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Misconceptions of you because of your username?

All I've ever gotten as far as misconceptions is that my birthday is in May :p
(It's in November. That doesn't flow though)
 
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Hmm.. that I'm like 7 and like OMG CUPCAKES YAY!!!!

idk, I just made it up randomly... don't judge me ok, I wish I'd thought of something more unique
 
And yeah my real name is not Sheila, but I like my username way better so yeah don't go ask for my real one, duh.
 
People often read my name as KaydeeDrunk, so they assume I'm drunk all of the time, when I'm only drunk MOST of the time. Such a rude assumption.
 
Sheila said:
lol... what who said that? i think you're nice man.
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Adult man who watches a kids cartoon = fat, autistic, fedora wearing neckbeard in the eyes of pretty much everyone. :p Doesn't bother me, already know I've accomplished/done/seen more than most at this age so the stereotype goes right over my head. Got friends who are into fandom though, while they're good/great friends I can't say the stereotype is entirely baseless.

The biggest surprise to me is how this attitude sticks to some in a community revolving around a children's game. :p Not even necessarily by SJW-types who are sure to adopt stances that are 'correct' within their social circle either.
 
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I use tigsobango instead of tigs because tigs is always taken. Also everyone then thinks I'm a gun nut because I have the word bang in there.
 
lostineverfreeforest said:
Adult man who watches a kids cartoon = fat, autistic, fedora wearing neckbeard in the eyes of pretty much everyone. :p Doesn't bother me, already know I've accomplished/done/seen more than most at this age so the stereotype goes right over my head. Got friends who are into fandom though, while they're good/great friends I can't say the stereotype is entirely baseless.

The biggest surprise to me is how this attitude sticks to some in a community revolving around a children's game. :p Not even necessarily by SJW-types who are sure to adopt stances that are 'correct' within their social circle either.
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Aha yeah I feel you, still I had no idea your username was cartoon related until you told it on a thread, lol... But yeah not too much with username but yeah I'm like the largest movie and music geek around here so yeah I tend to talk in wall of text. I probably do have autism spectra/asperger stuff (waiting to do an official diagnosis thing on it) so yeah people tend to be creeped out unless I actually get them to like stuff lol.
 
Sheila said:
Aha yeah I feel you, still I had no idea your username was cartoon related until you told it on a thread, lol... But yeah not too much with username but yeah I'm like the largest movie and music geek around here so yeah I tend to talk in wall of text. I probably do have autism spectra/asperger stuff (waiting to do an official diagnosis thing on it) so yeah people tend to be creeped out unless I actually get them to like stuff lol.
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I'll discuss my interest if it's relevant to a topic but having a reference in my username is as far as I'd normally go. IRL I don't bring it up because it's not relevant to anything. Just strange to me that the line is drawn with genuinely enjoying a relatively well written children's cartoon but at the same time it's okay to like a children's game. If it were any other community I could get that, but here it doesn't make much sense. :p When I bought New Leaf the reaction from the dude selling it to me made it pretty obvious that wasn't a common sight for an adult to buying a kids game for himself which ain't a big surprise. Don't feel the need to explain why I enjoy Animal Crossing though so I'd expect people to be somewhat more sympathetic here, but as I said it's not necessarily always the case. Oh well. :p
 
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lostineverfreeforest said:
I'll discuss my interest if it's relevant to a topic but having a reference in my username is as far as I'd normally go. IRL I don't bring it up because it's not relevant to anything. Just strange to me that the line is drawn with genuinely enjoying a relatively well written children's cartoon but at the same time it's okay to like a children's game. If it were any other community I could get that, but here it doesn't make much sense. :p When I bought New Leaf the reaction from the dude selling it to me made it pretty obvious that wasn't a common sight for an adult to buying a kids game for himself which ain't a big surprise. Don't feel the need to explain why I enjoy Animal Crossing though so I'd expect people to be somewhat more sympathetic here, but as I said it's not necessarily always the case. Oh well. :p
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Yeah, my username IS a music reference to a Canadian-Portuguese singer but yeah I doubt many people get it unless I go into explaining a long inside joke (but yeah, google Sheila Charlesworth if you are interested). And no I usually don't bring stuff either unless people ask or we get into it naturally.

Really? I don't think I had any weird looks. But yeah first time I bought NL I went to this Gamestop where I'm 'hi sup' with the staff so eh I don't think they were surprised. Also they work with kids and adults the like everyday so xD
 
my username is pretty poor now that i think of it, there's no capital which bothers me. i guess people would think im a girl based on the gender roles associated with my profile picture, username and signature :(
 
I really wish I'd gone for a different username sometimes, I think most people I've come across on here assume I'm a guy automatically because it's not a very girly name, that and my town name and signature. Plus I use the shortening of my full name so I guess that doesn't help matters...
 
Sheila said:
lol c: i don't think a lot of people uses their real name anyways. it's a gaming forum after all not a private gentlepeople club.
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Yeah I know :) It's just weird to think of you guys as anything other than your username and avatar, the internet is weird and makes me feel antisocial sometimes :p
 
Mistymayz said:
Yeah I know :) It's just weird to think of you guys as anything other than your username and avatar, the internet is weird and makes me feel antisocial sometimes :p
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yeah, i don't really like revealing my real name cause i don't really like it myself and i prefer sheila cause it has a bit of a story of it.. and it's a pretty name in general i guess.
 
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