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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.

I eat food. I drink liquids. I breath air. I frequently make typos that I don't notice until after I've post my comments; the addition of an edit button has helped with this a bit, but I still have a tendency to notice glaring typos 5 minutes and 1 second after I've posted a comment.