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Re:Titanic tourist sub goes missing sparking search by codersfocus on Monday June 19, 2023 @07:38PM (#36397822)
Nomen est omen is a saying since the Roman times, and there are scientific studies that show names do have an effect on professions (eg there are more people named Art working with Art than youd statistically expect)
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Re:Titanic tourist sub goes missing sparking search by bigmattystyles on Monday June 19, 2023 @07:54PM (#36397953)
In that case, poor Bickus Dickus
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Re:Titanic tourist sub goes missing sparking search by bandrami on Monday June 19, 2023 @08:09PM (#36398073)
The US government's global anti-corruption envoy is named Rich Nephew. That still kills me every time he's in the news.
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Re:Titanic tourist sub goes missing sparking search by hanche on Tuesday June 20, 2023 @04:24AM (#36401135)
I don’t suppose he has an uncle named Bob?
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Re:Titanic tourist sub goes missing sparking search by ta93754829 on Monday June 19, 2023 @08:49PM (#36398362)
nominative determinism. I did a whole lot of research into this because my surname is Opmomfucker and yeh it checks out.
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Re:Titanic tourist sub goes missing sparking search by codersfocus on Monday June 19, 2023 @09:09PM (#36398518)
I don’t think it works for legally changed names. Though I can see why you’d do it, Cumguzzler is rather crude in the modern age
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