I totally agree with you however I find it kind of comical also coming from the second highest Merb contributor with over 18,000 posts.lol. Yes I know it is over a long time period but even that adds to it being funny.
True, it is ironic on its face, but it's all for shits and giggles and it comes since 2003. From 2003-2016 I was quite active in Montreal, since 2016, not at all. Since then mainly posting in sports threads and lounge threads, almost no reviews. And mainly meeting women on SA and not escorts. That doesn't mean I forgot how it works though.
The highest contributor (Doc) would also tell you the same thing. He didn't take it or himself too seriously. But it did help us get invited to parties. And making in person connections with ladies. But in one and one with strangers I stopped using MERB reference, as it did more harm than good. I don't recommend it based on those same years of experience. Because I met a lot of people and agency owners at parties, they do know me as EB, but like Clark Kent or Bruce Wayne or Peter Parker I tend to shy away from my other persona and stick to the real guy persona and not the fake one.
It may come as a surprise but I post on a couple of sports related message boards and a health-related board and my posts there are roughly equivalent in number. I have different handles on those boards. One is a famous basketball player, the other is a combination of a place and a profession.
None of the above is on my resume. It's just shits and giggles filler in the day: