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3D Megadoodoo: Nov 25, 2010

Kurtofan posted:

It's just short for Wario

Ah, White Aryan Resistance in Osaka :mmmhmm:

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Say Nothing: Mar 5, 2013; by FactsAreUseless

# ? Jul 20, 2015 11:43

Opopanax: Aug 8, 2007; I HEX YE!!!

Asinine Tails posted:

Oh, and Shamone. Yes, like the Michael Jackson sound effect.

I'm imagining it has the same inflection and everything.

# ? Jul 21, 2015 00:49

3D Megadoodoo: Nov 25, 2010

Opopanax posted:

I'm imagining it has the same inflection and everything.

Would that be conjugation or declension?

# ? Jul 21, 2015 01:00

VorpalBunny: May 1, 2009; Killer Rabbit of Caerbannog

Opopanax posted:

I'm imagining it has the same inflection and everything.

And the crotchgrab! :mario:

I think it's cute that he's running with his childhood name, but I wonder if Booboo Stewart will be changing his name once he hits his 20s, like Ricky/Rick Schroder.

# ? Jul 21, 2015 18:05

EXAKT Science: Aug 14, 2012; 8 on the Kinsey scale

Just talked to a Gardner Creamer

# ? Jul 21, 2015 22:42

Male Tiers: Dec 27, 2012; Why don't you just lay down your weapons now?

I found it, goons. I found the worst name.
Lestat-Armon Alucard [Lastname]

# ? Jul 22, 2015 01:09

sweeperbravo: May 18, 2012; AUNT GWEN'S COLD SHAPE (!)

Male Tears posted:

I found it, goons. I found the worst name.
Lestat-Armon Alucard [Lastname]

I hope he decides to go by Les.

# ? Jul 22, 2015 01:12

Owl Inspector: Sep 14, 2011

How do you carry and nurture a developing human being inside of you for 9 months, painfully give birth to this new life, hold this baby human being in your arms and love it as a mother, and then decide to call it Lestat-Armon Alucard. How do you do that.

# ? Jul 22, 2015 01:43

3D Megadoodoo: Nov 25, 2010

My son will be called Ivan Tusaack Joorblaad Blehhh.

# ? Jul 22, 2015 01:59

flakeloaf: Feb 26, 2003; Still better than android clock

Well, first you live a life devoid of any validation outside of imaginary fantasy creatures, then...

Oh gently caress it, just go to A/T and read the "Ask me about living with a girl who thinks anime creatures are real" thread.

# ? Jul 22, 2015 01:59

Say Nothing: Mar 5, 2013; by FactsAreUseless

EXAKT Science posted:

Just talked to a Gardner Creamer

There was a Herb Gardener at my last job.

Also this.

# ? Jul 22, 2015 02:40

Mescal: Jul 23, 2005

I looked at the license of a person whose legal first name is Tifphany.

# ? Jul 22, 2015 03:07

sweeperbravo: May 18, 2012; AUNT GWEN'S COLD SHAPE (!)

My aunt just told me about a guy she knew named Baby.

# ? Jul 22, 2015 03:09

Fleta Mcgurn: Oct 5, 2003; Porpoise noise continues.

Male Tears posted:

I found it, goons. I found the worst name.
Lestat-Armon Alucard [Lastname]

Please tell me that the "Armon" part of that is a misspelling of "Armand."

# ? Jul 22, 2015 10:44

De Nomolos: Jan 17, 2007; TV rots your brain like it's crack cocaine

Male Tears posted:

I found it, goons. I found the worst name.
Lestat-Armon Alucard [Lastname]

Announcing the arrival of Gimli Sauramon-Sauron Jones!

When I see a dumb self-serving name like that, I can't help but assume they think of a child as more like a pet or a toy and not a human child.

# ? Jul 22, 2015 13:26

sweeperbravo: May 18, 2012; AUNT GWEN'S COLD SHAPE (!)

De Nomolos posted:

When I see a dumb self-serving name like that, I can't help but assume they think of a child as more like a pet or a toy and not a human child.

Well, you already wonder whether they've forgotten how to tell fiction from reality, so it's not too much of a stretch :smith:

I wonder, does anyone have kidn of a follow-up story on one of these scenarios? Where a parent names their kid after a fictional character and actually seems to regret it years down the line? I wonder if the nuttiness required to name your kid someting like that grants you enough momentum to keep your head in the sand about it for life, but surely at least some of the people who name their child something so blatantly sad wind up gaining perspective as they get older... I would think this would at least be true of people who had the kid in like late teens/early 20s and weren't old enough to realize the permanent dumbness of the idea.

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# ? Jul 22, 2015 14:57

flakeloaf: Feb 26, 2003; Still better than android clock

There was the girl born Talula Does The Hula From Hawaii who sued for emancipation so she could change her name. If memory serves the judge was not kind to her parents.

# ? Jul 22, 2015 15:15

Choco1980: Feb 22, 2013; I fell in love with a Video Nasty

David Bowie named his son Zowie. He goes by Duncan Jones now that he directs movies.

# ? Jul 22, 2015 15:38

ElwoodCuse: Jan 11, 2004; we're puttin' the band back together

Plus he was tired of people asking him about his dad.

Saw on Twitter that two Orioles fans have kids named Camden and Yardley. :barf:

# ? Jul 22, 2015 18:13

Baronjutter: Dec 31, 2007; "Tiny Trains"

flakeloaf posted:

There was the girl born Talula Does The Hula From Hawaii who sued for emancipation so she could change her name. If memory serves the judge was not kind to her parents.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/talula-does-the-hula-from-hawaii-9-gets-court-ordered-name-change-1.745238
Wow

# ? Jul 22, 2015 18:41

Mescal: Jul 23, 2005

And now for stupid names from history: there was a shipping merchant, banker, and stock broker in the early 19th century named Preserved Fish.

# ? Jul 23, 2015 02:43

VorpalBunny: May 1, 2009; Killer Rabbit of Caerbannog

Watching Escaping Polygamy on cable tonight (DON'T JUDGE ME!) and one of the women is named Kollene. Which, I guess, is Colleen? Maybe there were too many Colleens so they had to be creative to keep track of all their wives?

# ? Jul 23, 2015 03:31

Phlegmish: Jul 2, 2011

Dogfish posted:

My sister is named Esther. She's in her 20s. She's named after my aunt Esther, who is dead. Why yes, we are Jewish, why do you ask?

What was really weird was when I moved to the Netherlands and every other 20something was named Esther; I was so used to thinking of it as a weird name for a non-old person to have.

I was about to say, Esther is a somewhat common name for [young] people in the Low Countries.

Old people in Flanders all have French names like Yvonne, Fran¢ois or Antoinette. Baby boomers have names like Els, Hilde and Eric/k. You have a fairly good chance of guessing the generation that someone belongs to based on their first name.

# ? Jul 23, 2015 07:23

Fleta Mcgurn: Oct 5, 2003; Porpoise noise continues.

Esther is a fairly common "English" name for Koreans, especially Christian Koreans. Also "Grace," but that's a little less unusual. And, yeah, the only non-Korean Esther I've ever met was Jewish.

# ? Jul 23, 2015 11:11

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Choco1980 posted:

David Bowie named his son Zowie. He goes by Duncan Jones now that he directs movies.

This isn't true. His legal name has always been Duncan Jones, and David Bowie's legal name is David Jones. Zowie Bowie was just a childhood nickname.

If you want a musician who actually named his kids weird things, Frank Zappa has kids named Moon Unit and Dweezil.

# ? Jul 23, 2015 11:35

Nostradingus: Jul 13, 2009

There's a Stormy McPeak in today's police report.

# ? Jul 23, 2015 15:33

hyperhazard: Dec 4, 2011; I am the one lascivious
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I realized today that the two women I sit closest to at work have the last names Battle and Slaughter :black101:

# ? Jul 23, 2015 17:16

sout: Apr 24, 2014

hyperhazard posted:

I realized today that the two women I sit closest to at work have the last names Battle and Slaughter

They should get married and double-barrel their names.

# ? Jul 23, 2015 17:25

Opopanax: Aug 8, 2007; I HEX YE!!!

Opopanax posted:

I'm talking to a John Johnson right now. I'm tempted to ask what his middle name is

Carl Carlsen today. Why would someone do that to their kid?

# ? Jul 23, 2015 20:01

sout: Apr 24, 2014

Opopanax posted:

Carl Carlsen today. Why would someone do that to their kid?

Carl from the Simpsons is Carl Carlson :shrug:

maybe they're big fans.

# ? Jul 23, 2015 20:04

Opopanax: Aug 8, 2007; I HEX YE!!!

I'll assume that was it

# ? Jul 23, 2015 21:24

Elohssa Gib: Aug 30, 2006; Easily Amused

Grocery store where I work is really pushing the "We support local people" angle so they have some banners of the families of the businesses we buy from and where they are located so hippies can feel good about buying from us. One of the banners has a lady named Bearl.

# ? Jul 24, 2015 01:36