I did a quick stroll through the site members and realized the screen names are a topic unto themselves. I’m FishGuy, for the uncreative and obvious reason that I’m a guy, and I fish. Players in my posts are Mrs. Fish, Ancient Cat (my avatar), Backup Cat, Bulldog, and assorted adult children including Sailor Son and MMA Daughter.
So, who are you? More importantly why are you?
Random character generator.
I am Snake DeGrasse, because like Neil deGrasse Tyson, I'm really fucking smart - take my word for it. Plus, I'm cold-blooded and squirmy. I like my fish alive and whole. If it's served any other way, I'll demand to see the chef ... and bite him.
As a teen in the late 70’s I was a fan of Mad Magazine so I figured paying homage to Alfred E. Neuman fit perfectly with how I’ve felt toward these AVers the last couple of years- mad, flipping them off, and the surname all seemed apropos. Fortunately living in the Boston area I don’t cross paths with too many of them, but reading the entries from this community has been both entertaining and informative.
Well, I am still The Mustress Mhor, and I still write a blog about the village butcher.
www.the-robbing-butcher.co.uk
Ha ha. When I first read and responded to this thread, I didn't realize how long it was. Fish Guy really had our pulse measured when he originated this.
Many interesting stories and information were shared and some clarification about those who have loosely assembled here. I read every post and "liked" the comments. Sharing a "like" is something I often fail to do as my mind is usually in gear otherwise to comment or ponder what content I just read.
To summarize overall, here we strike out at the heart of some deeply troubling issues (AVER'S +), and that which can be justly identified as evil ignorance of varying/shocking dimensions. Hopefully, we help turn the light on for some. Thanks to all who participate and of course the site originator, Vaxman.
Oh. I see this thread has a lot of common interests.
I picked this name out of the air to make an anonymous account. Dip as the content scooped from a portion from a larger container or well. Or it could be a dipsheit.
A dibbler is a mechanism that plants seeds or it could be someone who can't spell dribbler (and needs a bib) . One could take a Dip from a well and water the dibbled hole of seeds.
My history is varied and somewhat Forest Gumpish being that events seem improbable even to me. My family and children have been my greatest sources of both happiness and pain. I am fairly reclusive at this point in the game. I live in a nearly vacant apartment having discarded or had stolen those "things" in life as once attained, they became meaningless in the grand scheme (whatever that is). I have no feminine touch in my existence.
Change is the only permanence in life and easier with less baggage and less bragging. Still, I am compelled to plant the seed.
I recently reread Siddhartha by Herman Hesse; a book I first read in my teens. Is that weird enough 4 yah? lol.
Ex army medic, ex anaesthetic technician, ex grass cutting contractor. Sports therapist is another ex. I have a degree in Geology with Heritage Management and retired now..I worked as a field geologist. I am an internet fraud expert with an advisory website that is a tidy income. My big retire hobby is archaeology and I discovered an amazing historical site, a water mill control complex built by Josiah Easton the Hydraulic Ram and canal man, but it goes back to mediaeval...That is just my earthly manifestation because in reality I am a demi god and a nautical man
Boy, can I empathize. My son was a heroin addict for years, but when he got into the meth, he went crazy. Almost everything you read about that drug is true. My son had so many paranoid hallucinations that we had to kick him out of our home. I have no idea what he is in jail for, but I can guess. I'm hoping he cleans up while incarcerated, but he told Mrs. F and me that if it came down to anything in life vs. drugs, the drugs were always going to win. So I have little faith that he will rehabilitate, yet I try to remain positive. Hoping the same for your brother.
Thanks, Tots.
Well, just guess!
I'm an old, married, retired guy with two sons--one a successful business owner and one a meth head currently in jail (after being homeless). I despise antivaxxers who shitpost--the others are almost as bad, but I reserve most of my venom for the former. I have an ex-friend of 40+ years who decided an anti-Trumper and a vaxxer was no longer his idea of a crony, so to say I am bitter would be a gross understatement.
I feel I am among friends here.
I am TaxTheChurches. Why? Because tax breaks for social clubs, particularly those who want to ram feed me their madness, are unacceptable.
My chili cook off team doesn’t get taxpayer funding. Why should a church.
Live in Oklahoma, listen to punk over country, spent most of my life in Asia and Africa. Finding the reality of America to be a grave disappointment.
Thank you I will. We have same idiots like everywhere else , but much smaller scale ,of course ,because my country has only 10.5 million people .
There is some social web by name seznam.cz and you can read conspiracy theories from Czech people. Btw. Slovakia is even worse that Czech r. Many my eastern Slovak realitives are fans of Putin . Eastern Slovakia borders with Ukraine .Mind blowing right?
Thank you very much ❤.
I'm true Czechoslovak , born in Slovakia ,raised in Czechia
I visited national park and saw many bears that's why I chose hugging bears avatar . I'm not good in English language that's why my post are usually so short . I really enjoying reading your posts.
My name is " cizinka" this word in my language means foreign
Great forum topic, Fishy! Pretty straightforward name choice for me...being absolutely sick and tired of the "astounding levels of stupidity", and seeing that most of the idiots were either anti-mask, anti-vaccine, anti-Fauci, anti-"protacol" (sic)...I decided I needed to be "Anti" something myself. Anti-phucktard expresses my loathing for the stupid and contemptible. And not to pick on stupid people per se, but those who know better yet actively choose to make stupid decisions that harm both themselves and others.
My avatar uses the icon from TWIV (This Week In Virology) that is one of the greatest sources of accurate and up to date science on all things SARS-CoV-2--vaccines, therapeutics, long COVID, etc...The Saturday "COVID Clinical Update" podcasts each weekend with Daniel Griffin are unbelievably informative and I look forward to each week's news. Can't recommend highly enough to this crowd. Note: some of the TWIV 'shows' midweek run super long & get waaaay down into the weeds of virology and immunology and would appeal to only those so inclined.
Have enjoyed reading commentary here on SAV since January that is 180° opposite the drivel in Fox News Comments sections (i.e. educated, thoughtful, often humorous, and written in English rather than Facebookese--complete with proper spelling, grammar, and punctuation). Thoroughly enjoy the disdain everyone in this community shares for the numbskulls that, unfortunately, seem to be nearly everywhere around us.
Kiki is my family nickname. Not a very exciting backstory, so I'll leave you with this:
https://www.vice.com/en/article/xd7v8w/this-historian-just-found-the-oldest-use-of-fuck-920
Hello Fishguy and fellow SAV friends.
My name is pretty self explanatory. I joined in January. I'd just received my booster Dec.28th so I felt vaxxed2themax.
I live in Phoenix so I've been busy trying to get medical appointments out of the way before the searing heat sets in. I'm disabled with a rare spinal cord disorder called Syringomyelia and live in chronic pain and the limitations that creates.
I have alot of free time, but lately I've been watching several video games I love on Twitch and catching up on streaming content I've wanted to watch. My favorite games are Dead by Daylight and Bloodhunt (a vampie BR) that was just released, so I've been watching that alot. I just finished season 1 of The Man in the High Castle on prime. It's pretty good and very interesting.
I'm 61 female, single and happy in my own skin. The lack of fresh meat has me checking the site once a day, instead of 3 or 4 times and frankly the AV have a very rinse and repeat aspect to their stories. Sometimes it just feels depressing to see the same stupidity repeated over and over.
Writing this has reminded me that I'm due for my second booster so I'll be booking that for after the 15th when I'm done with my current busier schedule. I appreciate this site and feel a real sense of camaraderie. Thank you to Vaxman and to all who participate. I'd be lonelier and less fulfilled without SAV and the people here that I share my rants, feelings and frustrations with the AV community and the right wing nutjobs in general. Thanks for helping me stay reasonably sane.💖
Ron Johnson is one of my state senators. He's been using anti-vax sentiment and misinformation to further his political ambitions. My profile picture is "Blacky The Crow", a character from a book series I loved as a kid. Here's an excerpt that describes Blacky's personality.
I am Nevermore, named after one of my favorite bands. Owner of a dead heart in a dead world.
My name is self-explanatory. I feel daily dismay over AV insanity. I will never understand it! And my family gets tired of hearing me go on about it, so thank goodness there is this group to vent and laugh with. I‘m also in a FB group, Christians Against COVID Denialism. They’re more polite, but venting is the function of that group too.
I used to be quite devout but over time have let go of it. I feel less & less need for religious expression, especially with the current insanity going on. 🙀
The pandemic caused me to lose my job and retire. Frankly, retirement has been great - I was very tired of that job. My kids moved out last fall, so it’s just me and 🐈 (I’m a widow). But I worry constantly about the state of my country (USA). I’m grateful to the other members here. I hope to do some traveling soon, so got 2nd booster last week.
My nickname.
I’n healthcare adjacent. In my professions there’s a lot of magical thinking and a far too large AV component. Needless to say I tend to piss off a lot of my ‘colleagues’. I’m looking for a way out but while I’m here there’s some boats that need rocking.
Also this is a special place to rant and swear and examine why all the empathy for these folks is just gone. it might be the astounding levels of stupidity, which itself is hard to get a handle on. So great to be in these group therapy sessions With you all.
I guess I'll give my dating profile as well. My name is pretty self explanatory. I love where I live, but so do shitloads of conspiracy theory believing, racist, Bible thumping, Fox watching anti-vaxxers. It's a great community as a whole though, even with the red hatted dimwits determined to screw it up. I'm a giant, so most STFU as they drive by and see my yard signs during election season.
I retired from my real career and now spend my days flipping houses and keeping whatever I can manage as rentals. I'm three times divorced and still love them all, I just insist on being impossible to live with. I kicked cancers ass and given an opportunity I'd kick Trump's ass too. I loathe whatever the GOP has become, anti-vaxxers, and liver, but I like you folks pretty well. I'm 59 next month and live with an old cat. She is a constant pain in the neck, but like QT, she refuses to die.
Wait, we don’t have to use our real names?
I am The Mustress. This is an ancient Scottish word for "wife" and that is why I chose it as my user name. It's also my user name on Twitter (@themustress) and my blog www.the-robbing-butcher.co.uk where I talk about the village butcher and all his hens.
I'm relatively new here, so this may go without saying for most of you:
@Melania's Sloppy Gash is the greatest handle. And I don't just mean on this site. I mean ever.
The second portion of my screen name is my actual last name, which opens itself up to a number of plays on words. Given the theme of the site, I thought "Viral" followed by my last name would be a fitting play here.
thaysey had it's origins in my frustration with TFG's way of starting a false story with "people are saying" but never revealing who these anonymous/fictitious people were. This was in the back of my mind when I was trying to come up with an anonymous handle for another use. Intersecting this was my fascination with the inconsistencies of the spelling of English words and I realized "they say" could just as easily be "thay sey," leading to my very first alter ego: T. Haysey. He and his relatives have been with me ever since.
I have no avatar because I haven't come up with a single image that suits me yet, but I'm sure "I'll know it when I see it."
I too am a proud badge hoor and appreciate all the effort that goes into doling them out. Thanks VM and VL.
Living in New England, I am thankfully not as exposed to evangelicals as in other parts of the country. This is a very good thing because I loathe and fear them and don't trust myself to behave around them. I found SAV about the time it was becoming obvious just how much these trumpard xtians were totally fucking up the pandemic and I was very grateful to have a community of folks who felt as I did - and who are smart and wickedly funny too. I also learned a lot about what motivates the AVers which has totally baffled me.
Since then, I injured my back leaving me in constant pain, with a paralyzed leg, and essentially bedridden. Surgery to fuse 3 vertebrae on June 7 will hopefully fix all that but SAV continues to keep me sane
So thank you all for being you!
I’m sure this is obvious but I love Anne Rice and vampire stories and movies. I couldn‘t be Lestat because I am female and the actress who played Akasha has a body to die for. It is still debatable what I love most…badges or vampire lore. I am definitely a badge hoor and got hooked on this site and now I am behind in my business and have to force myself to get organized. I am a published author and artist. I write fantasy and horror and my art is fantasy or surrealist for the most part.
Well, it's kinda a long and convoluted story. (in other words BORING.)
Most of us think of a Nimbus as a type of cloud, and one definition is not far from that. It is "gleaming beams". Think of the glow around a street light , or the sun, or even the halo around some fictional cartoon caricature (my definition anyway).
And the nut part is just what it sounds like................ to be enthused or obsessed with something,..... But less ethetrical (spelling? any help?) or interesting is the reality that for me the "Nimbus" is my 80 year old Danish motorcycle that I ride all over the Rocky mountain roads of Colorado, both paved country roads and dirt back roads. (Waving hand to the others from this fine state.)
Being the only motorcycle made in Denmark , it was produced from 1934 to 1959 and only a couple hundred have made it over to here and it is not just my therapy it is also a time machine back to when things were much simpler.
I'm, um, exactly what my username is.
I'm from New England, US. My girlfriend, also a queer butch dyke, moved from San Francisco to New England at the very start of the pandemic. I'm almost 60 years old, I have a teenager whom I gave birth to (which is really confusing to folks), and I'm a retired shepherd. I worked for decades as an art director in publishing in the NYC market, but more recently have been an office manager in healthcare practices. And that latter job is where I caught Covid in February 2020 from a patient. Survived, obvs, but now have long Covid and recently lost that job due to the effects of long Covid. Am I angry? You bet I am.
I like to think of myself as The Only Gay in the (SAV) Village, but I know I'm not. Just amusing myself. I like the movie Zoolander, so I chose Derek Zoolander as my avatar.
Anne Gillingham.
Um ...
Sorry to bore.
I used to go by poweranni. Those were my younger years. I would seriously power through just about anything (and drive everyone else crazy in process).
Now it is just remaining in my Twitter handle @Anneispow.
🤭🤣I am not particularly afraid of being doxxed. Come get me, betches.⚡😳📛😂
Thank you for the topic, @FishGuy . All the posts are so interesting and enlightening.
The story of my screen name started back in March of 2021 (when I received my first and second vaccine). I was so happy, I called my son in NYC and booked a trip. The trip was fabulous. Delta still was blocking middle seats. Everyone was masked everywhere I went. People in the various airports were so kind and helpful All the restaurants had outdoor dining (to some extent). The subways were pristine. I watched the cleaners come on between stops and clean, clean clean.
I felt like after the horrible year we had, that we were on our way out of this horrible time. As an optimist, and a Pollyanna, I felt like things were going to get better.
Then, I started hearing about all the AV conspiracy theories that followed the COVID conspiracy theories and watched the cases going up and up and up. Delta arrived and people started getting sick and dying by the boatloads. Had to get off FB and Nextdoor because all the stupid was there rallying all the other stupid.
Around September of 2021, I was just done. Really discouraged, depressed, and anxious. September was a very hard month for me.
In October, I read about the SAV website. At first, I lurked. It was thrilling to see I wasn't alone. Then Vaxman promised the Dead Poets Society badge. I was all in with writing a poem. Named myself Plague Weary because that is what I was and that is what I am. That was back in October of 2021 - still here pretty much every day and donating once a month. Less expensive and more beneficial than therapy.
So, pretty much this site and all the folks here have helped me so much. The funny, smart, talented, kind people here keep me from swirling down the vortex of depression and anxiety.
Thanks, all!
Ah. I am completely lacking in imagination and creativity. My name is . . . my name.
I've been Hotrudderedbum since my first hotmail address in 1998, and feel pretty lucky to have snagged it as it's in fairly common usage in the sailing community.
It's a Spoonerism of hot buttered rum geared to sailing.
This was my baby, named Drift, until I sold her a few years ago...
And yes, I am pretty proud of her. If interested, you can see more of her here...
Since selling her, I'm just a skiffie that spends his idle hours lobstering and oystering in this...
I have absolutely no imagination, and since that is my main problem, I publish everything under my real name.
Hey, you wanna brickbat me, go ahead. I'll just ignore you. Hackers can see that I'm broke, live in a hick state and I'm older than dirt. I matter to no one.
I'd change it if I had to, but the avatar is my real being. I am a Polar Bear in my other life, and I wish the human race would be smarter about climate change because in the future, my picture and others will be all we have of the animal at the top of the food chain.
PS: @Fishguy: I love your name because there are a couple of dudes who come in from Portland to sell fish off the backs of their trucks-I call them "The Fish Guy". Inland, we can't get fresh lobster or other fish unless it's trucked in.
I like wolves, and retro pc gaming, especially the first of the "Wolfenstein" series of pc games. I originally was going to spell my name as "WolfBane", but thought it needed something a little extra, so kind of combined the two things together.
I can't remember when it happened but soon after I joined the site, and started commenting with others on here, someone suggested that I'd be a "good" Werewolf, and that kind of stuck, so I ran with it (note profile picture).
When I came across this site, my first thought was that I had finally came across rational, and sensible group people that treated the virus, and pandemic seriously, and I wanted to be a part of this community.
The community here helped me during my lowest moments, especially when I contracted covid, and immediately after my car accident, which had a profound effect on my mental health. Even Mrs WolfenBane encouraged me to engage with folk on here, as she knew it would help to heal me when she couldn't be around.
I'll finish here because I don't want to bore you all any longer, or make you think I'm a weirdo, well maybe a little weird, but maybe one day I'll also work up the courage to let everyone know a bit more about myself...😅
I am unoriginal and did not pick an interesting user name. I live in the southeast USA. I found this site when it was mentioned on something else I was reading and realized through the comments that there are people that think like me. In 2019 I was hospitalized with what the doctors thought was pancreatitis. I ended up with blood clots, started bleeding internally from the blood thinners, had respiratory failure and ended up on a ventilator in a medically induced coma. I was in the hospital for 70 days. After I came home I was diagnosed with End Stage Renal Disease and went on dialysis. I received a kidney transplant in December and the AVers that bitch about not being able to get a transplanted organ because they refuse to vaccinate for Covid piss me off. I read their stories and spot the lies they spout. I am afraid to go anywhere because of dumbass Avers spreading Covid because of their stupidity.
I don't post much but I do enjoy reading the comments. I think I will try to come up with an interesting name. Suggestions?
I used to be a nicer person, pre-2016. I used to have no guns. I have never had any interest in hunting animals and never will, unless we end up in some weird shit needing to kill our own food. Post-2016, I am now much less tolerant of the intolerant and quicker to tell people to go fuck themselves. I have no problem burning bridges. Now I have guns.
I've been visiting SAV since last fall to revel in the deaths of anti-vaxxer, evangelical, mindless fucking GQP Trumptards. Since we here at SAV have long ago established that the Ven diagram between anti-vaxxers and traitorous Trumptards is a near concentric circle, I celebrate every single death of these fucking worthless specimens that need to be removed from the gene pool.
I have no patience left following the insurrection, not just for republican politicians and their worship of the Orange Wannabe-Fascist, but for the like-minded republican voters as well. There are people I've known all my life who I now know are in that camp. If any of them ended up on SAV dead from COVID, I would laugh my ass off for hours. Forget that, days or weeks I'd be laughing.
Bullet-tooth Tony is a character from the 2000 film Snatch. He is a pissed off motherfucker, inappropriate, politically incorrect, pretty funny, somewhat cultured, music lover, has a small speck of humanity left, and apparently cares for animals.
PS My previous avatar for my username was a picture of the actor from the movie. He had just answered his car phone by saying "bon jour" right after bashing someone's head in the car door.
Like I said, somewhat cultured. I decided it was unfair to have the actor's face associated with some of the ridiculous tirades that I was writing, so I changed it to a nondescript "Let's Go Darwin" logo. I guess I'm in the market for a new avatar.
I am snorgle, because to snorgle Is to cuddle an animal by putting your face against their body, and that’s one of my favorite things to do to my fur babies. Plus, the word itself amuses me. 😹😻
Hi FishGuy, I'm Hugh. I couldn't think of a good handle, so I just used my real name.
St. Xavier was the patron saint of fart sounds and oxygen tanks so I thought "what the hey! Why not?"
Also, it seemed like an appropriate name when commenting on anti-vaxxers lying face down in their hospital beds.
User name, very unimaginative Mr. Miyagi alteration. I came to this site primarily because I couldn't / can't believe the incredible amount of ignorance in our society.
Stupidity surrounds me. My only sibling,(sister) her husband, son and daughters, all anti vax. All have gotten Covid. Sister and hubby, early 60's, mild long covid lung problems. All are trumptards. My wife, anti-vax.She hates Trump,but listens to Facebook instead of science. My golf partner, huge Trumptard, not vaxed.
We don't talk politics. Every time he starts I tell him to shut the hell up I have to
do that a lot because those people never shut up.
I thought I was a radical vaxer before I came here. Guess I'm not. Appears I have a lot of company....
I chose my name after failing to think of something witty and Covid-related. I was sitting by a shelf of vinyl, pulled out a few albums and one was Tom Jones' greatest hits...I loves me some Tom Jones, it fit my personality, so that was that. I live in the Kansas City metro - Kansas side. Recovering xtian, current vegan. Sam Harris' app, Waking Up, has gotten me through the pandemic, along with this site. I went to art school for awhile. Had many jobs..some of them fun. Part-time for the last 10 years so I guess I'm semi-retired. Hobbies: making espresso and lattes (photo is of my latte art), bike-riding, gardening, standing on my head, and commenting on Doug Kuzma's post.
I wanted to have the longest name on SAV for no particular reason. Not much thought went into the name. I'm sure it's not the longest. I was born in SW Ohio and now live in Columbus. Four times jabbed and feeling great for an old half-Filipino guy.
I chose my name because I’ve been sentient for the last 6 years, and I honestly saw no path for the species to survive so much abject stupidity. I spent months feeling like I was in a pit full of venomous snakes who were frantically biting themselves, hoping I didn’t catch a stray fang in the melee. I started scrolling through SAV last September and lurked for a while before joining. It was such a god-damned relief to see so many normal, reasonable (and seriously fucking funny) people. It’s been seven months and it’s still a pleasure to “see“ you all every day. At this point, though, I’m thinking of changing my name to “Die for the Fuhrer - No One Cares” or something.
My given name is Joy and the Japanese word Gaijin means foreigner or non-Japanese. I lived in JP for a long time and heard myself referred to as gaijin many times, mostly when my back was turned. I didn't take it as an insult. It was pretty obvious that I wasn't Japanese because I have blonde, curly hair and am Scandinavian.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Pétomane
I see many people have answered this in a variety of ways. Here's mine; I started out as a series of letters/numbers and a very grainy, shadowed outline of my face. One Friday night/Sat morning when Vaxman showed up a bit sauced and hobnobbed with us vaxers. He gave me hell over my BS name. After explaining I was being very low key for a reason lol. I come from a very large family, heavy into politics, police and firemen, even a Mayor. So all RWs, except me lol. My Mom was youngest of 11, my dad was a center piece in 9 kids. All of their siblings had no less than 5 kids. My mothers side I have 2 uncles that both had 11 kids, it's crazy huge. We've had death, permanent disabilities, and 1000s of fights, in dealing with the pandemic and its issues. I did not even know about this site till one of my BILs accused several family members of contributing to this site. So, you know me, I did lol. It's such a nasty, horrible time in our family, I felt best to stay low key. So after The Vaxmans ribbing, I chose Princes "symbol" and the capitol of Nepal from the Bob Seger song, both my favo rockers. I love all you guys creativity not only in your profile names, but your writing. This group has saved me, and I thank you ALL!
Awww, man, do I really have to tell you what my username means? A quick Google search will quickly satisfy any curious minds. Hint: I'm also known as Charles Obscure, and to the real hardcores, as Frank Sidebottom. S. Flavius Mercurius, and the band he founded, are my favorite(s) of all time.
I love to read and I love being outside (and I have the perfect job for that). Very happily married for 20+ years -yes, it is possible - to the best girl on earth. I love animals. I'm a music freak, both to listen to and make: I like stringed things acoustic and electric, noisy things you beat with sticks - and my neighbors hate me for that last one! Just kidding, I only bash them when no one's around. My wife and I have an ancient cat who is the second most spoiled (after Long Haul's) in the world. I enjoy reading things written by intelligent people, and this site is loaded with just that. You're a fine community and I am glad to be a part of it. You folks rock!!!
There isn't much to my handle unlike many of the clever ones I've seen here. I started out using a handle I have used on many other websites but changed it after a couple of days to something that was related more to the topic. I found my profile image on a veterinarian's website and added the reference to ivermectin.
Great topic Fishy. I was first just a generic email name from a spam-catcher account. Then changed to reflect where I was at the time I found this site. It has been a sanity saver as I was struggling with the decision to walk away from a profession I had spent almost all of my adult life pursuing and growing within. The final straw were the RNs I worked at in a rural surgery who refused to get vaccinated because ‘jeebus’ or …. All the RQNJ bullshit abounded and I decided I could no longet function in that world as a liberal more closely identifying with Eisenhower and Sanders than any other political group. It was a tough decision made more difficult because I had spent almost two years trying to educate anyone and everyone in my socials about the ravages of covid as seen by one who had to intubate and start central IV lines on these patients, knowing they would most likely die soon even if they could he shipped to a higher level of care facility. The kicker were the RNs who should have known better but chose to remain willfully ignorant and place their beliefs and politics above sound science while endangering themselves and everyone around them with their dick-masks and chin diapers.
Finding this site and all you smart and funny folks commenting here saved my sanity. Thank you.
Hello, I'm DarKarma. I reside in an undisclosed location, down a lava tube right here on the top floor of the Upside Down (technically referred to as the Basement by You-Know-Who) It's closer to the surface so I can have quicker access to my Karma duties. Ya know like placing an ice-filled but drank Super Big Gulp cup right on the street corner where T3d Cruz is about to cross traffic and walk to the Capitol building. Ted keeps me pretty busy.
I have to hide out down here because I'm an oldschool crusher of the Deserved online ...I'm an A-hole, but have sworn to only use my Powers for Good. Swatting psychos can be a little dangerous, but somebody's gotta do it. My little lavatube doorway turns out to be a One Way door, so I'm not worried. Did that sound homophobic? No I mean the actual entrance to the Upside Down. [sigh] Jeezum Crow ...Apologies again.🙄
For any new people reading my posts, I always make it clear when I "go DarK". These are jokes people. My little "Storytimes" are played in Character because it bends the perspective and allows for another way to look at something. Staying in character drives the suspension of disbelief and is necessary for the schtick to hold. I don't believe I have any "powers" or access to your private truths, that's just the bit. It's had some humorous affects on Trolls here on SAV though.
In person I'm the nicest person. I also understand DarKarma is very dark and weird, Satanic even. Remember it's a bit. I'm a student of Science and an atheist, but I have also seen the Good and the Evil MEN can deliver. There's no need for a god or a devil to explain my experiences ...it's Humans stupid. Part of the "Bit" is placing the blame and consequence on the ones who *chose*. In this imaginary universe (Karma) the Good are rewarded and the Bad are punished.
We all know that's NOT true! ...but *I* wish it was! So now you know me. Since I know it can come across a little nutso, I place little markers for those needing a Trigger Warning (/s) So if you see a Demon head? 👹 It's scary storytime bitches! ...and hopefully some chuckles ..and a fresh look from the "Upside Down" That's it! TL/DR over ...I got places to go and people to do~! 👹
Professional Lurker here. =)
C.W. Is the Nickname my Grandfather had for me as I was a "third" And He didn't want to confuse me with My Bio-dad, my Grndfather was one the first wave of those to pass from covid due to horrible directives at his Nursing home. He had just turned 94.
Raised in New Mexico and Have spent a decade in SO. Cal.. I have recently moved back to My home town ( pre-covid) So I added the ABQ part.
I have always been the one hanging in the background at social events and family gatherings, to the point my best friend and mother both just refer to me as "that Lurker over there"
Found SAV while lurking at an atheist blog.
I lurked for a while but decided eventually to post. Chose the name as, well, I couldn't help myself. I still lurk more than I post. I'm Canadian, mid 50s and semi-retired. Looking to sell up property in the late summer/ early fall and head to the Canadian east coast.
Fully vaxxed and boosted and will take all boosters available. I have comorbidities: previous lung scarring, kidney removed years ago, obese. Other than that I'm actually kind of healthy: good sugar levels, good blood pressure, good cholesterol. Lighter than I have been in over 35 years, and lighter than since covid started, eat clean, moderate exercise. However I struggle with depression and medication for that usually has the side effect of weight gain. So, I have good days and bad days. I'm hoping that spring will help this year as I'm better than I was last year.
TMI?
I wish I had a super deep, intellectual answer to this question, but it's pretty simple. I happened upon this site during the NFL season. I'm mildly obsessed with football, and I'm OK with that, and when an Intentional Grounding penalty was called during a game while I was simultaneously on this site I thought, "That tracks." So, that's the name I chose.
I chose Wol because I really do like owls, and this was the name of an owl in a book I read and loved in 4th grade or thereabouts, Owls in the Family. I wanted a name that kind of reflected part of who I am without revealing too much of my identity due to the AV nut jobs out there.
I am technologically challenged and this site is first experience with social media. For the first few months I used my real name because I was to dumb to know you didn’t have to. And I chose this name because I am a big dreamer and believe good things can happen to good people. And on the remote chance The Boss sees this, and realizes he has a GF waiting in the wings. I don‘t think he is the best singer, guitarist, or best looking - it’s his ability as a storyteller and the magic of his words
Hello all, I'm Needled...I picked it due to the double meaning (obviously) of being vaxed to the max while being super irritated with those who don't follow the science.
Late last summer, I had just lost patience with "anti vaxers", and felt like I was about to lose my mind. Then I found this website and it pretty much saved my sanity. I don't comment much but I do enjoy all your funny, perceptive, and clever comments...I've learned a lot about American society (I'm not in the USA), and looked on with horror at some of the things going on there.
Thanks to Vaxman and Vaxylady for this site, and thanks Fish Guy for this thread.
Research scientist who is a bit of a rebel. Don't believe the hype etc
Long. I am so sorry about everything you are going through. I think of you often and send good wishes your way. I also had to medically retire in feb 2020. It was okay until This January, because I was home schooling grand babies , each got 4 hours a day. I literally don’t know how to spend time. I am an avid reader, my hobby I guess. Summer I can handle, coz I always had summers off. How do you spend your time?? I’d give anything to still be working
My name here happened because I'm one of the first unlucky batch of Covid Long Haulers. I got sick the day after my city began its first lockdown, and it's been fun, fun, fun ever since then. The only thing I could associate with the term "long haul" when I was coming up with my name was "trucking", and I don't drive trucks, so I grabbed the nearest rhyme. The plague doctor pic speaks for itself.
I've got degrees in visual art and psych, and have done a lot of very odd jobs before settling into work as an art therapist and talk therapist with an intensive crisis and trauma treatment program, just about 2 years before I got sick. Now I'm taking some time being professionally disabled, and I hate it. I'm currently struggling with some nasty neurological issues that might require surgery, and involve a lot of chronic pain. It sucks.
I might occasionally call people out on certain less-than sensitive statements about some groups; I'm on the autistic spectrum and trans-masc non-binary, and I really don't accept hate or mockery against the neurodivergent or LGBTQ+ in the way that everyone else here would agree that racism is completely out of line. I don't care if you don't like it, I didn't choose to live it, so if you can't say something nice on those accounts, don't say anything. I just ask for equal respect.
The cast of characters here includes Molly, the most spoiled cat ever, my wonderful mum and stepdad, my wellness nut sister and her questionable husband, and my amazing little nieces, who are of course the greatest kids the world has ever seen. Occasional friends with stories that have to be seen to be believed show up from time to time. I read everything and do a lot of embroidery.
Lord of the Flies, because starting with the “election” of Putin’s useful idiot and amplified by his gross mishandling of the pandemic, it’s as if we’re living a dystopian novel, like William Golding’s “Lord of the Flies.”
I also love that Lord of the Flies is another moniker for Beelzebub / Satan. Just my little jab at the evangelical nutters who believe in a sky daddy and devil, support mango Mussolini and are prolonging this pandemic with their stupidity and selfishness.
ETA: So may smart, funny comments. I appreciate all of you.
Now I feel like I need to create a new name/profile just to keep up with the cool kids. My handle is a variation of my first and middle names. My grandma always called me "little Linnie" when I was, well, little.
My original handle on this site was my email handle used for my business, posted on business cards, posters, etc. I like anonymity, figure one of these rat bastard Trumper/AVers could lash out violently if they can figure out who we are. Maybe I'm paranoid, but it is crazy out there. Anywho, about the time I decided to change my handle, an SAV member opened a comment with "Why are men over 50 delusional?" Not why are some? Or why are many? She stereotyped men over 50, then bashed boomers. Anyhow that's where the inspiration for my name came from.
I AM FISH. SO ARE YOU. WE ARE LEGION.
^ my great grandpappy.
I couldn't think of a clever name, so I made it COVID-related. Didn't want anything that could trace back to my IRL identity due to the number of anti-vax nutjobs that no doubt frequent this site.
I will say I work in data analytics in upstate NY.
SchaudenFred, bc of the catharsis I gain at the expense of AVers has helped brighten my outlook, and kept me sane. "Fred" since I needed an alias to throw off these not-so-clever rascals.
Retired from a career in medical device development, last October. I have a degree -- in Science -- but mainly I'm a happy grandpa in Denver. Love the humor here, and in particular the OT observations.
Vaxxman, VaxLady: you rock!
I've been using metalmynx forever as my email, since I "invented" it, I don't need numbers in my email addy since I was the first! I've always been a rocker chick, specifically metal music, so it fits. I'm also a CPA/MBA though so I'm in the corporate world. I'm a chameleon so I can look very rocker or very corporate depending on how wild I want my hair/makeup to be!
I just want to know if Bob and Connie Dobbs are a couple IRL.
I saw this site referenced last October and became an instant fan and member. I picked my name quickly, first thing to come to mind. I’ve seen several others I wish I’d chosen. (Introvertmisseslockdown, blueamongred come to mind)
A strong choice would be dandelion.
The great thing about dandelions is that, even though they are considered a “weed”, they do not take nutrients from their surroundings. Dandelions do not dare to be the submissive plant, nor the dominant plant. They live as equals in their surroundings.
Also:
imissjohnprine
southernhelle
karmagaeddon
It’s covid o’clock somewhere
etc.
I chose TotsNPears to mock prayer warriors. In reality I’m a burned out pharmacist who is so damn tired of everything. I also reside in Oklahoma where every single county voted Red. I love living here, but it does get tedious being a few blue dots here.
I absolutely cannot stand country music or evangelicals.
Eric Bana was a stand up comedian in a past life.
His alter ego was Poida. Poida is Australian slang for a very low IQ Peter.
A few select very close friends and family call me Poida as I used to roll around laughing when he was on tv. He can be found on Google.
I was born on a very large broadacre wheat farm north of Perth, Western Australia.
WA (or wait awhile to the locals) is the most beautiful, remote, serene place left on mother earth.
I'm a typical Aussie, I say Fuck and Cunt, a lot.
I like fine single malt scotch whisky.
I stay because the people here are smart. Because I'm rural, I'm surrounded by dumb people. You guys are hard to find and precious.
Well I was a frontline worker in a quarantine facility in Australia until we scrapped it, the AA2153 is a character on a show called Cells at Work Code Black, a guy who was working in hopeless conditions but worked hard, strived and did his duty. My sense of duty fell flat because some of my countrymen and the leadership are stupid shits.
Pretty simple. Virginia is where I live. Scopist is my profession. I work in the court reporting field. Not many people outside of my line of work know what a scopist is, so I describe myself as an editor/proofreader.
It's actually really hard to describe the meaning of my username because it's something that started as a running gag between myself and my younger brother. We use it as a kind of snarky/sarcastic banter. E.g. Me: Well now I see you're awake younger brother. YB: Thanks, I Hate It.
I feel like it also personifies what we'd all REALLY like to say when someone gives us a gift that we really don't like/need/want. And since antivaxxers consider themselves SUCH a gift to the rest of humanity...well.
My avatar is from a webcomic called VGcats. The character in it is sassy, sarcastic, and sometimes just wants to watch the world burn. I can relate.
I chose the name Krissie Kochanski because I have been a Red Dwarf fan for over 30 years. I chose my profile pic for obvious reasons. My mum used to record every episode for me on video tape because I was out a lot in the evenings. I have read the book ‘Red Dwarf: Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers’ many times and it still makes me laugh every time. Who wouldn’t want to live on a spaceship 3 million years in the future? Smoke me a kipper, I’ll be back for breakfast.
Chose Renfield because in Dracula he's the madman (& Drac's henchman) who is obsessed with how many lives he consumes. I thought it was an appropriate handle, given the site subject matter.
UK here, just me and my cats and my trees. Nothing original or intelligent to add, but this site has educated me. My view of the USA was predjudiced by ignorance. It was "Disney, Iraq, BigMac, country music, rednecks, yuck", and not much else. Now I see the other side of the coin, and it's so encouraging and cheering.
Thank you Vaxman, Vaxlady, HCAman and all contributors. It has been a very unexpected and welcome consequence of the Covid pandemic.
Perlinator is a comical online nickname I've given myself some time ago. The first part of it is taken from my real name, with the "ator" part based on "The Terminator". (I look nothing like Arnold Schwarzennegger, but just for fun I once photoshopped my head onto the body of Schwarzenegger as the Terminator.) I use the same alias on "Daily Kos".
I really just picked a cute bath bomb from Lush for my name, but darn it, I realized I really AM a Worry Monster. This pandemic has me in a somewhat constant state of fight or flight. Funny enough, my FoF baseline was probably a 7, and it's gone down to a restful 9 now that I'm vaccinated.
My special gift is the ability to see all sides of any situation and I tend to empathize with the worst sorts of people. Probably because I grew up in a confusing household with a Borderline parent.
Heather T - my name and the first letter of my surname, not very imaginative. Profile pic is a kiwi bird sticking out of a kiwi fruit, indicating my country of New Zealand.
The pic looks a little like a Q but please know that it is not a kiwi version of Q-anon symbol.
I found this website after seeing an article about sites that comment on anti-vaxxers who die of covid. If people featured only affected themselves with their stupidity I wouldn't be here - FAFO oh well.... Sadly, as we know they can influence others into making poor decisions, they leave behind loved ones and worst of all many leave traumatised children behind.
My name pretty much says it all. My hubby has advanced engineering degree, one offspring is an attorney, his wife also highly science educated and other offspring working on their PhD in another science. I have a PhD in sarcasm. Stupid is not tolerated In this household.
Mine is pretty boring. My first name, last name initial, favorite number of all time. 64 years old, on my third marriage, father of two adults with wife number 2. As I stated elsewhere, I pulled the plug on my work life (such as it was) on February 24, after almost working constantly for 49 years. I’m fucking tired of work. So I had grand plans…do some computer programming, learn a couple of languages, and most importantly guitar practice, practice, and more practice…..that all went by the wayside after discovering this website and then rediscovering photoshop and creating cartoons here.
I actually discovered this website after a coworker died of COVID and is featured here. I did know her and talked to her once in a while but we were polar opposites as far as politics go AND vaccine status…she was unvaccinated, of course (there was some question as to her vaccination status, as I recall), and she paid the ultimate price for it. Please don’t ask me who it is but enough of you are smart enough to figure it out by now (I’ve left enough fucking hints for sure).
Hi, FishGuy. You've seen my exact name at other fora we have frequented in the past.
Strangely, some people here have confused me as a woman, due to my handle.
"Anymouse" is originally a character (a mouse) in the DOD magazine Naval Aviation Safety Review (a gripping read, lemme tell ya). The character finds safety violations in shops or around hangers, or identifies potentially dangerous procedures, to teach what they are and how to report them. An "Anymouse Report" is a Navy safety report form predicated on the cartoon, now used service-wide.
I am Death of Rats. For anyone not familiar with this name, please rush immediately to your nearest local bookseller and frantically ask the merchant to point you to anything from Discworld by Sir Terry Pratchett. (Thank me later.) DoR, aka The Grim Squeaker, guides dead rats to the next world. There’s more to his story, but you should read it for yourself. The 2nd part of my name is because I hoor for badges. And I’m a maroon because, well, I gotta represent for all those brilliant rightwing thinkers that love to make political signs.
I am Magnet. When I was working as a receptionist at a hotel, I've had maybe two guests on separate occasions telling me I had a magnetic personality. That's the Leo in me, I guess. Anyways, the poles on the magnet are my first two initials.