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Re:Lyft’s algorithm is trying to block people with names lik... by spacechild1 on Sunday January 12, 2020 @07:47AM (#22026049)
In Austria, we have many people called “Fick“, which literally means “Fuck“.

BTW, isn't it insulting to those people to suggest that their names are insulting?

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Re:Lyft’s algorithm is trying to block people with names lik... by SilasX on Sunday January 12, 2020 @09:55AM (#22026514)
And, of course, there’s the town of Fucking:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fucking,_Austria

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