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Re:Names should be cute, not descriptive by mostertoaster on Tuesday January 10, 2023 @02:24AM (#34321603)
This is because cook books while useful, aren’t entertaining stories. Now if they named it after a good character from a story everyone knows, say the hunter from the big bad wolf, and it’s purpose was to chop up evil wolves taking advantage of grandmas and little girls with baked goods, then everyone knows that character, and as long as the purpose of the service is to defeat impostors trying to do harm then it is fitting.

And if the junior doesn’t know the story of little red riding hood, well then it is your lucky day and you are one of the 1 in 10000 who gets to tell them the story.

Re:Names should be cute, not descriptive by mostertoaster on Tuesday January 10, 2023 @02:25AM (#34321609)
Re:Names should be cute, not descriptive by bbarnett on Tuesday January 10, 2023 @07:02AM (#34323505)
How strange! Why wouldn't he just tell her to google it, and go back to looking at his phone?
Re:Names should be cute, not descriptive by ihatepython on Tuesday January 10, 2023 @03:36AM (#34322057)
My default is to name the project something related to Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra.

Then when things go off the rails, I can say 'Shaka, when the walls fell'

Re:Names should be cute, not descriptive by voytec on Tuesday January 10, 2023 @06:45AM (#34323356)
Names of my mail systems :)
Re:Names should be cute, not descriptive by cbm-vic-20 on Tuesday January 10, 2023 @10:04AM (#34325877)
And when the other person in the conversation looks perplexed or lost, just repeat it again, slowly, and add emotion to some of the syllables. They'll get it eventually.
Re:Names should be cute, not descriptive by Izkata on Tuesday January 10, 2023 @09:50AM (#34325651)
> Now if they named it after a good character from a story everyone knows

Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra.