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[–] 17 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Change your name to make yourself more palatable to a wider audience? Good.

Change your name to make yourself more palatable for yourself? Bad, apparently.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Pen names are ancient, too. Mark Twain? Real name is Samuel Clements. Charles Dickens used the pen name Boz for some reason, and Stephen King used multiple pen names, especially early in his career.

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