolves yet I was always afraid, but this forum liberated me of that fear.  I have no problems with being honest and sharing my real name as well, I love both my first and middle names and would gladly tell them if anyone wanted to know, but I felt going with the name of Wolf related more to who I am than would my human name.

But if Wolf had been taken, then I might have gone with the name Dragon, the only creature I would want to be more than I want to be a Wolf, though the Wolf personality still appeals to me more.  A Dragon's body with a Wolf's mentality!  And if Dragon had been taken as well, then I would have probably gone with my name.


Title: Re: Your screen name and why you chose it
Post by: bachcole on July 08, 2012, 08:13:57 pm
bach = Johann Sebastian Bach, great composer.  cole = Thomas Cole, great American visionary painter.  Thus, bachcole.  It symbolizes my desire to do nothing other than what is uplifting to the soul.
Title: Re: Your screen name and why you chose it
Post by: Dorothy on July 09, 2012, 08:46:29 am
I was going to ask you if your name was after the composer Bach.  O0
Do you have a favorite Bach piece?
Title: Re: Your screen name and why you chose it
Post by: blackrhino on July 11, 2012, 11:41:17 pm
Very nice Wolf!
Title: Re: Your screen name and why you chose it
Post by: Adora on July 16, 2012, 02:09:44 am
Wolf - right on! I like to run on 2paws though:). Dragons are amazing. Like beautiful devils in thier fire, power, and greed, but with honorable hearts.
     What is your other name?
Title: Re: Your screen name and why you chose it
Post by: RawZi on August 17, 2012, 09:05:19 pm
    I was joining GI2MR and saw people incorporating the word raw into their user names and I made my username RawZi; because Iliked the way it looked the way the z and w fit next to each other and the short little i at the end on the other side of that.

    After months of using this name I saw that it fit me.
Title: Re: Your screen name and why you chose it
Post by: Wolf on August 19, 2012, 06:29:35 pm
Very nice Wolf!

Thanks!

Wolf - right on! I like to run on 2paws though:). Dragons are amazing. Like beautiful devils in thier fire, power, and greed, but with honorable hearts.
     What is your other name?

You mean my human-given name?  Cassandra Janell.  I do love my name.