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nerd plus rage posted:I met a girl named Mileena after Mortal Kombat once, it must be exhausting to have to say "Yes, my name is $pop_culture_reference, yes it is a pop culture reference, I hate my parents" to everyone you meet. I used to know an Arwyn. Yes, with a y. That's legitimately how she introduced herself. "Yes, my parents are geeks." This was before the Peter Jackson movies. She'd be 34 now. I don't envy her.
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Edit: Arwyn's parents weren't geeks enough to spell it right?lemon-lyme disease posted:If mournful oatmeal is the breakfast cereal of calvinism, what does this guy eat to start his day off right? Hopefully a bullet.
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Apparently not. I didn't ask. I mean, I was dumb and young and obsessed with lotr, but I had the sense to not interrogate someone I'd just met about how her name was spelled.
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My daughter's name is Eowyn. But at least I a) gave her a "normal" middle name she can switch to if she wants, b) chose a name that actually is a name in another language, and c) spelled it correctly. I'm a nerd, but Arwyn is just mean. Also Eowyn actually did poo poo and didn't just hang out whisper talking and handing out jewelry and fading away for no loving reason.
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Feb 1, 2018 14:20
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I named my kid Morgoth
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Why are people mad at me for naming my kid K'mpec? It's the public school system's fault for not teaching Klingon pronunciation.
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Well my daddy left home when I was three And he didn't leave much to Ma and me Just this old guitar and an empty bottle of booze Now, I don't blame him 'cause he run and hid But the meanest thing that he ever did Was before he left, he went and named me "Goku"
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Feb 1, 2018 14:39
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Absurd Alhazred posted:Well my daddy left home when I was three 
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There was a Galadriel a couple of grades ahead of me in elementary. She would have been born in the early 70s. e: I thought therefore that it was just a normal girl's name and it confused me when I read the book for the first time, like why would he be so unimaginative?
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Feb 1, 2018 14:54
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I hate dumb nerd names as much as the next guy, but this is like old people complaining about non-white names. I'm sure "Beth" was new and weird at some point. 
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Feb 1, 2018 14:59
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Eh not really, it’s super tacky. The good thing is, for girls especially, if you meet someone for the first time who knows where your super nerdy name comes from it’s a pretty good red flag to get the hell out of the conversation.
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Absurd Alhazred posted:Well my daddy left home when I was three 
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Aramek posted:I hate dumb nerd names as much as the next guy, but this is like old people complaining about non-white names. I appreciate your drive to bring up race out of the blue and get ahead of racism accusations, but nah
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Feb 1, 2018 15:29
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I know a guy who named his kid after two of history's greatest conquerors, his name is Gaius Alexander Lastname. Named for Gaius Julius Ceasar and Hyramulos Lastname, obviously. ...It's me I'm the guy.
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I was half-listening to some of my students talk in class and one of them said "Braydyn with two 'y's and a Morgyn with one 'y'". As the old fart teacher with obsolete pop culture references I immediately spit out a Moe Sizlak style "that's the worst name I ever heard," and her response was "those are my kids' names." All I could do was shrug.
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Voyager I posted:It's more that he's obsessed with making sure his sexbot is as pure as possible instead of, you know, good at sex or just generally interesting or fulfilling to interact with in any way. The "purity" thing is also a hilarious inherent self-own because it's saying "I don't want her to realize how bad I am at sex" Frankly I feel like that's why virginity has been prized throughout history, simple insecurity with oneself
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Data Graham posted:There was a Galadriel a couple of grades ahead of me in elementary. She would have been born in the early 70s. Sorta the reverse of that but I've seen people before talking about all the silly made-up wizard names in Harry Potter and they listed "Hermione" as one. These were Americans who didn't realize that it in fact has been an actual muggle name for a very long time in the UK.
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Shared very earnestly by my aunt. I couldn't stop laughing at Down with Syndrome.
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Instant Jellyfish posted:Shared very earnestly by my aunt. I couldn't stop laughing at Down with Syndrome. My favourite Disturbed track.
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Instant Jellyfish posted:Shared very earnestly by my aunt. I couldn't stop laughing at Down with Syndrome. Syndrome's cause was arguably good, but his methodology was unquestionably bad. Heroes didn't need to die for him to realize his goals. This girl is very misguided.
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Away all Goats posted:There was also that family that named their kid dovahkin for free Bethesda games for life. The kid must be like 7 years old by now Thankfully they made that his middle name. And he was born on 11/11/11 (that was part of the contest), so he's 6 now
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Goddamnit I laughed at Down with the Syndrome.
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https://twitter.com/JoshuaConkel/status/958479877962850304
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https://twitter.com/greend00d/status/958726611033120768 Gab is twitter for racists. Well, exclusively racists.
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THE BIG DOG DADDY posted:I named my kid Morgoth
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Instant Jellyfish posted:Shared very earnestly by my aunt. I couldn't stop laughing at Down with Syndrome. That looks more like Crouzon Syndrome or Shprintzen-Goldberg Syndrome, in any case. Mr. Bad Guy posted:I know a guy who named his kid after two of history's greatest conquerors, his name is Gaius Alexander Lastname. Named for Gaius Julius Ceasar and Hyramulos Lastname, obviously. Username checks out!
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My wife and I briefly discussed naming our child Gotham. Then we realized how loving stupid that would be and how much our kid would get their rear end kicked, and went with a better name.
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Leavemywife posted:My wife and I briefly discussed naming our child Gotham. Then we realized how loving stupid that would be and how much our kid would get their rear end kicked, and went with a better name. I was actually thinking of making a website for baby naming but rating names based on how easy it would be to make fun of the kid. Going in depth for how a merciless kid could make fun of your child through word play, nick naming, alliteration, or rhyming.
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Away all Goats posted:There was also that family that named their kid dovahkin for free Bethesda games for life. The kid must be like 7 years old by now And all they have done since then is what? Rerelease skyrim about a dozen times?
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Hihohe posted:I was actually thinking of making a website for baby naming but rating names based on how easy it would be to make fun of the kid. "What about Bart?" "Let's see. Bart, Cart, Dart, E-art...Nope, can't see any problem with that!"
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My parents hit me with a double whammy of a pop culture name that's also spelled in a unique (stupid) way. My weird first name combined with my strange last name ensure that nobody ever pronounces or spells my name correctly. Whenever I introduce myself to someone, they immediately go, "Sorry, what was that?". If I go to the doctor's office or something and the receptionist asks for my name, I say it then immediately start spelling it out, since I know they're going to ask. Seriously, don't do that to your kids, it's not nice.
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We named our son Mackenzie after Mackenzie Crook from the Office, and later on we named our daughter Myckynzye after we moved to Utah.
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nerdz posted:that's an obviously repurposed Irish flag shot Or you know the Netherlands
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