"LOTS of people have socks"
Well, I don't.
I mean, I'm not just saying that because I'm doing some ironic post-modern Andy Kaufman Shtick whereby I rail against people having socks while I simultaneously have the MOST socks.
I really, honestly don't and never have. It never occurred to me, honestly. One of me is plenty.
I don't think too many regulars in this group are playing that game, either. I don't think it's our style.
If anything, it might explain why our numbers are so low. 
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I do remember it was at one time a flat-out auto-pizza. I also did see posts where Skinner said it was ok, as long as it was in good faith. However, I still maintain that, if he was confident enough in his assessment of the reason for her sock to explicitly state it in the PPR message, it is clearly a violation of
Despite her Alfred E. Newman-esque protestations to the contrary.
Your reason for using another identity would be quite different. I could see the administrators being compassionate about a situation like that. I'd have no problem with them giving approval for using a sock for protection when that DUer has a reputation for acting in good faith.
Permission from the administrators + good intentions = using a sock in good faith.
I appreciate your understanding. I have used the term "legitimate sock" and got jumped on before I could explain. You are the first to actually ask me in a polite way. LOL! I still wouldn't do it because I know it would be a great temptation for mischief on my part. I am a little pixie at times. 
"Anna Conda" could claim that she accidentally used her sock identity in that thread -- surely that's the case!
She thought she was reading the ATA forum, got in the mood to help thin out Skinner's workload by knocking some heads, & went the extra mile by going to town on the alert button as DU's watchdog. Skinner wouldn't possibly know who the magic elf was, being 3 o'clock in the morning.
I present to you: RIFF RAFF, EVIL LONGHAIR
alternates between OOH I LOVE THIS and biting me 
*liked it too*
"a Skittles classic" 
I realized that one afternoon, long ago
after eating a full sheet of blotter at The Greek Theater in Berkeley.
Apparently the op survived 5-1.
I don't see any good reason for a sock. Hang out with yourself, agree with yourself, start some crap with others and have yourself defend that crap.....
. Too complicated and weird.
That just seems like a lot of work to keep up with your alternate identity. They must have like a notebook to keep track of what they've said where.
The internet is serious business.
...you are a little Jew-ish?
Oh, I am certain you are on somebody's list somewhere for some of your comments in regards to the evil Zionist regime and positive remarks about Judaism, like, "Happy Chanukkah!"
Muahahahahahahahahahaha
"You're good, you... "
agent mike is everywhere.
That brief bit of silence could also be due to someone in real life having to be straightened out on the "isms" of quirky logic.
Agent Mike's latest surveillance picture:
Here's one for you:
He couldn't walk into the diner in town without being the object of adoration & desire (for a shopping trip of their own).
Women were racing to be the first one in the grocery store to find the choice ingredients for making him a delicious brown-nosing, take-me-on-your-next-shopping-trip dinner...
They were just giddy with the possibility that Mr. Brownridge might pamper them one day. Some charmed him with the desserts...
And, then -- & you know there's always at least one in a crowd -- someone puts a damper on the positive community vibes & insists that Mr. Brownridge, on the contrary, had bad intentions; he was, in fact, an evil, evil man not to be trusted by women. Because we know what he really wants, *wink, wink*.
I'm not familiar with King Crimson but I like this song. 
When I read "King Crimson" on the video header, this is the band I thought I was going to see:
This should be Agent Mike's song, so it fits right in with the discussion.
That visual could be the logo for Meta!
I've definitely heard this song before & I'm sure it was from my youthful pot days, too -- probably at someone else's house because the closest I came to listening to heavy rock was the Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix, & Led Zeppelin. I was still very attached to soul & "up, feel-good" kind of music.
There's still a Members Only jacket somewhere in your closet.
Wonder why some of the super-warriors don't appear to have been given the secret handshake yet?
How some hypothetical people (let's call them "s" and "r" can spend 10+ years on a message board, being almost universally abrasive, belligerent, bellicose, obnoxious, self-righteous, occasionally abusive and often even incoherent, yet still there exists a small cadre of sycophants who will insist that they were the victims of bullying.
SUBJECT #1: The eye glas-ses are veigly familiar:
SUBJECT #2: This character can be really quite
snippy when referring to "DUh".
SUBJECT #3: While this character spends much of its time submerged...
...there is evidence that it has a rather prickly side, which belies its innocent & sweet facade on "DUh":
Stay tuned...
But it's baffling when one doesn't follow one's own moment of sound judgment.
Isn't this a nice hat...
So, you end up like I did the other day - 11 brown socks, none of which matched each other. How they all get separated in that manner is the type of question a mathematician or statistician should examine - I mean, for God's sake, they all go into the laundry at the same time. Maybe it's just me?