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Today while filling out my tons of online college surveys, I wanted a more 'professional' looking email with my name, so I decided to go make one.
I tried the obvious FirstnameLastname@yahoo, and it failed. Reasonable. Tried it again with an underscore in between. Also taken. Then, I Tried FirstnameMiddlename with and without a underscore. Both failed. I was getting pretty angry. I tired different combos and mixes with periods etc, and after about the 20th time of it failing and me having to retype my dumb password, I RAGED and punched my monitor, before standing up and yelling (the non word-filtered version of) FETH! and walking around, yelling obscenities and ended up finishing of my slew of swears with GOD DAMN IT!

I hate having people with the same name as me.


So Dakka, how do you feel knowing that there are people with the same name as you?

(for those interested, MiddlenameLastname was taken, but when I put the underscore, it worked. Fething finally...)
(PS. in case you couldn't gather, I'm not sharing my first, last, and middle names )

It still amazes me when a site will not accept the username Ma55ter_fett because someone else used it first.

That being said it is a good bet that any other Ma55ter_fett’s you met on the internet are me, since I am the only one I have yet met.

Sounds like you need to relax...

I myself share the name of a famous singer,so I've dealt with comments my whole life...no big deal...I simply go by my middle name.

Considering how generic my real name is (no, I'm not saying it), I find it more amusing how few people have it.

Ma55ter_fett wrote:It still amazes me when a site will not accept the username Ma55ter_fett because someone else used it first.

That being said it is a good bet that any other Ma55ter_fett’s you met on the internet are me, since I am the only one I have yet met.

You serious? That sucks

Everyone calls me Felsi, so I'm good.

FITZZ wrote: Sounds like you need to relax...

I myself share the name of a famous singer,so I've dealt with comments my whole life...no big deal...I simply go by my middle name.

I'm usually calm, but once I get tipped over the edge, a brief but massive surge of rage occurs.
Thankfully, I have never hurt myself or anyone/thing else because of it

edit: except warhammer models. Oh God, have I taken it out on a model for not gluing. Usually, I just rip off the pieces where I glued them and wait for them to dry and try again, but when I first got into warhammer, when I tried to glue necrons...well, this one warrior wouldn't stay together. I raged and coved him with superglue. he looked funny)

FITZZ wrote: Sounds like you need to relax...

I myself share the name of a famous singer,so I've dealt with comments my whole life...no big deal...I simply go by my middle name.

Bing Fitzz Crosby?

I had what I considered a fairly generic name but I have lock on most brands of email address.

What's worse is when you have a very unique name, and this still happens.

Then you realize you're the one who registered, and now you don't remember the password.

I was annoyed with steam when I found Wizard12 was taken. It forced me to use my older online name Microwizard (don't laugh, I was like 7).

This isn't as annoying as having the school server hate me. When I try to put in a new password, it tells me I can't use a password that has been used three times previous. OK I say... 7 passwords in and I can't go back to my normal ones. I'm stuck on dark***** (asterisks hide the last word, I just know you guys want to hack the account and steal small amounts of work from my school account )

Mr. Burning wrote:

FITZZ wrote: Sounds like you need to relax...

I myself share the name of a famous singer,so I've dealt with comments my whole life...no big deal...I simply go by my middle name.

Bing Fitzz Crosby?

Not exactly.

The story behind the name "Fitzz" is buried somewhere in this Forum...
My Birth Name is that of a famous singer..First and last...I've gone by my Middle name since I was very young though.

biccat wrote:What's worse is when you have a very unique name, and this still happens.

Then you realize you're the one who registered, and now you don't remember the password.

If I find out I registered any of those ones I tried, I will be SO pissed....


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FITZZ wrote:

Mr. Burning wrote:

FITZZ wrote: Sounds like you need to relax...

I myself share the name of a famous singer,so I've dealt with comments my whole life...no big deal...I simply go by my middle name.

Bing Fitzz Crosby?

Not exactly.

The story behind the name "Fitzz" is buried somewhere in this Forum...
My Birth Name is that of a famous singer..First and last...I've gone by my Middle name since I was very young though.

I've gone by my middle name since, well, forever. Coincidence that my middle name with last name worked? hmm....

FITZZ wrote:

Mr. Burning wrote:

FITZZ wrote: Sounds like you need to relax...

I myself share the name of a famous singer,so I've dealt with comments my whole life...no big deal...I simply go by my middle name.

Bing Fitzz Crosby?

Not exactly.

The story behind the name "Fitzz" is buried somewhere in this Forum...
My Birth Name is that of a famous singer..First and last...I've gone by my Middle name since I was very young though.

Vera Lynn?

Buddy Holly?

David Bowie?

Luciano Pavaroti?

The Chipmunks?

Mr. Burning wrote:

FITZZ wrote:

Mr. Burning wrote:

FITZZ wrote: Sounds like you need to relax...

I myself share the name of a famous singer,so I've dealt with comments my whole life...no big deal...I simply go by my middle name.

Bing Fitzz Crosby?

Not exactly.

The story behind the name "Fitzz" is buried somewhere in this Forum...
My Birth Name is that of a famous singer..First and last...I've gone by my Middle name since I was very young though.

Vera Lynn?

Buddy Holly?

David Bowie?

Luciano Pavaroti?

The Chipmunks?

Not even close my friend.... The Chipmunks?

Mr. Burning wrote:Bing Fitzz Crosby?

Luciano Fitzz Pavarotti.

FITZZ wrote: Sounds like you need to relax...

I myself share the name of a famous singer,so I've dealt with comments my whole life...no big deal...I simply go by my middle name.

It's Michael Bolton, isn't it?

Michael Bolton: Yeah, well, at least your name isn't Michael Bolton.
Samir: You know, there's nothing wrong with that name.
Michael Bolton: There *was* nothing wrong with it... until I was about twelve years old and that no-talent ass clown became famous and started winning Grammys.
Samir: Hmm... well, why don't you just go by Mike instead of Michael?
Michael Bolton: No way! Why should I change? He's the one who sucks.

/Office Space

Damn, joke already deployed! Now that is something that makes me raaaaaaaaaaaaaaage.

Mannahnin wrote:

FITZZ wrote: Sounds like you need to relax...

I myself share the name of a famous singer,so I've dealt with comments my whole life...no big deal...I simply go by my middle name.

It's Michael Bolton, isn't it?

Michael Bolton: Yeah, well, at least your name isn't Michael Bolton.
Samir: You know, there's nothing wrong with that name.
Michael Bolton: There *was* nothing wrong with it... until I was about twelve years old and that no-talent ass clown became famous and started winning Grammys.
Samir: Hmm... well, why don't you just go by Mike instead of Michael?
Michael Bolton: No way! Why should I change? He's the one who sucks.

/Office Space

No ..it's not Michael Bolton...I believe I'd weep if it were.
Here's a hint....when people discover my "Real" Name...they inevitably ask me how I feel.

My name's thankfully uncommon.

And probably far more uncommon on the US side of the pond.

GazzyG wrote:My name's thankfully uncommon.

And probably far more uncommon on the US side of the pond.

Is it Ruairidh? Grahame?

Tell us!

I've run into a fair few other Steve Collis' on the internet and they all seem pretty cool. Most of them are tons more successful than me and live in the UK. Cannerus is typically me, with the only exception being a few crappy MMO players that pop up on Google. It's interesting how much pops up for it though

Just buy a domain.

His name is Patches Tayto McGinty and he's more Irish than the Wolfe Tones!

:-) I have a common name.

I have a completely unique name (at least that I've found).

Unfortunately, my last name is a verb (and a noun), and the combination of firstname+verb is pretty common. So, I'm rather hard to find by Googling. As my professional life has progressed, I've actually managed to get references to me on the first page of returns from Google. I'm up to 2 of the top 10!


To the OP:
If you're looking for a professional email address, don't use yahoo. Use gmail. I know it may sound judgmental and dumb, but the domain your email address is from makes quite a first impression.

Yahoo says "I was hip and cool 10 years ago when I got this email. But, I haven't bothered to update anything since then. I'm not in the tech industry, my webpage looks like it was designed in CS 101, and don't expect timely email responses as my phone doesn't get email."
AOL says "I signed up for this internet thing, but couldn't figure out which wire goes where. After my grandson came over and fixed it for me, I got this email address. I'm not aware you can change these things."
Hotmail says "My mommy and daddy got AOL, but I wanted my own email! Isn't N'Sync the best?"
Gmail says "I'm hip and cool. I believe in efficiency and am familiar with the Web 2.0"


Edit:
NOOOOOO!!!!!!! I was looking through other Google hits on myself and discovered there's another one of me living in Mississippi!

I have a Mac, So...

Also, anything is better than my old one lol

I have yet to meet anyone sharing my complete name. I have also yet to meet anyone sharing my last name who isn't part of my family.

In a similar vein, I have yet to meet anyone other than my family who can pronounce and/or spell my last name correctly without help.

Avatar 720 wrote:I have yet to meet anyone sharing my complete name. I have also yet to meet anyone sharing my last name who isn't part of my family.

In a similar vein, I have yet to meet anyone other than my family who can pronounce and/or spell my last name correctly without help.

Seriously?

Try saying my last name.

It's Felsenthal.

My name isn't difficult to say; it just requires the use of braincells, which it seems a lot of people are being born without.

I also got yours right first time =)

My stepdad's last name is Feyereisen It's hell at times.

I know your rage well OP. I use this name for most things except Xbox Live where every name in the world is already taken including Kamikaze Canuck and all variations. Damn you Microsoft!