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epilepticrabbit (epilepticrabbit@social.coop)'s status on Monday, 20-Aug-2018 11:13:34 EDT epilepticrabbit

Fun fact "epilepticrabbit" was a screen name a younger me used in the late 90s. Via @mrkrndvs https://collect.readwriterespond.com/mrkrndvs/
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  A reply to Clive Thompson on the Story of my Username
  
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  Clive, I was intrigued by the story of how you came to your username. I had a similar story of confusion in choosing 'mrkrndvs'. As an educator, many misinterpret it as 'Mr Krndvs' but soon get tongue tide. It is in fact my name without vowels, which is not so obvious as I do not go by my first name. I was signing up for a Hotmail account sometime in the early 00's and somewhere in the terms and conditions I misread that you would have to pay for a proper name. I therefore came up with 'mrkrndvs' as an alternative. I assume in hindsight that the 'cost' was probably in reference to purchasing a custom domain Thankfully, I have long forgotten the other iterations of online usernames I used in those halcyon days. I do get pressure now and then to take on a more 'professional' username, but for me it is a part of the story of who I am. I feel that I have come to fit it overtime.

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