Why would you?

Please will someone tell me why, because I honestly just don't get it. Why would you join an MMORPG (for example) with a bigotted name. While the fifteen million permutations of Tolkien-esque and Dragon-Lance-ian characters are amusing, and warrant attention, who could honestly resist the urge to attack "attackmeandyouaregay"? I mean, Jodie (my KoC Captain) is gay, so of course she's going to attack you. What about "Killerofhomos"? "chinksmustdie"?[1] Do these people just want to see how many times their antagonistic avatars get snotted? Are they genuinely bigotted, and see no harm in their names? Is it some post-modern, self-referential thing? Do the game makers themselves put them in to attract attacks? Do they have friends who are playing and who have these nicknames and so there is no offence intended? I really want to know.

Still, if those names weren't out there, the sea of 240,000+ potential victims (or 130,000+, really, 'cause I try not to attack those below me on the ladder) would be harder to wade through. Maybe these names exist purely to give us a target, a chance to feel genuinely righteous while smiting a truly imaginary enemy, 'cause in all honesty, the sense of joy you get when you take 90,000 completely unreal gold pieces from a person who exists in your mind as a small-minded red-neck in denim bib overalls and with a wad of chewing tobacco in their mouth[2], it gives you a very real sensation of doing something good. Weird, huh? And more than a little sad, mayhap.

Four things I've learned recently;
See if you can pick the theme...

1. Even a small scratch on your eye hurts.


2. Your mucus membranes are somehow connected from your eye to your nose and the back of your throat.


3. Anti-bacterial eyedrops taste very bitter.


4. Once you open the door for footnotes, they can get out of hand.

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"I let him go."
- John Matrix, Commando

[1] Names have been altered slightly, but their sentiment remains.
[2] Apologies for the stereotyping, as I know some very nice people with denim bib overalls who chew tobacco.