Dotcomguy Drops âDotcomâ From Name
In the strongest signal yet that âInternet-onlyâ has become a verbal albatross, DotComGuy â the Texas man who lives entirely off the Internet and hasnât left his house for nearly a year â has dropped the DotCom from his name, and now wishes to be referred to only as Guy. According to Guy, whose one year in online self-isolation ends Jan. 1, the change more accurately reflects the true nature of his diversifying personal interests. That, and he was worried he wouldnât get laid with a name like DotComGuy. âInitially, having DotCom in my name heightened my status,â said Guy, who legally changed his name from Mitch Maddox to DotComGuy before entering virtual seclusion last Jan. 1. âBut now itâs suddenly like Iâm just some loser who is little more than a pathetic symbol of Internet hype.â Guy denied the loser label might also refer to being a 27-year-old single male who hasnât left his house for a year.