What's in a Name ?

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  • rollings
    rollings unknown Posts: 7,127
    ldent42 said:

    hedonist said:

    Eddie :how_interesting:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxqCGTkV5wg

    Did anyone else get the feeling he was using that rhythm of naming the reindeer when he rattled off that list of 'acceptable' names?
    I gotta say I usually agree with Carlin's crap or can at least laugh at it but I'm not feelin this. I think maybe he didn't realize all the names he likes are names of saints? Or whatever biblical type names?
    I mean I've got the most common name so I can't speak from experience but I would imagine having a weird name or an unusually spelled name is just a shitty thing to deal with.


    And fwiw, names are used for discrimination in things like resumes. I read a thing a while ago where they sent in resumes with the same qualifications and the names that are more typically black or any kind of ethnic or minority were less likely to get called back than "white" names.

    I have a jewish last name these days. should I change it back to get more job offers? Back to the polish and more whitish, dya think?
  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524
    dankind said:

    CH156378 said:

    I always thought Stone was a great name. I always told my wife, if we had had a son, I would have named him Stone.

    That's my son's name. :smile:
    Stonekind :)
  • ldent42
    ldent42 NYC Posts: 7,859
    rollings said:

    ldent42 said:

    hedonist said:

    Eddie :how_interesting:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxqCGTkV5wg

    Did anyone else get the feeling he was using that rhythm of naming the reindeer when he rattled off that list of 'acceptable' names?
    I gotta say I usually agree with Carlin's crap or can at least laugh at it but I'm not feelin this. I think maybe he didn't realize all the names he likes are names of saints? Or whatever biblical type names?
    I mean I've got the most common name so I can't speak from experience but I would imagine having a weird name or an unusually spelled name is just a shitty thing to deal with.


    And fwiw, names are used for discrimination in things like resumes. I read a thing a while ago where they sent in resumes with the same qualifications and the names that are more typically black or any kind of ethnic or minority were less likely to get called back than "white" names.

    I have a jewish last name these days. should I change it back to get more job offers? Back to the polish and more whitish, dya think?
    I have no idea.
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