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Since 1991 or 1992 or 1993, one of those years, I'm not quite sure
which, I have been known as 'Squinky'. Now, for whatever god-for-SAKEN
reason, this handle has stuck. I want to point out that my average age
was 14 when I picked this handle, and at the time, it was kinda cool
that people were calling me by self-applied name, and it was funny to
have such a basically innocuous handle, because I was such an arrogant
dipshit on the local boards.
However, years and years have passed since then. In that time, I
have attempted to change my handle on multiple occasions. The first
time, I tried to become 'Maggot Queen', which failed, so I tried a
permutation on my original handle, which stuck a little better, but not
so good. Well, after a while, I tried 'Mayflower/Tug-Tub', but
absolutely *no one* liked that but me, and not a single person called
me it. More recently, I've half-heartedly tried to go for 'Jumpin'
Jumbaliah Joo-Joo Jugular Krazy Kobek", but not even I have the
fortitude to make that particular handle happen.
Sigh.
No matter how much I tried to change my handle, whenever I would
encounter computer people, in real life or otherwise, they would always
say, "HI SQUINK!$!" or "HI SQUINKY!@%!@" or just "FUCK ME!@$"
After much debate and speculation, I think I have come to a
conclusion as to why I was never able to replace the awful moniker, and
why no one would ever take a handle change seriously. It comes down to
the fact that the word "SQUINKY" is much catchier than anything else
I've tried. If I was ever to choose a new handle, I would have to
overcome this problem.
Well, I think I finally have found a handle that has easy name
recognition and is just as catchy, if not more so, than "SQUINKY". Plus,
it's easy to abbreviate, which seems to have been a major factor in the
appeal of "SQUINKY". HEY SQUINK! HEY SQUINKY! HERE BOY! HERE BOY
HERE!
From now on, Squinky is dead.
You may now call me Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome.
or "AIDS", for short.
Thank you for your time.
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!! (c) !LA HOE REVOLUCION PRESS! #402, WRITTEN BY: SQUINKY/AIDS - 1/7/99 !!