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Can I change my name to Changeling?

Changeling February 19, 2022 at 07:01 3550 views 11 comments
Please can I change my name to Changeling? I want to do so in light of @unenlightened's recent tirade against opposites

Comments (11)

Noble Dust February 19, 2022 at 07:12 #656648
Reply to The Opposite

Always changing, you are. Agree?
Changeling February 19, 2022 at 07:23 #656650
Reply to Noble Dust I agree in principle, and the blame lies with the fairies.
Noble Dust February 19, 2022 at 08:29 #656660
Reply to The Opposite

So far, the god's appear to have said "no". You may be a changeling yourself; one who changes with the tide; and yet, you cannot change into a changeling, according to the obscure will of the gods. I'm reminded of C.S. Lewis's late masterpiece TIll We Have Faces. You rail and rail, and yet...you're faced with the blank will of a force you don't understand. You long to change, and yet, you're simply...The Opposite...
Jamal February 19, 2022 at 11:01 #656674
You insult my wife and now you want a favour? How about I change your username to Putin?
unenlightened February 19, 2022 at 11:07 #656675
I am not at all opposed to opposites; that would be a performative contradiction. Which would be a very suitable name: perco for short.
Changeling February 19, 2022 at 14:33 #656706
Reply to jamalrob I'm sorry for doing that. I would add that putin insults all Russian women on a daily basis through his authoritarian regime.
Changeling February 19, 2022 at 14:33 #656707
Quoting unenlightened
perco


I will consider that name
Changeling February 19, 2022 at 14:33 #656708
Quoting Noble Dust
So far, the god's appear to have said "no". You may be a changeling yourself; one who changes with the tide; and yet, you cannot change into a changeling, according to the obscure will of the gods. I'm reminded of C.S. Lewis's late masterpiece TIll We Have Faces. You rail and rail, and yet...you're faced with the blank will of a force you don't understand. You long to change, and yet, you're simply...The Opposite...


Little help @Baden ?
Jamal February 19, 2022 at 14:36 #656709
Reply to The Opposite I don’t think you know what you’re talking about, but thanks for the apology. I shall make it so.
Changeling February 19, 2022 at 17:17 #656741
Reply to jamalrob thank you. My thoughts on Russia will only change when it becomes less tsar-ist - ironic for someone with my newfound moniker
New2K2 February 20, 2022 at 11:47 #656941