Ayo so that name change thing I mentioned back in February still crosses my mind with relative frequency. In the end I didn't go through with it because of a lot of red tape and the fact it was arguably short-sighted. The tape was justified and it gave me the time to figure stuff out.
As those close to me know, my first name is May, and I've gone by that since I came out as trans ~4 years ago. I usually nickname myself "May" in more personal Discord servers but that's about the extent of my online usage. I'm comfortable enough in this community to consider using it.
Because the user with that name is one of those accounts that has been dead for close to two decades, can I take that?
Reasons for changing are the same as that old post, only I've also realised that some people are legit uncomfortable calling me "Plague" and get confused at what to actually call me. "May" is closer to myself, has the same letter count as "PvK", and gets straight to the point. It all works out.
If some people still call me PvK, that's fine, as chances are I'll still use the tag on the many sites I frequent. I mean, obviously...you have any idea how many first names are taken on most sites?
did -lily
As those close to me know, my first name is May, and I've gone by that since I came out as trans ~4 years ago. I usually nickname myself "May" in more personal Discord servers but that's about the extent of my online usage. I'm comfortable enough in this community to consider using it.
Because the user with that name is one of those accounts that has been dead for close to two decades, can I take that?
Reasons for changing are the same as that old post, only I've also realised that some people are legit uncomfortable calling me "Plague" and get confused at what to actually call me. "May" is closer to myself, has the same letter count as "PvK", and gets straight to the point. It all works out.
If some people still call me PvK, that's fine, as chances are I'll still use the tag on the many sites I frequent. I mean, obviously...you have any idea how many first names are taken on most sites?
did -lily
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