Topic: Public request to Theymos for a name change (Read 1762 times)

Nah....even if I had that account I wouldn't do anything with it since I don't need an alt and obviously wouldn't be able to transfer all of my stats to that one.  No worries, but thanks for the support.

I may have pissed Theymos off somewhere along the line, who knows?  So I wouldn't assume you wouldn't get your request for a name change granted just because my request got ignored.  Theymos probably has way more respect for bitcoin/crypto experts who know the technical details of how the sausage is made, which is a category I don't fit into.  To him, I'm sure I'm a nobody and believe me I get it.

No harm, no foul.  I'm locking the thread, so thanks to all of y'all for your input!

Join the Thick-Skinned Gang, it's great!

I'm pretty sure he's still reading here, so: @"The Sceptical Chymist": you've had your troll, now be a good sport and PM the account details to this guy:
If you don't want to expose your IP, wait 30 days and use Tor.

Well, that's what I thought Theymos might be thinking.  I find it hard to believe (though certainly not impossible) that anyone else would find this thread getting bumped so annoying that they'd create an account with the name I wanted.  In the back of my head I kind of figured someone might do that....but I probably should have just done it myself.  Oh well.

I wouldn't have expected anything different.

Yep, some things aren't fair or right and there are massive dicks all over this forum.  But a name change denial (even by the route this one took) isn't the end of the world, and I appreciate the feedback I got from everyone, either for or against my request. 

Theymos's non-response really didn't shock me, and if you stick around long enough you'll see that he runs the forum in a very hands-off kind of way--sometimes in a standoff-ish way.  I'm cool with that, so don't get upset with him on my account.  I actually love the amount of freedom we've all got to express ourselves, which I attribute to his style of administration.  You won't find that on many discussion forums.

I'm going to leave this thread open for a few more hours in case anyone wants to squeeze in their opinions, and then I think it'll be time to lock it up for good.

Yeah, I guess so. That was such a dickhead move, though; I don't see how I could ever become immune to behavior like that. I took some time to relax and play games (making my way through Bluepoint's remake of Demon's Souls) and I'm a little more chill now.

It's not just the troll that made me blow a gasket, it's the seemingly stubborn refusal by theymos to soften up a little. In a never-ending sea of shitposting idiots, where's the logic in estranging an established, value-producing account?

One thing that really gets me to see red these days (because of stuff going on in my own life) is watching the consequences of poor decision making play out. I mean, it's going to take a lot of convincing for me to appreciate how stonewalling TP on this issue has been the superior approach compared to either granting this request or just putting this thing to bed ~2 years ago with a polite "no".

Yep, you're a really good sport.

It's the one-two punch that pushed it over the edge for me (i.e. some malicious degenerate now squatting on your preferred name and the presumably indefensible logic behind how your request has been handled). You're being very cool about it, and I admire you for that, but my blood runs a little hotter and I would personally be pretty pissed at this point.

Exactly, think of the party, man! Foxpup, looking all sultry in a haze of marijuana smoke and killer bees. The haunting silhouette of people dancing by moonlight to good german techno, each clutching a salami and wearing nothing but a prized vintage gaming accessory. The comforting sound of long cords whipping around in the darkness. The occasional shriek of pain. That all too familiar scent of freshly-thawed dodo (I know a guy) sizzling on the coals and the loamy smell of nighttime ritual...

There's still hope:

Sadly, I guess the party has been cancelled now that The Pharmacist will not be changing his name.

What happened to the ultimatum? Did not work, yeah? My man Theymos is a silent killer and you are his victim 😂
I am just curious, what did you do to him? I mean you must have done something that made him upset and now you are suffering for it 😉

No, I don't think Theymos is just as weird as that , Chymist. I'm seeing a different thing; that a user who's just tired of this particular thread, 'bout your name change, popping up on Meta each and everytime. They decided to create that account. Seems that the whole godaam plan's tarnished and yeah, Chymist shoulda gotten his wishes earlier enough and, that's what it means to me, everyone in support.
I don't know if you had any dialogue with Cyrus before this whole mis-hap? The whole-damn thing has been kept pending for too long. The funniest part is that, that freak's made only 1 post and has disappeared since then. When I first saw 'em, I thought it was you buh, I thought wrong.
Mannnnn,...stand strong, I know how eager you were to be addressed as The Sceptical Chymist, I'm afraid some pegan's never gave a chance.

Sandra 💇

So someone already registered the username you wanted?!
That's the risk of revealing the name you want to change to, don't give them more ideas because it looks like you have not only friends here and there's a chance to loose the other ones too, the same way.

Not exactly my area of expertise, but I'll give it a go. I mean, how hard can brain surgery be? It's not rocket science!

My man, don't let that bug you to the point that it seems to be bugging you.  In fact, put it right out of your mind and let's never think of it again, eh?  I'd already accepted Theymos's silence as a refusal, so this is kind of all just fun and games.

Except for this damn chipmunk.  Anyone got a garbage bag?  And o_e_l_e_o, you can attempt emergency micro-neurosurgery if you want, but I don't think any mammal has survived a decapitation before.  Definitely not at a Foxpup shindig.

Edit:

How much you wanna bet it was Theymos who registered that account just to get me to shut up about the name change? 
Also: No chipmunks were harmed in the making of this farce of a thread--and to my fellow Cycling Club members, I expect you to back me up on that.

Shhh.

Oh, I had already assumed you wouldn't be missing out on this party! I was hoping to borrow a reserve gimp. You know, after what happened last time.

*squeak*

*BANG*

I told you motherfuckers I was crazy!  And now it's never going to happen--what's there to live for?

You didn't need to do that. You all know I would have offered myself without being asked.

Nuclear pharmacy also known as Radiopharmarcy. This area of pharmacy is not common in the world,  we only have few Nuclear pharmacists. I believe this area of pharmacy is vulgar in the US.

Lol.  It is a decision you don't need to have different feelings about it. Just do what makes you feel happy.

If someone anonymous on the internet has the power to make you angry, you're doing something wrong and some time away is probably a good idea.

Slightly out of context, this applies:

I don't really have any "enemies" on the forum yet, but whoever made that account can consider themselves to be the first one. I'm too angry right now to insult you without writing something I'll likely regret, so I'll leave that for another time (I'm guessing there'll be many).

Considering the reference to "Huge Black Woman", I'm guessing it was the same mental defective that raised that issue back on page 2 (post #31). Whoever it is seems to think that an old, politically-incorrect, but obviously (to me anyway) comedic and good-natured alt account is something that should count against TP (it's not, and I think you'd have to be a little slow to conclude otherwise).

I think I need some time away from the forum, the way this name change request was handled has got me pretty disheartened and this sour note at the end is the kicker. Before I take a week or so off to play games and eat chips, I'll repeat what I said at the bottom of page 2:

Oh no, what will The Pharmacist do now?

That's some serious troll level! For a moment, I thought the chipmunk argument made the name change happen.

Now that "The Sceptical Chymist" is taken, OP's username will never be changed

Huge Black Woman is that you