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nam78_two

(14,529 posts)
23. I have been thinking about this
Sun Feb 7, 2021, 01:29 PM
Feb 2021

It is true about Trump but more broadly about Facebook, Twitterverse. Those places thrive on smackdowns, soundbites and spectacles.

Apparently on 4chan people have handles which are strings of letters and numbers - in their case probably for malicious reasons as they are trolls. However, my premise is that (for some of us at least) solitude and complete privacy are essential for optimal brain function. It follows then that a sub-set of us could contribute more earnestly and provide a higher quality of engagement with greater anonymity and more freedom from the gaze of the other (something an exhibitionist like Trump could not grasp).

When the name change amnesty comes around I would like to have a username like 765-4198 which has no personality and is hard to remember. There is already a poster like that here. But then it would only work if there were a bunch of other actual DUers who also had handles like that : - /. That is a hint . Anyone in?

I don't suppose that would be a nuisance to the admins and mods with mir would it? I bet you could even get some asocial liberals to participate more since with a handle like that the poster goes unnoticed and only the ideas remain out there. Though I would imagine you would need 5-10 people for that to work. And I was a mod here years ago - disruptors are easy to identify.

I award this post my personal medal of honor for outstanding post of the day! nt DonaldsRump Feb 2021 #1
Thanks edhopper Feb 2021 #2
I have to say I laughed out loud at your OP DonaldsRump Feb 2021 #3
WHERE are the 2AM Tweets? Dudn't he know how to pRezident? nt lol TigressDem Feb 2021 #4
That very last sentence is what will Butterflylady Feb 2021 #5
This is the sentence that got me: MyOwnPeace Feb 2021 #26
Most refreshing! 3catwoman3 Feb 2021 #6
I'm going out on a limb here FakeNoose Feb 2021 #7
Yeah, edhopper Feb 2021 #9
The nightly news is also much more relaxing these days jimlup Feb 2021 #8
Rachel might even mix drinks for us soon! Blue_playwright Feb 2021 #27
He was only leader for the fascists. lark Feb 2021 #10
I was looking for the right word there edhopper Feb 2021 #12
I saw you have done that. lark Feb 2021 #15
Oh no edhopper Feb 2021 #17
"figurehead"? soldierant Feb 2021 #35
Poser edhopper Feb 2021 #36
He woke me up at 3 am... lame54 Feb 2021 #11
I bet many who were ok with tr$&p at the margins will Lucky Luciano Feb 2021 #13
We can only hope edhopper Feb 2021 #16
The stupid, crazy asshole was unfit to be dog catcher. dalton99a Feb 2021 #14
We're in the calm after the crisis still. There will come a time... Bucky Feb 2021 #18
But at least edhopper Feb 2021 #19
And who doesn't wish that lesson wasn't necessary? BobTheSubgenius Feb 2021 #20
Well Ed, there is this headline Tweet from the White House this morning.... KY_EnviroGuy Feb 2021 #21
I can see the chyron on Fox News DonaldsRump Feb 2021 #33
Awwwww ... Puhppy-pie! calimary Feb 2021 #42
Thanks edhopper Feb 2021 #43
I agree Soxfan58 Feb 2021 #22
I have been thinking about this nam78_two Feb 2021 #23
And did you see him go golfing at Church? grantcart Feb 2021 #24
I remember John (the real one) Kennedy observing that, HubertHeaver Feb 2021 #25
A real study in contrasts. calimary Feb 2021 #28
When I moved into my condo everyone welcomed me lunatica Feb 2021 #29
He's so nice and human and genuine - I think it could be tremendously disarming. calimary Feb 2021 #45
Before Trump the media hammered on his so called gaffes relentlessly lunatica Feb 2021 #49
Yep. Believe in evolution. It's real in many ways, large AND small! calimary Feb 2021 #50
I knew how Bad it was in real time. Cha Feb 2021 #30
K&R Blue Owl Feb 2021 #31
I have no idea what the president has tweeted lately IronLionZion Feb 2021 #32
Next point of Fox indignation! Aussie105 Feb 2021 #34
K&R! (nt) ProfessorGAC Feb 2021 #37
Amen. Joinfortmill Feb 2021 #38
"Having a real President in office shows us how bad he was." Ferrets are Cool Feb 2021 #39
Trump was also a fucking treasonous criminal-- WORST PRESIDENT EVER LymphocyteLover Feb 2021 #40
Ha, I knew you were going to say that! Ligyron Feb 2021 #41
So nice to have a real president again. 😊. nt ooky Feb 2021 #44
All those things plus I just clocked today mahina Feb 2021 #46
I wouldn't say that Trump "was an unhinged, corrupt, narcissistic, incompetent 'leader'" Fortinbras Armstrong Feb 2021 #47
Well, edhopper Feb 2021 #48
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