I don't get it

Okay, so I'm not terribly experienced with computers and the internet. Only been using it for about a year, and that only so often. I catch on quick to most things, but.....
But everywhere I go everybody uses nicknames 'cept me. So, I feel oddball out, of course. But I don't know why people use nicknames. And I see a lot of interesting ones and it makes me curious as to where folks come up with some of the stuff. Some of them I understand-has to do with where they live, what they like to do, etc., but I don't know why'd you use one in the first place.

And, of course, the annoying one where people always act sssoooo tough and try to intimidate others. Simply childish and uncalled for. Ha! That coming from me, lol.
Not as annoying as some gun sites that always talk about "pie" or "cake" (the eating thereof). I really don't get that one.

Can I have ur social , bank account , address , annual income and real mothers maiden name?

People do to stay anonymous in most cases.

For me it is my ship I served on and my final rank.

As for the tough guy thing, Id say that most people have seldom been in real fights or even had their ass kicked. Also most people people view the anomnity as an opportunity to act in a way they normally can not in real life.

'cause it's cooler than my real name...[Tooth]

well... I don't figure on using my real name as a screen name/id/profile unless really warranted. Lots of information can be gathered from the internet, thus using different names and ID's helps keep things a little more descrete (sp).

my id here is gnihcraes (searching backwards) I used this ID once years ago for a specific information gathering ID and it's no longer necessary for that purpose, so I use it for most of my internet "stuff".

as for "pie" or "cake" well.. not really sure... I have a friend that wants to go get "pie" now and then... meaning he has had a bad day at work/home or otherwise just wants to get out with the guys and eat a piece of junk type food "pie" at a place like perkins or something... like going out and getting a cup of coffee with a friend... but there are probably other meanings and reasons for it... hopefully someone will fill us in.

hope this helps with some of your questions...

Kc (my real initials...) ...:)

ahhhhhh....anonymity....that makes sense, kind of. I really don't care who knows who I am. But you are funny about the SS# and stuff. I got a kick out of that.
I'm sorry your name sucks, Marlin.
"searching" is pretty cool.
Ya, I was thinking it might have something to do with pretending to be somebody or something you're not for a few people. I saw once where one of these phone sex girls was actually a guy and he got killed after the two met on Sally or something like that. Strange.....
But it is real interesting to know what the nick names mean. I also think it's cool about you ship and rank. That says a lot more about you than "Joe" or "Steve"!!!
I haven't had my ass kicked too many times, but boy, when I did it was pretty bad. I lost my last seven fights in the ring-that's why I quit. And boy, I still hurt from one of them. Seriously. Broke my jaw and the docs set it wrong or something. So I can't chew gum, ha-ha.
Maybe I should get a nick name. I feel left out, kind of. My wife has nick names for me (both good and bad....). I'm not really very interesting, so I don't know what it would be.
The "pie" thing-sometimes they just post replies and say "I like pie". Makes no sense to me.

I'm an honest joe, try not to pretend anything that I'm not, seems to work out best that way... pretty much what I think is what I say, which causes trouble sometimes... ha.

always afraid of an axx kicking, and it happens on occasion... so what were you doing in those last seven fights? Martial arts or boxing ?? You've got me curious now...

kc.

Vale Tudo. They call it "MMA" now a days, but it's totally different. Vale Tudo is Portuguese for "anything goes". Head butts, groin shots, fish hooking, small joint manipulastion, elbow spikes, etc. is all legal. Or was.

My "nickname" came about YEARS ago. It was my CB handle. I was always on the go, auctions (of all kinds) flea markets, yard sales, going out of business sales, etc. First "real" job I ever had, was working at an auction house.

I would be headed out somewhere, and people would say.... What are you "pickenup" this time? Turned into my CB handle, then kind of naturally followed me online.

Wouldn't surprise me, if the wife is going to put.....
"AKA pickenup" in my obituary.
[ROFL1]

Tackspitter refers to what I do for a living. I do use my real name on my Crackbook page and group. I also use it when I email or comment to Politicians , newspapers , blogs etc. If Im too afraid of what Im saying to them to be anonymous then I probably shouldnt say it. But on certain forums like this even if I used my name Mike which is pretty generic no one here probably knows me anyway so my Tackspitter moniker gives me some uniqueness .

Didn't say My name sucked.. Just said "Marlin" was cooler...

My name means Black or Dark water in Scottish... Which is pretty cool in it's own right...