[Closed] Dear allthegear why do you...

Does it really bother people that much??

I don’t think it bothers anyone, but it’s not really Internet forum convention these days like perhaps it was in the early days...

Regards

Roger the Shrubber

allthegear - Member

Does it really bother people that much??

Rachel

I think it was just an inquisitive question.

Cheers.

Ronnie Pickering

I think the op has a crush on Rachel so he's picking on her

I think he'd be wasting his time 😉

Rachel

Roger the Shrubber

Glad to see you finally got out of the Cabin Boy business

Pugwash

I think it helps maintain your online identity.

Regards,
Zbigniew Maksymilian Stanis?aw Kowalski.

I think he'd be wasting his time

We're assuming he's a he 🙂

You can't set it automatically anymore can you?

DeBz

is there a signature option for all our posts then ?

love and hugs

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[url= https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=rachel ]Maybe it just fits[/url]

you're called member ??

Well, it’s more of a nickname really

Aren’t you all chatbots!?

Yours sincerely,
The Matrix

No, I'm real

t[s]r[/s]on

Well, it’s more of a nickname really

Filth!

Ivor largeone

It's an old tradition.....
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Arthur.
(My middle name 🙂 )

There's no need to get smutty

Mike Oxlong

I guess it's a personal affirmation of gender identity after what may have been a very difficult struggle with societal norms (i'm vaguely aware of the circumstance from previous threads but if i'm wrong then 😳 , apologies rachel)

doh! - edit sp

Well, if you really want to know why...

Years go, when I decided to come out as trans etc, STW was the first "normal" place online I started using my new name. Back then, it was very important to me that I wrote it - like some sort of need to express my identity and not be mistaken as anything other than Rachel.

It's not so important to me these days, I'm very happy with myself, but it is some sort of muscle-memory that just means I nearly always write it. That's all.

Rachel

ha ha quick edit.

It's not so important to me these days, I'm very happy with myself, but it is some sort of muscle-memory that just means I nearly always write it.

DrP

I even spell it correctly each time, too!!

Is that you?

Are we allowed to make a joke about a trans with muscle memory?

Just gonna make myself comfy and see where this goes

Louis CK

You're not. I am 😉

Rachel

Rachel: Do you like our Owl?

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Ms Gear, How long did it take to choose your name? Did you even choose it? What else was in the running?
When we rebranded our shop it took 3 years to come up with a name.
Sir Zip.

I think we should all be know by our real name.

It'll never catch on

I'm interested to know why unfitgeezer is so bothered by this.

I even spell it correctly each time, too!!

The Rachael’s of this world may beg to differ!

Glad to see you finally got out of the Cabin Boy business

Pugwash

No thanks to you!!! 😯

Regards

Beelzebub

How long did it take to choose your name?

I'm inherently a lazy person - I kept the same initials as before so I didn't have to learn a new signature. That made it easier to choose. When I learned that Rachel meant "little sheep", the choice was obvious.

Rachel

Ronnie Pickering

I'm really struggling to place who this one is.

Susan.

Look up 'dead naming,'

Being addressed as your former identity, whether deliberately or through thoughtlessness can be very hurtful.

I'm not getting on a high horse here either; I have a friend who transitioned (M->F) recently and I constantly have to mentally correct myself when talking or thinking about them and imagine that it will take time for me to start instinctively start thinking of them by their new name.

So I can't really blame Rachel for taking every opportunity to remind people.

Why not choose Snoopy or Peppermint Patty?

Cheers,
Tinkerbell.

Well if its good enough fro Rachel, its good enough for me.

Ragnar Lodbrok*

* I am actually a Viking descendant. I know this to be true as I immediately felt at home on a recent short visit to York.

I'm really struggling to place who this one is.

****ing Ronnie Pickering you arse!

When I learned that Rachel meant "little sheep", the choice was obvious.

I'll be honest, that made me laugh. Don't know why, but it did.

Gary_M - Member
I'm interested to know why unfitgeezer is so bothered by this.

As said on page 1 & 2 I’m not bothered - you really ought to read the whole thread !

Paging posts are against the rules.

Fun Sponge.

Drac - Moderator
Paging posts are against the rules.

Fun Sponge.

Dear Drac, why do you sign off 'Fun Sponge' and how did you choose the name? 😉

Fun Sponge.

Is that some form of IUD contraceptive?

Sometimes these names are gifted to you.

Is that some form of IUD contraceptive?

No, it’s the female equivalent of the sex beaker.

Gary_M - Member
I'm interested to know why unfitgeezer is so bothered by this.

As said on page 1 & 2 I’m not bothered - you really ought to read the whole thread !

I have, I'm still intrigued by why you're so bothered though?

Sex Beaker?.....

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Christ, not Beaker as well......everyone i watched and loved from my childhood is now being exposed as a sexual deviant...so sad 😥

I'm only here to see how many pseudonym's we can come up with before the threads booted out.

Yours,

Candace Flynn