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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.

What's the deal with my nickname, you say?

Well... i wanted a new nickname so as to be pseudonymous from other sites, but I was struggling to think of anything. At the time, I was listening to Sly & the Family Stone, so in desperation I thought "Sly Fan". But that seemed a bit of a one-dimensional way of identifying myself, so I changed the vowel so it read less literally.

Incidentally, if you don't like Sly & the Family Stone, I don't like you. You're probably an awful person. But it's ok, I'm a reasonable man, I won't punish your terrible taste with the violence you probably deserve.