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Jerry Cotton posted:A family from up North moved into our block when I was a kid and they named their first children Gaius and Julius and if the next seven hadn't been girls I don't know what they would've done because there's no loving way the Name Board would've let them name a kid Caesar. I assumed Gaius was a BSG ref 
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Rarity posted:I assumed Gaius was a BSG ref Around here, television is a big no-no in most families with nine kids. Did the original show have a Gaius anyway?
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Jerry Cotton posted:Wouldn't really have helped as we weren't in Spain. Surely there's no rules against foreign names when you can name your daughter loving Khaleesi 
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what the hell is a name board
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You scratch a name on it and bring it to the top of a mountain. If a lighting strikes at that mountain before the full moon, god has scorned your baby
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shrike82 posted:what the hell is a name board It's a board under the Ministry of Justice that advises the magistrates and courts on what hosed-up names you can give your kids. (Doesn't apply to adults, you can change your name to pretty much whatever later on.) Also there's no girl named Khaleesi: 
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Apr 2, 2019 12:39
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This is the worst derail. Anyone up for some fast food talk? I think McDonald's has the best cheeseburgers around.
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Apr 2, 2019 12:40
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My parents named me Ford Costco McDonalds
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Poniard posted:My parents named me Ford Costco McDonalds Whuh? I revise my earlier statement; I do not love engaging with brands.
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Jerry Cotton posted:It's a board under the Ministry of Justice that advises the magistrates and courts on what hosed-up names you can give your kids. (Doesn't apply to adults, you can change your name to pretty much whatever later on.) As dumb as it sounds, it stops nazis from naming their kid Adolf Hitler Satan Jones.
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Poniard posted:My parents named me Ford Costco McDonalds i loved you in the postman
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Lambert posted:This is the worst derail. Anyone up for some fast food talk? They must have spent millions on the development of their cheeseburger. It's loving terrible but I loving love them. The combination of grease, salt, sugar speaks to my lizard brain. My secret shame.
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I was named after a fictional proto Ben Shapiro from Family Ties.
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Peanut President posted:I used to be on it when I was younger and literally the way I got it was the doctor checking me said 'do a few years in the navy and you'll be sorted imo' and I told my social worker lady and she looked at me and said "he did loving what" and I got approved immediately I'm not sure if that's really good or really bad, I mean at least you got on it I guess but that could have gone way worse
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Jerry Cotton posted:It's a board under the Ministry of Justice that advises the magistrates and courts on what hosed-up names you can give your kids. (Doesn't apply to adults, you can change your name to pretty much whatever later on.) You don't even have the ~freedom~ to ruin your kid's life because it's the only thing you have full control over, I bet kids grow up happy and poo poo, what a socialist dystopia
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im moon unit zappa
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Shame Boy posted:You don't even have the ~freedom~ to ruin your kid's life because it's the only thing you have full control over, I bet kids grow up happy and poo poo, what a socialist dystopia
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Khaleesi is a popular name for pets right now.
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all of my pets have been named after movie characters. thankfully ive chosen against having kids, or my son alita battle angel would have a real hard time
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And here I thought naming my children after Dickensian villains was a bold move.
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Picnic Princess posted:Khaleesi is a popular name for pets right now. Yea but at least your pet doesn't have to go around introducing itself by its pop culture based name for the rest of its life.
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What’s worse, naming your child Khaleesi or Kal-El?
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Automatic Slim posted:What’s worse, naming your child Khaleesi or Kal-El? there was an obit for a toddler in my local paper one time for a kid named Alucard. I'd personally rather be named the superman or game of thrones name than a Nintendo game reference
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Automatic Slim posted:What’s worse, naming your child Khaleesi or Kal-El? If the spoilers for Season 8 are to be believed I'd rather not name my child after someone whose story ends by dying, getting tied to a stake, and having poo poo thrown at her by the peasant class At least Superman is aspirational.
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WampaLord posted:If the spoilers for Season 8 are to be believed I'd rather not name my child after someone whose story ends by dying, getting tied to a stake, and having poo poo thrown at her by the peasant class those Hillary is khaleesi memes are so loving great now in hindsight
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WampaLord posted:
Superman is space Moses. Automatic Slim has issued a correction as of 03:24 on Jun 23, 2021 |
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Professor Shark posted:White people naming their kids after TV characters and characters from books they either read in highschool or haven’t read at all is the trashiest thing. what about people named from the bible Luke, Matthew, Joseph, Jesus?
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got any sevens posted:what about people named from the bible Extremely trashy to name your kids after fanfic your pastor talks about but you haven't even read.
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me and my mom got boston terriers (rescues so we're not supporting the industry), she named hers Hodor after the fat guy on GoT and I named mine Scooter because it's the first thing that popped into my head because https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scooter_Libby was being sentenced on the news, I'm not sure which is worse
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Eat This Glob posted:there was an obit for a toddler in my local paper one time for a kid named Alucard. I'd personally rather be named the superman or game of thrones name than a Nintendo game reference I mean it probably was videogames or anime but https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Count_Alucard_%28character%29?wprov=sfla1
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Jerry Cotton posted:A family from up North moved into our block when I was a kid and they named their first children Gaius and Julius and if the next seven hadn't been girls I don't know what they would've done because there's no loving way the Name Board would've let them name a kid Caesar. I'm like 90% sure it's in the top ten for most common names for California
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my daughters name can be difficult for english-talkers to figure out the correct pronunciation for at first but at least she has short/nickname options if she doesn't want to deal with it
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lancemantis posted:my daughters name can be difficult for english-talkers to figure out the correct pronunciation for at first but at least she has short/nickname options if she doesn't want to deal with it Nyarlathotep is such a pretty name though. So worth it.
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Len posted:I mean it probably was videogames or anime but not wholly impossible, actually. i went back to re-look at the obit, and his name was actually lestat alucard lastname. maybe they are Anne rice fans or really like vampire lore? poor kid was just a few months old when he passed. that had to break his parents hearts, even though they gave him a goony af name
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boar guy posted:god drat i hate this I hate this a lot but I'll accept it if they make Jeremiah use a regional bastard last name
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ALFbrot posted:I hate this a lot but I'll accept it if they make Jeremiah use a regional bastard last name I'd like to introduce you to my son John Driftwood-and-Algae-with-the-Distinct-Smell-of-Sewage edit: John Broken-Glass-and-Piss John Internet Joe Concrete James Woods Jessie Ventura wait what was I doing again D1Sergo has issued a correction as of 21:45 on Apr 2, 2019 |
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 thinkin' about those beans...
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I try and name my cats after folklore or famous historical figures and since I only get Siberian Forest cats because they may or may not be more or less allergen producing, I named my first cat Bayun, the second girl cat I'm getting is just gonna get named Boudica.
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I'm sure someone mentioned it, but these people also definitely lied about how much time they spend working and rounded up to sound better. So you can reduce the actual work wedges down even further.
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I used to work at the best buy corporate office and one of my jobs there (calling to tell you that your protection plan no longer covers your tv and you're getting a newer possibly cheaper and shittier one) had managers that just walked in circles around the building (there was a mile long walking path) and then they'd come back occasionally the chastise us about not under selling people on their plans. The basic premise was that, if you buy a tv for 800$, that was a 4k, 50inch tv or whatever. We'd find one that met those specific qualities and go with the cheapest on, didn't matter what the other features are, so if you bought a Samsung 50inch 4k, and the person working your case was doing the rat race to save the company the most money, you could end up with a 200$ Westinghouse.
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