Here's the tl;dr version of how my life got flipped turned upside down.

I act like asshole in 2005-2006.
I get banned from several websites.
I go on Encyclopedia Dramatica, hoping to edit there.
Encyclopedia Dramatica gets pissed.
They google "flameviper" and find some random-ass furry site with a user named "flameviper" (who, coincidentally, is not me).
They somehow deduce that my name is Adam Ridley (also not true).
They then proceed to post various "embarassing things" about me on their website.
Almost all of my enemies, or anyone who sees the ED page and decided they don't like me, now decides to copy-paste the article into every fucking forum and chatbox, in every possible permutation, everywhere.
Epic failure.