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Internet Baby Names

HungryJoeHungryJoe
edited August 2007 in Everything Else
Have you heard about the couple in China who want to name their baby "@"?

What would be some good internet/computer baby names? Rofl? OMG? Gtg?

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  • JasonJason
    Th@t's awesome. The last thing, with all due respect, that the world needs is another 2 billion kids called Mike, Joe, John, Jessica, Jason, Chris, Amanda, Mary, and Elizabeth.

    Frankly, I was surprised and confused when Australia fought the baby name "4Real" earlier this year. What possible difference could it make to the state? China banned "weird" baby names in 2006. Why are these places so upset by something as arbitrary as non-conformist handles?
  • RymRym
    The argument is that an extremely strange name could cause a child substantial emotional distress as he grows up.
  • cosmicenemacosmicenema
    Lolcat . . . Lawl for short?
  • HungryJoeHungryJoe
    How about "L33t"? L33t Jones.

    How about "Leroy Jenkins"? Leroy Jenkins Smith.
  • JasonJason

    The argument is that an extremely strange name could cause a child substantial emotional distress as he grows up.

    So? Deal with it. Be a man. Goddammit, I'm sick of all this coddling we do.
  • NeitoNeito
    The argument is that an extremely strange name could cause a child substantial emotional distress as he grows up.
    So why can celebrates name their kids shit like "Apple" or "Suurie"? That could, theoretically, cause emotional distress.
  • cosmicenemacosmicenema
    The argument is that an extremely strange name could cause a child substantial emotional distress as he grows up.
    So why can celebrates name their kids shit like "Apple" or "Suurie"? That could, theoretically, cause emotional distress.
    It's a slippery slope . . . having these people as parents cause emotional distress so we should outlaw them having babies too!
  • HungryJoeHungryJoe
    The argument is that an extremely strange name could cause a child substantial emotional distress as he grows up.
    So why can celebrates name their kids shit like "Apple" or "Suurie"? That could, theoretically, cause emotional distress.
    It's a slippery slope . . . having these people as parents cause emotional distress so we should outlaw them having babies too!
    Yeah, but they're filthy stinkin' RICH. If I could be adopted by Angelina Jolie and have access to that kind of money, I'd change my name to "Assey von Assenheimer".
  • AprecheApreche

    Yeah, but they're filthy stinkin' RICH. If I could be adopted by Angelina Jolie and have access to that kind of money, I'd change my name to "Assey von Assenheimer".
    Here's a question. Let's say you got rich thanks to your talents, luck, and hard work. Would you make your kids also rich, or would you make them work for it? Personally I would give them the same amount that my parents gave me. If they don't suck, they should be able to make out as well as I did with the same amount of money that I got. They would not be rich by default.
  • RochelleRochelle

    Yeah, but they're filthy stinkin' RICH. If I could be adopted by Angelina Jolie and have access to that kind of money, I'd change my name to "Assey von Assenheimer".
    I think Joey Joe Jo Shabadoo would be an awesome name! ^_^

    BTW, Scott/Rym, where did that name come from? I hear it from time to time, and I find it very amusing every time I hear that name.
  • HungryJoeHungryJoe
    edited August 2007
    Here's a question. Let's say you got rich thanks to your talents, luck, and hard work. Would you make your kids also rich, or would you make them work for it? Personally I would give them the same amount that my parents gave me. If they don't suck, they should be able to make out as well as I did with the same amount of money that I got. They would not be rich by default.
    I would send my kids to the harshest military school I could find. Then I would make them spend the night in a haunted house before they had access to their trust fund.
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  • DaveDave
    BTW, Scott/Rym, where did that name come from? I hear it from time to time, and I find it very amusing every time I hear that name.
    It's from The Simpsons.
  • AprecheApreche
    BTW, Scott/Rym, where did that name come from? I hear it from time to time, and I find it very amusing every time I hear that name.
    It's from The Simpsons.
  • JasonJason
    The best-ever nicknames:

  • clxclx
    How about ;DROP DATABASE;

    Now there's a name everyone will just love...

    (Disclaimer: yes its from bash, i'm sorry)
  • LusankyaLusankya
    I'd name my kids vi and emacs. The fights would be EPIC. I'd probably throw a referee in there too and name him/her kernel panic.
  • KieyKiey
    01101010011011110110100001101110 Smith
  • JasonJason
    01101010011011110110100001101110
    Hahahaha. John.
  • Kate MonsterKate Monster

    Yeah, but they're filthy stinkin' RICH. If I could be adopted by Angelina Jolie and have access to that kind of money, I'd change my name to "Assey von Assenheimer".
    Here's a question. Let's say you got rich thanks to your talents, luck, and hard work. Would you make your kids also rich, or would you make them work for it? Personally I would give them the same amount that my parents gave me. If they don't suck, they should be able to make out as well as I did with the same amount of money that I got. They would not be rich by default.
    While people can work with circumstances and make themselves better, you assume that circumstances at that time for your child are equal to the circumstances you currently have. Let's say that the American Economy crumples to the point that it much more difficult to achieve teh same level of achivement without a LOT more work than you put into your achivements.

    Also, while I do not advocate allowing your children to become spoiled brats, I think that allowing them a leg up is certainly a nice thing to do, if they prove they are responsible.
  • navelfluffnavelfluff

    The argument is that an extremely strange name could cause a child substantial emotional distress as he grows up.

    There are other reasons as well. In some countries, mostly smaller ones, there is a language conserving policy that also includes names. The argument is that it is beneficial for the culture as a whole if the most outragous names are avoided.

    Two famous controversies here in Scandinavia are Christophpher and Brfxxccxxmnpcccclllmmnprxvclmnckssqlbb11116.
  • snookernetsnookernet
    Perhaps naming them after something computer related might give them an edge in landing a job in the IT industry. If an employer stumbles upon 01101010011011110110100001101110 Smith's resume they would probably assume that his parents must have had a background in IT and would have stressed the importance of it to their son at a young age.
  • thaneofcawdorthaneofcawdor
    01001010011011110110100001101110 Smith
  • OmnutiaOmnutia
    Does anyone else know of the practice of going around getting names off old gravestones?

    It'd be cool to have a kid who's name sounds normal but is written strange. e.g. M&y
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