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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.

This account replaces my previous account as Slothrop. I decided that I wanted to do a mild reset of my participation on MeFi, starting with a new username. I've been reading the site since about the year 2000, and a member (as 'Slothrop') since 2004. I wanted my new username to reflect my love for comics and SFF, like Star Trek, Transformers, the Legion of Super Heroes, Spider-Man and Spider-Girl, ElfQuest, Usagi Yojimbo, Bone, and many more.