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What's the deal with your nickname? How did you get it? If your nickname is self-explanatory, then tell everyone when you first started using the internet, and what was the first thing that made you say "wow, this isn't just a place for freaks after all?" Was it a website? Was it an email from a long-lost friend? Go on, spill it.

Basically I'm 95% italian but ended up with a horrible German last name that noone can spell or pronounce (Burn Ruth Err). So, because I wanted the fewest hits possible, I chose that as my domain name :)

Mostly what happens is, if I can't get Dave as a username (almost impossible), I take bernreuther, because come on, who would think to take that one?