People with real l337 speak names? 1441
An anonymous reader writes "I'm considering naming my first-born child either Br4d or J4n37, depending on gender. My wife isn't too keen on the idea but there's plenty of time left to persuade her. Anyway, it had me wondering whether there are any people out there with real l337 speak given names (or even just a digit in their name). Do you know of any? Other than people saying your dad is a l4m3r, What are the possible pitfalls of having a digit in your name? Is it legal to have a digit in a name? Am I guaranteeing my child becomes a misfit? Am I the misfit?" Ask Jennifer 8. Lee.
Oh dear fucking god (Score:2, Insightful)
It's both unfunny and the story makes no sense.
I think... (Score:3, Insightful)
Hope this is an April's Fools joke (Score:3, Insightful)
On the off chance it is not then the best thing to do is to change your own name and see how it goes.
Reserve the stupid name for your second child if you find it so great.
I don't think this will be very common (Score:2, Insightful)
Don't do it (Score:5, Insightful)
Name them Robert, Sarah, Bruce, Steve, Karen, Jessica, whatever. Just don't get cute or play games with your kids name. It's too important for you to mess with.
Re:I think... (Score:3, Insightful)
3Jane (Score:2, Insightful)
Of course she was the second clone of the original Jane Tessier-Ashpool, but hey...
How about we all name you '1d10t' (Score:3, Insightful)
To put it into perspective. "Prince Michael" might not be old enough to care right now, but once he's a young adult, do you think he's really going to appreciate the amount of consideration is self-obsessed ass-wipe of a father gave his name?
Re:The word is "sex" (Score:2, Insightful)
Gender and sex are generally considered to be two [planetpapers.com] separate [undp.org] (related [u-net.com]) topics [eserver.org].
For those not in a reading mood, your sex generally considered to be what your chromosomes and organs say (assuming they agree, which they don't always), while your gender refers to learned social roles.
Re:Oh dear fucking god (Score:5, Insightful)
IMHO, the best part of
Anyway, I've been trying to guess the "theme" for this year's topic and I think perhaps tomorrow that it will be revealed that all these "unfunny" stories are all actually real news/submissions that the mods have been queuing up for a while just for today. But I dunno. I'll just sit back and enjoy the ride.
Thanks again for you contribution. Cheers!
sending e-mail (Score:3, Insightful)
Imagine it: j8Lee@wherever.edu
or worse: Br4d.Cumming@whevever.edu
Seriously, how much of your email has gotten bounced or blackholed over the years because of your name?
Re:Don't do it (Score:5, Insightful)
No fooling: my wife works at a children's hospital, and once had a child come through whose middle name was "Trash". The parent (singlular, of course) was just as caring as you might expect from someone who would do that to her child. In a fair world, a name like that on a birth certificate would be prima facie evidence of child abuse... whether you were thinking along the lines of Boy Named Sue [banned-width.com] or not.
He had it right, though for the wrong reasons (Score:5, Insightful)
Sex is verifiable. Gender is a perception.
Housing director at my college (Score:5, Insightful)
Back in college my housing director's name was, no lie, "Sus3an". I figured at first that the "3" was just her trying to make a German "s" on a US keyboard but, no, it was in fact a 3.
Don't do it, dude. Your kids will have enough reasons to hate you without giving them stupid names.
It's a child, not a toy... (Score:2, Insightful)
This is your child, not your new toy or pet. Why should she have to go through life branded with a weird name because of your obsessions. How would you like to have been called 'Caboose Williamson' because of your dad's fondness for model trains? What if your mom was really into amateur radio and decided to christen you 'Frequency Modulation Jones'?
This name is a gift you are giving to your child. Try to give her something she might want.
m.m.
Re:oy (Score:2, Insightful)
Re:oy (Score:5, Insightful)