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One indicator is whether the person was still alive when the building was named. Naming stuff after yourself when you're still alive (https://chanzuckerberg.co

One indicator is whether the person was still alive when the building was named. Naming stuff after yourself when you're still alive (https://chanzuckerberg.com https://chanzuckerberg.com) is a good way to cheapen it.

lostlogin 9y ago
No, naming it after yourself cheapens it, dead or alive. Someone else has to do it.
- rhizome 9y ago
  Kinda hard to name something after yourself when you're dead.
  - craftyguy 9y ago
    You could add it to your will. "From the time of my death, my compound that I leave to my yorkie shalt be known forever as rhiz(h)ome"
  - lostlogin 9y ago
    It’s easier - I don’t need my stuff and the proceeds from selling it can pay for really big letters on the building.