Oppo Confessions: what's in a name?

"SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman" (dasborgen)
10/20/2016 at 13:18 • Filed to: None

this is the story of my user name. Gather round, children.

some time in 2007 i discovered Jalopnik and I became a reader. There was one particular comcomment whose SN was SSnaOversteer Bout To Get Told. So I decided to make my username “Snapundersteer FTW” and to bill myself as this other user’s complement to create perfectly neutral steering when we combined (no homo).

He never really liked that but fuck it, I had a user name I loved. I joined Oppo in 2008, got starred (old timers, remember that?) same year and kept commenting over 3 Gawker system changes.

when I first saw the Italian Spider-Man video, I laughed hard and changed my user to Snapundersteer ItalianSpiderman.

Now I reveal a dark secret.... I’m not really Italian, nor am I a Spider. Please forgive me. I’ve never really meant to hurt you guys.

DISCUSSION (100)

K-Roll-PorscheTamer > SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman
11/26/2014 at 13:21

James May is Italian Spiderman!?

Kinja'd!!!

MonkeePuzzle > SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman
11/26/2014 at 13:22

there was a show about monkeypuzzle trees, I thought "that's a funny word"

Jagvar > SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman
11/26/2014 at 13:24

Ah yes, stars. I remember those.

Raphmoe > SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman
11/26/2014 at 13:25

What happened to the other guy?

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman
11/26/2014 at 13:27

I'm pretty sure we can fix both the Italian and spider things. With Science.

EL_ULY > SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman
11/26/2014 at 13:27

EL = The

ULY is short for Ulysses (my name)

..... racecars!!

Kinja'd!!!

Party-vi > SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman
11/26/2014 at 13:28

Stars? Ok old timer, time for your medicine and a nap.

SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman > Raphmoe
11/26/2014 at 13:29

I really wish I knew

Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast. > SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman
11/26/2014 at 13:29

Mine started out as Ontopourmama...'cause I was!

itschrome > SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman
11/26/2014 at 13:30

me:"Hello"

You "hi, whats your name"

me: "Oh it's chrome, nice to me"

My nickname IRL is chrome.

SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman > K-Roll-PorscheTamer
11/26/2014 at 13:30

You didn't know?

SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman > Jagvar
11/26/2014 at 13:30

You would. Now come on my lawn. I have rocking chairs and prune juice

SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman > Party-vi
11/26/2014 at 13:31

Join Jagvar and me for rocking chairs and prune juice

Gamecat235 > SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman
11/26/2014 at 13:31

The Game Cat was a character in the book Vurt by Jeff Noon. He was sort of a behind the scenes guy who knew the answers to nearly everything, but only shared what was necessary to share. I loved Vurt, possibly more than any other book ever published. I read a lot, I come across a lot, I compile knowledge and occasionally share it. I related to the character. Quite a bit.

I've also been using some variation of the name online since the late 90s. I added the 235 out of some strange appreciation for the weird math which surrounds the Illuminati 's fascination with the number 23 (break it down a step and 23.5 is the more common number to encounter in nature, plus the strange associations with 235 as a number were enough. Also it's a high enough number that it didn't look like I just took the next number in a series).

SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
11/26/2014 at 13:31

Science conquers!

EL_ULY > SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman
11/26/2014 at 13:32

Kinja'd!!!

them hips!

K-Roll-PorscheTamer > SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman
11/26/2014 at 13:34

No! (O_0)

Party-vi > SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman
11/26/2014 at 13:35

I'll be there after I renew my Gold Membership.

area man > SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman
11/26/2014 at 13:36

I was born this way.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Party-vi
11/26/2014 at 13:36

I'm still in the Just For Men seniority group of Opponauts - haven't graduated to over 8 pills a day yet.

For Sweden > SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman
11/26/2014 at 13:36

RIP Oversteer

norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback > SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman
11/26/2014 at 13:36

norsk because I'm a Norwegian-American

racer because massive racing fan

98 year I was born

And the last thing just kinda changes when ever I feel like changing it.

Tohru > SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman
11/26/2014 at 13:36

I don't know about you guys, I just used my real name.

BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires > SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman
11/26/2014 at 13:36

We've got a Biturbo 228...that's about all there is to say about it.

For Sweden > Party-vi
11/26/2014 at 13:37

Gather round and let me tell you about the old days of Murlee and Spinelli

Nibby > SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman
11/26/2014 at 13:37

Nickname from middle school-present though not really so much IRL anymore.

K-Roll-PorscheTamer > area man
11/26/2014 at 13:37

Do you also where a G-string with suspenders?

CalzoneGolem > SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman
11/26/2014 at 13:37

I've been CalzoneGolem since the mids 90's I got sick of not being able to get the same name for stuff so I knew I had to pick something outlandish. I was big into D&D at the time and was researching some gnomish magic when I stumbled upon the dreaded calzone golem and the rest is history.

Long story short. If you see a Calzone Golem it's probably me and you should roll initiative.

https://the-mercurial-grounds.obsidianportal.com/characters/cal…

PushToStart > Raphmoe
11/26/2014 at 13:40

Oh! I bet I can figure out your username! Raph- first 4 letters of Raphael (as in Orlove)

moe- the last 3 letters of waymoe

Am I right?

SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman > For Sweden
11/26/2014 at 13:42

OH NOES :[

K-Roll-PorscheTamer > SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman
11/26/2014 at 13:42

Truth is...

I didn't come up with my Oppo name....Dwhite came up with it because I didn't know what name would be appropriate for a car blog, and I was too indecisive, so he came up with the name and I stuck with it!

It's actually simple when you think about it

K-Roll = Karl

PorscheTamer = I've got two Porsche cars in my garage and hopefully more in the future. Gotta tame them all!

Now, for the minor alterations I've made in my time, by adding something to the end:

K-Roll-PorscheTamer-JrEngineer = Karl the Porsche Tamer who's in engineering school

K-Roll-PorscheTamer-RustoJr = Karl the Porsche Tamer with way too many cars to drive ;)

Bad Idea Hat > SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman
11/26/2014 at 13:42

Because what fun is a hat that is worn to generate good ideas?

SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman > For Sweden
11/26/2014 at 13:43

Ms Martin was a burley and feminine individual indeed

nobody > SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman
11/26/2014 at 13:44

I thought it would be funny for people to get notifications like "nobody replied to you"

macanamera > Party-vi
11/26/2014 at 13:44

Renewals are half price until Dec 1st, use promo code: chickenschnitzel

norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback > K-Roll-PorscheTamer
11/26/2014 at 13:44

Oh K-Roll...

K-Roll-PorscheTamer > norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback
11/26/2014 at 13:45

Hey norsk. What's up. ;)

SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman > Party-vi
11/26/2014 at 13:47

My Gold is still going strong

norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback > K-Roll-PorscheTamer
11/26/2014 at 13:48

Not much, just enjoying the first day of Thanksgiving break. How about you?

leicester > SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman
11/26/2014 at 13:49

I used my cat's name (may he RIP).

Kinja'd!!!

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman
11/26/2014 at 13:50

I remember stars, but the grownups said I couldn't have any. Then they went away forever. This must be how 17-year olds must have felt when absinthe got banned.

itschrome > nobody
11/26/2014 at 13:50

Kinja'd!!!

nobody ever replies to me

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Bad Idea Hat
11/26/2014 at 13:51

It's like a thinking cap only from a cursed item sourcebook, right?

macanamera > SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman
11/26/2014 at 13:52

Mine is a reference to the rare Macanamera Tree (macanamarus dingleberrus) of coastal Borneo, using the bark of which I established my lucrative tree-bark pillowcase and condom manufacturing plant. The tree is now long since extinct, due to aggressive logging, but I used the proceeds from my business to smoothly transition into dinosaur cloning. I established a park where people could come see these cloned dinosaurs, and even though there were some setbacks, a new and even larger park is soon to open. A documentary about it will be in theaters sometime in 2015, in fact we just released the first trailer on the Internet.

crowmolly > SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman
11/26/2014 at 13:54

On oppo and jalopnik people get the reference.

Elsewhere on Gawker... apparently I am in to recreational drug use. Guess I didn't think it all the way through. Picked Drinky Crow as a nod to that since fuck it, why not.

K-Roll-PorscheTamer > norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback
11/26/2014 at 13:54

I'm bored.

PatBateman > SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman
11/26/2014 at 13:55

You shared yours, I'll share mine:

A couple of years ago, I discovered Jalopnik through the (step) mother page Gawker. I couldn't figure out a good name for myself, so I decided to choose a fictional character in my line of work (finance) that would essentially be the exact opposite of who I am. I am a nice guy in finance; family man, non-profit boards member, friendly as hell. I chose PatBateman, single asshole, pretentious serial murderer.

Irony is fun.

scoob > SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman
11/26/2014 at 13:56

I like Scoobies. I don't have one.

aberson Bresident of the FullyAssed Committe > SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman
11/26/2014 at 13:56

the first part of my name is kind of self explanatory

the second part is because i own an old jag and an alfa so i must be a masochist

Xyl0c41n3 > nobody
11/26/2014 at 13:58

I get notifications from "Satan" sometimes. That's always pretty funny. Still have yet to get any from "God."

norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback > K-Roll-PorscheTamer
11/26/2014 at 13:59

Well that's no fun is it? You getting any snow out near Detroit?

crown victor victoria > SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman
11/26/2014 at 14:00

I was trying very hard to be clever when I created my account. I've never used this name anywhere else but Gawker.

I wanted badly to appeal to the senses of the Jalopnik crowd, so I incorporated the Crown Victoria. I should note that this was pre-miata fetishization and also well in advance of the brown manual diesel wagon craze. Also those would have been harder to work with.

Then, for phase 2, I decided I'd need something to combine with Crown Vic and give it additional meaning so that I'd appear to be ultra-witty and urbane. So I went with Victor Victoria , the 1982 classic musical featuring James Garner and a cross-dressing Julie Andrews. I've not actually seen this film, nor would I say that I like musicals, but the chance to mix in an obscure for the Jalop audience movie title was too great, and thus the portmanteau was born.

To further complicate things, my avatar is a MKII GTI I drew in MS Paint.

Wacko > Tohru
11/26/2014 at 14:00

is My truck hates snow, your first or last name

Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh > SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman
11/26/2014 at 14:03

Well.. my username is my actual name (well, without the Laird part obviously). Quite simple.

davedave1111 > EL_ULY
11/26/2014 at 14:03

So not El Al-y? I'm disappointed.

Kinja'd!!!

El Rivinado > SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman
11/26/2014 at 14:05

My name consists of a combination of the holy GM luxury trinity

El-Cadillac Eldorado obviously

Rivi-Buick Riviera

Nado-Oldsmobile Toronado

davedave1111 > SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman
11/26/2014 at 14:06

When I first signed up for an account, the box said 'enter a name' so I put in 'dave' because it's the first name that sprang to mind. That didn't work so I doubled it. The 1s got added one at a time because Kinja used to eat burner accounts on regular occasions.

norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback > leicester
11/26/2014 at 14:06

Looks like a long haired version of my cat.

EL_ULY > davedave1111
11/26/2014 at 14:08

lol!!!!

pauljones > SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman
11/26/2014 at 14:09

GET OUT OF MY ROCKING CHAIR!!!!!

burntartichoke > itschrome
11/26/2014 at 14:10

Do you also not get paid in gum?

burntartichoke > SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman
11/26/2014 at 14:12

An old housemate did this and i couldn't pass on an opportunity!

Kinja'd!!!

SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman > pauljones
11/26/2014 at 14:13

If you don't relax, I'll get Ash78 to get you back in line!

Jayhawk Jake > SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman
11/26/2014 at 14:13

I'm a Jayhawk, and my name is Jake. I've been using it on the Internet for years. Frankly I don't really like it much, but it works

Jayhawk Jake > nobody
11/26/2014 at 14:14

Oh, it is. Nobody recommended your post is hilarious

K-Roll-PorscheTamer > norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback
11/26/2014 at 14:14

Nope! Just cold air. -_-

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman
11/26/2014 at 14:14

SM70= Initials + lucky numbers I always use, also a reference to one of my favorite cars, the Citroen SM, which came out in '70.

Why not Duesenberg?= A reference to "Why not Zoidberg?" from Futurama (my last name ends in "-burg" so friends use it on me), but replaced with my favorite carmaker, Duesenberg.

Roundbadge > Bad Idea Hat
11/26/2014 at 14:15

Goddamn genius...

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman
11/26/2014 at 14:16

Maxyenko is a play on my real name, I am the Arch Duke of Cincinnati, and SHAZAM! is just fun to say.

Milky > SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman
11/26/2014 at 14:17

Uhh its my last name, or at least how it sounds and also my nickname IRL. Side note, my last car was more of a joke and I had this plate on it ...

Kinja'd!!!

… I should do that again.

Gamecat235 > PatBateman
11/26/2014 at 14:17

Somewhere in my (and your) comment history is that chat of me being impressed with your name and avatar (and you being somewhat impressed that I recognized it and the Pierce and Pierce reference) and welcoming you here to oppo.

Jayhawk Jake > burntartichoke
11/26/2014 at 14:18

How...

leicester > norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback
11/26/2014 at 14:18

yes, he was quite the furry bastard.

Roundbadge > SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman
11/26/2014 at 14:19

Kinja'd!!!

Roundbadge has been my internets handle for the past 15 years or so. It's related to the badges featured on my first drum set, and old Gretsch 4-pc from the late 50's or early 60's (which I still have set up in my house).

burntartichoke > Jayhawk Jake
11/26/2014 at 14:20

40 minutes on high, it would glow when you blew on it! And the plate cracked.

PatBateman > Gamecat235
11/26/2014 at 14:20

I distinctly remember our conversation regarding that. American Psycho is a great movie/book, but yes, I was very impressed when you noticed that my personal Kinja page was named "Pierce and Pierce" and knew why!

itschrome > burntartichoke
11/26/2014 at 14:21

no sadly that's exactly how I am paid!

SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman > sm70- why not Duesenberg?
11/26/2014 at 14:22

that's a doozy!

(see what I did there?)

norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback > K-Roll-PorscheTamer
11/26/2014 at 14:23

Ah, damn. It's been snowing for a while here.

BmanUltima's car still hasn't been fixed yet, he'll get on it tomorrow, honest. > SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman
11/26/2014 at 14:23

I actually started on Gizmodo about 3 years ago, then found Jalopnik. My name is the name I use for nearly everything online, Steam, PSN, any other game, Twitter, etc. I'm not sure when I started using it though, or where it came from.

Jayhawk Jake > burntartichoke
11/26/2014 at 14:24

That means it was on fire. Why would you nuke an artichoke anyways?

K-Roll-PorscheTamer > norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback
11/26/2014 at 14:25

Your snow, give it to the state of Michigan now.

MultiplaOrgasms > SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman
11/26/2014 at 14:25

My username is like three months old, so who cares.

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman
11/26/2014 at 14:26

Kinja'd!!!

norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback > K-Roll-PorscheTamer
11/26/2014 at 14:26

No, this is my snow!

Kinja'd!!!

StoneCold > SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman
11/26/2014 at 14:27

I have a name with the Michael Bolton effect. I just can't have any other nickname. Unless that person is over 50, then I'm the six million dollar man!

Mike > SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman
11/26/2014 at 14:28

My name is Michael. I usually go by some variation of "Mad Mike" on the internets, but didn't feel like typing "Mad" when I registered.

"Mad Mike" actually stems from my VERY early days riding motocross. Back when I was still in elementary school, I gained a reputation for pushing my bike far harder than I had any right to. Shunting a grown man on a 450cc dirtbike out of a turn when you yourself are only a nine-year-old on a little CRF-70 takes a certain level of insanity - "madness". The incident with me high-siding into a tree only furthered that. Little me had very little in the way of a self-preservation instinct....

For those of you who care/are wondering, that fluffy thing in my profile picture is a silkie chicken. Very adorable, very dumb birds. I keep a flock of them as pets.

burntartichoke > itschrome
11/26/2014 at 14:29

Then you should be

Kinja'd!!!