Screen name meaning
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Re: Screen name meaning
the "X and V" in mine stand for Straight Edge and Vegetarian.
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I'm going on year 19 on a vegetarian diet. And 5 years sober. That's not the same as straight edge, I've met my idiot quota and then some before getting here.xvCODY wrote:the "X and V" in mine stand for Straight Edge and Vegetarian.
My screen name is the title of my ex-band, then online music collaboration, and currently on hiatus music project until I get a new computer because mine fatal errored yesterday. Blue screen of death after almost 9 years of service.
The name itself signifies one of the 7 year life cycles, "night" symbolizing the unknown.

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well mine is not as funky ... J-P is what my co-workers call me because my name is Jean-Pierre. Being in a bilingual country with people that can't pronounce French (the official second language) is a little of a bummer.
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PolishPuff
Since I'm a Polish and Puff, well you know Puffers puff up.
My original screen name was changed (Thank God ) I dont even remember what it was, but it had to be stupid since I got a new one.
Since I'm a Polish and Puff, well you know Puffers puff up.
My original screen name was changed (Thank God ) I dont even remember what it was, but it had to be stupid since I got a new one.
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Ha! Mine's from grade 8 (I think, as it was 15 years ago). Geronimo was a Native Warrior or something from the 1800s. So, me being Métis, my buddies started calling me Geronimo. Has stuck ever since. I even have it custom stitched on 3 hats... (sorry, I guess thats totally irrelevant lol)Flutter wrote:Mine I got in grade 7It was based on a nickname from a book I liked.
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I just kind of came up with mine on the fly when I joined. It was either this or "Pufferrific." Heh.
I'm a diehard goldfish keeper, though, and my username on a goldfish forum is RanchuDressing (ranchus are a type of goldfish).
I'm a diehard goldfish keeper, though, and my username on a goldfish forum is RanchuDressing (ranchus are a type of goldfish).
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this thread should be conjoined with the "show your face" one
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Re: Screen name meaning
sevenyearnight wrote:I'm going on year 19 on a vegetarian diet. And 5 years sober. That's not the same as straight edge, I've met my idiot quota and then some before getting here.xvCODY wrote:the "X and V" in mine stand for Straight Edge and Vegetarian.
My screen name is the title of my ex-band, then online music collaboration, and currently on hiatus music project until I get a new computer because mine fatal errored yesterday. Blue screen of death after almost 9 years of service.
The name itself signifies one of the 7 year life cycles, "night" symbolizing the unknown.
That's awesome! I'm 21 years sober and clean but only 7 years proclaimed "Straight Edge". Where i live the vegetarian diet is so hard to do. There are no whole food markets and all "vegan" stuff is hella expensive at the store. I'm more of a pescetarian than a vegetarian. I eat tuna on occasion. Definitely no red meat or anything else. Whole food diets are so good. imo
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Re: Screen name meaning
My GF is a veggyish, she eats eggs. Makes cooking dinner hard for me lol I love all kinds of meat
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What's straight edge?
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I'm not really sure, my coworker at Guitar Center a few years back tried to explain it to me. I just don't really understand what it means. I know someone who considers themself Straight Edge doesn't drink, smoke, or do drugs, but he said it has something to do with being part of something or another. I didn't really get it. I don't drink, smoke, or use drugs for my own health and for my family, I think being Straight Edge has something to do with a trend or group. I don't really know, because the dude's explanation was so incredibly vague.

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Vegetarians eats eggs and dairy things, it's vegans that don't eat anything that is processed from an animal, even honey!!xrayjeeper83 wrote:My GF is a veggyish, she eats eggs. Makes cooking dinner hard for me lol I love all kinds of meat

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There's different kinds. If you eat meat (the flesh of dead animals) then you aren't a vegetarian, period. An ovo one will eat eggs but not dairy, lacto will have milk products but not eggs, there's also ovo-lacto. Vegans won't eat or use any animal products whereas vegetarians will use animal products.
I eat mostly fruit and veggies but I do eat meat on occasion, therefore I'm an omnivore
I eat mostly fruit and veggies but I do eat meat on occasion, therefore I'm an omnivore
It is absurd to talk of one animal being higher than another. We consider those, when the cerebral structure/intellectual faculties most developed, as highest. A bee doubtless would when the instincts were.
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ok so she is a ovo-lacto. And thanks for the info flutter
Ya straight edge means no drink, drugs, smoking, nothing harmful to your body. I typically think skaters, rockers, etc when I think straight edge. I think it was a group of skaters/rockers/etc that wanted to show that they were not like the others so they came up with straight edge and the X
Ya straight edge means no drink, drugs, smoking, nothing harmful to your body. I typically think skaters, rockers, etc when I think straight edge. I think it was a group of skaters/rockers/etc that wanted to show that they were not like the others so they came up with straight edge and the X
RTR wrote:Fahakas do not have tank mates, they may have swimming food reserves.
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My husband is the rule breaking pescetarian. I'm not much on eating dairy, but I will consume it occasionally. I'm also lacto-ovo. I know a lot of people get vegan and the sub-types vegetarian mixed up. Vegan is a tough diet to keep balanced and healthy. It's easy to get deficiencies.
