Since I invariably wind up getting “name suits” types of comments, here’s the explanation behind it:

Around the turn of the millennium, I was trying to come up with a username to use on a particular site that had a shortish character count limit for usernames. My goal was something related to the fact that I would often be making my points in arguments with “holier-than-thou” types by taking what they were saying, and turning it on its head so the offensive stuff was directed back at them.

I also happened to learn shortly beforehand that many years ago “'ape” was somewhat commonly used as a verb to mean “imitate” or “copy.”

I’m sure you can figure the rest out.

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    2 days ago

    Honestly wouldn’t place bets on that. Member of “the forgotten generation” here (and I simply cannot express just how apropos that moniker is for me personally), and I’m already over seven years beyond when my father passed. Granted, he could be a heavy drinker at times, and liked to smoke a pipe while I do neither, but still…