This thread is true, unalienated, uncut, uncircumcised, pure American entertainment! Heeheehee I love ya's all!
Actually, I love the balljointnut handle... it straight cracks me up every time I see it! But likewise, MonkeyWithTwoButts truly creates a challenge while typing it, b/c I can't sit still from bustin' up over it! I imagine that if you particular guys were actually able to instead, all work together on this, it would create the riot of the season & go viral overnight!
I too am a firm believer in owning up to what you make public, as he indicates, but then I've never found myself in situations which make using an alias the wiser of alternatives. BUT I DO believe there are times when it WOULD be the wiser of alternatives, & that's just from seeing a train wreck unfold on this board. But really, even as I speak/type right now to voice my opinion... it's still my opinion, except, do you really think that "Kelsi" Stylez is my real name? It too is a form of alias also... not for the protection of my ass on this board & the people I offend, but for the protection of my ass if I'm out with my Mother & one of you ding-dongs (JK!) comes up & claims I'm Kelsi Stylez. This way I can just claim you're crazy, then Mom & I can laugh our asses off at it over sushi.
Anyway, a couple years ago, I attempted to use an alias for a particular conversation. Though its purpose was not for anonymity, but rather just the appropriate finishing touch to the response I wrote at the time, it surely had me in stitches. So I even stopped what I was doing & ended up over on another page, fully obsessed with the creation of endless aliases that had me on the floor with laughter. (But long story short, when I went back to the string to apply my appropriate alias & post its hilarious reply, it wouldn't allow its use without the VIP membership. But whatever... go TER!)
I think if nothing else, aliases are a huge contribution of fun within this board & people get really creative with them. It's something that makes TER unique & adds to the crippling laughter of entertainment. Plus it's a good remedy for politely criticizing someone who could really use it constructively, b/c maybe everyone was making fun of them over something they were simply unaware of. I mean, who needs a psychotic escort wreaking havoc in your civil life, all b/c she mis-perceived your good intentions (for example)? I wouldn't change it for the world.
Now the only aspect of it I'm opposed to, & actually just learned was even a possibility, is the option to publish reviews under an alias... ooh... scary! What if you're standing your ground & press the buttons of a sociopath who retaliates by posting a horrid, untruthful review of you? That hardly seems like a harmless opportunity, left up to the wrong asshole! And it's like (heh, heh... hard to keep a straight face...) balljointnut says, I would want the Provider of whom I'm posting the bad review upon, to know it was me who wrote it, b/c just out of good faith, she obviously deserved it, which is what forced me to write it, sadly.
Thanx for the entertainment guys!