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RexTalionis

2012-01-04 11:06:16 PM

My impossible to pronounce ethnic name has done me no favors over the years.

mahuika

2012-01-04 11:26:01 PM

I want to give you a +1 subs, but you made up a terrible name when the person writing about the study is named Misty and the person who conducted the study is named Wiebke...

Jisaw

2012-01-04 11:36:28 PM

I have one of those names. It's one of those names everyone "comes up with" while thinking up unfortunate names as teenagers. I hated middle school.

Klippoklondike

2012-01-04 11:37:05 PM

When I was in the Navy and had to wear my last name on my uniform, sometimes people would stop me and say "is that seriously your name? Is that a joke or something?" Also, people usually pronounce it wrong. On purpose.

fusillade762

2012-01-04 11:37:31 PM

"Kevin" is the worst name? Funny, I only have one friend named Kevin and, as it happens, he's a complete mess.

skinink

2012-01-04 11:37:54 PM

Count de Money! Count de Money!

WordsnCollision

2012-01-04 11:38:02 PM

Jisaw: I have one of those names. It's one of those names everyone "comes up with" while thinking up unfortunate names as teenagers. I hated middle school.

Does it rhyme with a female body part?

/Mulva?

illannoyin

2012-01-04 11:38:14 PM

/I actually know a guy with that last name

cbcs

2012-01-04 11:38:34 PM

Klippoklondike: When I was in the Navy and had to wear my last name on my uniform, sometimes people would stop me and say "is that seriously your name? Is that a joke or something?" Also, people usually pronounce it wrong. On purpose.

Dumas?
/seriously, I want to know.

seventypercent

2012-01-04 11:39:21 PM

Mama, I ain't naming my kid "Benito Mussolini"!

Gunny Highway

2012-01-04 11:39:40 PM

I'm Hitler. I can't not be Hitler. So I am going to be the best Hitler I can be.

Jisaw

2012-01-04 11:40:05 PM

WordsnCollision: Jisaw: I have one of those names. It's one of those names everyone "comes up with" while thinking up unfortunate names as teenagers. I hated middle school.

Does it rhyme with a female body part?

/Mulva?

Nope, it IS a female body part.

imprimere

2012-01-04 11:40:35 PM

"There seems to be prejudice based on name valence (or associations)," says study co-author Wiebke Neberich, previously of the International Max Planck Research School.

Yeah, I stopped reading after Wiebke Neberich as I can't take their study seriously.

Kar98

2012-01-04 11:41:13 PM

mahuika: I want to give you a +1 subs, but you made up a terrible name when the person writing about the study is named Misty and the person who conducted the study is named Wiebke...

Wiebke is a prefectly cromulent name.

fusillade762

2012-01-04 11:41:59 PM

This guy seems to be doing OK:

i.pravda.sk

Though I'll bet nobody gave this guy any shiat as a kid:

4.bp.blogspot.com

iron_city_ap

2012-01-04 11:42:17 PM

Saddam bin Ghadafi laughs at your capitalist pig misfortune.......

RoyBatty

2012-01-04 11:42:22 PM

/shakes head at subby

Kar98

2012-01-04 11:42:23 PM

imprimere: Yeah, I stopped reading after Wiebke Neberich as I can't take their study seriously.

Why, she would know.

Gunny Highway

2012-01-04 11:42:24 PM

Jisaw: I have one of those names. It's one of those names everyone "comes up with" while thinking up unfortunate names as teenagers. I hated middle school.

Joe Jizlips?

A Terrible Human

2012-01-04 11:44:01 PM

What about being named after LBJ? You will never know how many people can't spell the first name. Lindon,Linda,Lyndin,I could go on for farking ever. This shiat has happened to my fiance with his prescriptions and it's kinda hilarious for him to be called Linda.

r1chard3

2012-01-04 11:45:27 PM

You know who else...?

/Oh never mind

SBinRR

2012-01-04 11:45:47 PM

I worked with Mike Hunt one time. When I first called him by name I said "Michael". His response was "It's Mike".

I know it's impossible, but I sometimes wondered if he understood the fact that his name was a joke.

imprimere

2012-01-04 11:46:00 PM

Kar98: imprimere: Yeah, I stopped reading after Wiebke Neberich as I can't take their study seriously.

Why, she would know.

She might, but I can't take her seriously.

Cybernetic

2012-01-04 11:46:04 PM

I remember a story from some years back, saying that people whose initials spelled out derogatory terms (like "BAD" or "DUM") were less likely to be successful.

seventypercent

2012-01-04 11:46:25 PM

A Terrible Human: What about being named after LBJ?

Well, for one thing, lots of people think that "LBJ" is Spanish for "blowjob".

Generation_D

2012-01-04 11:46:25 PM

So the study was based on counting page views and scoring by name.

And nothing else could influence pageviews on a dating site, nothing at all.

ChromaticKid

2012-01-04 11:46:26 PM

We need to talk about Kevin...

/I'm a Kevin. Hasn't been a problem... for me.

imprimere

2012-01-04 11:47:05 PM

Cybernetic: I remember a story from some years back, saying that people whose initials spelled out derogatory terms (like "BAD" or "DUM") were less likely to be successful.

At standup arcade games... you missed that part.

12349876

2012-01-04 11:48:14 PM

So does Biggus Dickus count or not? Lots of dirty jokes, but hey it's a good thing to have.

/incontentia buttocks is always bad

WordsnCollision

2012-01-04 11:48:37 PM

Jisaw: WordsnCollision: Jisaw: I have one of those names. It's one of those names everyone "comes up with" while thinking up unfortunate names as teenagers. I hated middle school.

Does it rhyme with a female body part?

/Mulva?

Nope, it IS a female body part.

3.bp.blogspot.com

/uhh...

Cybernetic

2012-01-04 11:48:42 PM

I worked with a guy named Jack Hammer.

imprimere

2012-01-04 11:49:27 PM

Generation_D: So the study was based on counting page views and scoring by name.

It was? Seriously? And people don't understand why I roll my eyes when someone says, "Studies show..."

Fubegra

2012-01-04 11:50:07 PM

Josh Hildo unavailable for comment.

Cybernetic

2012-01-04 11:51:14 PM

imprimere: Cybernetic: I remember a story from some years back, saying that people whose initials spelled out derogatory terms (like "BAD" or "DUM") were less likely to be successful.

At standup arcade games... you missed that part.

I remember a lot of people having "FUK" and "YYZ" as their initials back in the 1980s.

The Beatings Will Continue Until Morale Improves

2012-01-04 11:51:22 PM

/hot

Jisaw

2012-01-04 11:51:40 PM

WordsnCollision:

Close.

SBinRR: I worked with Mike Hunt one time. When I first called him by name I said "Michael". His response was "It's Mike".

I know it's impossible, but I sometimes wondered if he understood the fact that his name was a joke.

I do prefer "Michael," myself.

suid

2012-01-04 11:51:45 PM

FTA: daters whose names carried the worst valence (Kevin)

sporeflections.files.wordpress.com

imprimere

2012-01-04 11:52:11 PM

Cybernetic: I worked with a guy named Jack Hammer.

I once worked in a fulfillment department and sent a package to a Peter Cream. We used to have a contest for the weirdest name. That's the one I remember. Hmm... I wonder if I have penis issues.

DrZiffle

2012-01-04 11:52:26 PM

RoyBatty: [www.wearysloth.com image 320x240]

/shakes head at subby

Came in for the Hill Street Blues ref, leaving happy and surprised.

A Terrible Human

2012-01-04 11:52:42 PM

seventypercent: Well, for one thing, lots of people think that "LBJ" is Spanish for "blowjob".

i.imgur.com

dudemanbro

2012-01-04 11:52:59 PM

Gunny Highway: Joe Jizlips?

Heh that reminded me of Harold Lipshiatz...

imprimere

2012-01-04 11:53:21 PM

Cybernetic: imprimere: Cybernetic: I remember a story from some years back, saying that people whose initials spelled out derogatory terms (like "BAD" or "DUM") were less likely to be successful.

At standup arcade games... you missed that part.

I remember a lot of people having "FUK" and "YYZ" as their initials back in the 1980s.

FUK I get, buy why YYZ?

FirstNationalBastard

2012-01-04 11:53:48 PM

davidphogan

2012-01-04 11:57:10 PM

Also: please think of what their email address will be. I knew an S. Lutz with a very unfortunate email address.

WordsnCollision

2012-01-04 11:57:21 PM

/"It's Hedley"

T.M.S.

2012-01-04 11:57:39 PM

jabelar

2012-01-04 11:57:55 PM

SBinRR: I worked with Mike Hunt one time. When I first called him by name I said "Michael". His response was "It's Mike".

I know it's impossible, but I sometimes wondered if he understood the fact that his name was a joke.

I had a roommate who's name was Mike Gash. That's not the joke. The joke is that his father's name was Harry. Seriously.

Seth'n'Spectrum

2012-01-04 11:58:02 PM

FirstNationalBastard: [2media.nowpublic.net image 482x326]

Gene Masseth - now that's a truly unfortunate name.

/bearer of unpronounceable ethnic name
//can't remember people's names myself, especially generic Anglo-Saxon/Judaeo-Christian ones.

Gothnet

2012-01-05 12:00:00 AM

Would agree...

jaytkay

2012-01-05 12:00:24 AM

cbcs: Klippoklondike: When I was in the Navy and had to wear my last name on my uniform, sometimes people would stop me and say "is that seriously your name? Is that a joke or something?" Also, people usually pronounce it wrong. On purpose.

Dumas?
/seriously, I want to know.

Santorum.

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