I remember helping a guy get an email account and he wanted to use his name for his username, but it was taken. He asked how his name was already taken by someone else?
We are told we are special, that we are unique. But not on the Internet. Our username is already taken.
And it's not just our names. Every combination of every fantasy we have of ourselves is also taken by someone else. So we can't be a a rockstar or glamourgirl because those were gone long ago, and we're forced to take these lesser identities like xxrawkxxstarr85 or glam0rgrrl22.
When I was little, I could dream of being whoever I wanted, but now the Internet reminds me I can only be who I want if I compromise and add a few Xs and a number.
