Hi,
I'm Dave.
According to my registration date on the Reaper forums I've been using Reaper since 2008, initially running in Windows, running in assorted Linux distros for the last decade or so.
The pun in this post's title is disgracefully clunky but, despite the frustrations and its idiosyncrasies, Reaper has become something of a friend.
It definitely makes me grin, especially when I'm reminded of the nonsense that people who use other DAWs have to deal with.
I've been using Reaper since drunkenly breaking a Cubase dongle in 2008.
This is me on the forums: Primeval Mudd