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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.

Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding. -- Bible, 'Proverbs' 17:28 - Biblical evidence of forum readers who don't contribute!

I chose my nickname because I think metafilter is excellent and after thousands of hours of entertainment and waste I thought it appropriate to leap over the 5 dollar jerk deterrent. Suffice to say, I'm very cheap. I don't know how many other longtime lurkers there are but our number must be reasonably sizable.