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I've had all sorts of problems with my name over the years. Eudora used to tell everyone who emailed me that they were using bad language. Google used to serve
by jgrahamc 4y ago
I've had all sorts of problems with my name over the years. Eudora used to tell everyone who emailed me that they were using bad language. Google used to serve pornographic ads if people search for me. On occasion I've been unable to sign up for services. It's got better over time but dumb filters are still dumb.
- b800h 4y agoDare we ask? Oh, profile duly checked and yep. I expect there'll be negative selection pressure with this one like others in similar categories.
- emmelaich 4y agoThe name Bumstead used to be not uncommon. Now you never see it. I expect Cockburn to disappear too.
- dghughes 4y agoI wonder is Moby Dick soon to be banned? That reminds me there was a story from Vancouver BC that a condo refused to rent to a seafood restaurant called Moby Dick.
- b800h 4y agoThis is more about people with funky names choosing not to keep them when they get married, or changing them altogether.
- b800h 4y agoPlenty of other male-chicken-related surnames out there with the same issue. The one you quote will morph to Coburn or Coughburn in some cases, I suspect.
- projektfu 4y agoThere's a whole city in Georgia with your name. I have to be honest, when I first moved here, I saw it mostly on PlentyOfFish and assumed it was a joke.
- qwery 4y agoCumming[0], or Graham[1]? [0] https://www.exploregeorgia.org/city/cumming https://www.exploregeorgia.org/city/cumming [1] https://cityofgrahamga.com/ https://cityofgrahamga.com/
- prepend 4y agoIt’s real and I mod the subreddit for it, nonironically. We had a problem for the first 10 years for people thinking it was a porn sub. But it’s just a bunch of suburban yuppies doing local Reddit stuff.