Nicknames 101

This post is aimed at one person, their name begins with J and rhymes with ring.

A nickname is not something that a person can give themself, well, they can, but they need a buy off from other people. If I decided I wanted to be called bone crusher, it doesn't become a nickname until other people start using it. If I refer to myself as bone crusher, I just seem like an idiot. Occasionally you can get away giving yourself a nickname, but that's only if you initially introduce yourself as it (see: Nevin aka Nesquik). However, when people already know your real name, introducing a self proclaimed nickname is no bueno. Especially when the nickname implies a reign over the group of people who you want to use it. Additionally developing your own nickname with external buy off is often counterproductive since it will most likely lead to people intentionally avoiding the use of that name or applying it to others. In fact, since Dave was rockin the ill website back in the day, which was effectively a blog before the term blog was even popular; I believe that Dave should be known as the blogfather, who's with me?