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“We chose methamphetamine thinking there’s no way that anyone will see that word and think it’s OK,” "Drysdale said she was under the impression that if a nam

by tyingq 3y ago

“We chose methamphetamine thinking there’s no way that anyone will see that word and think it’s OK,” "Drysdale said she was under the impression that if a name was rejected by the registry, they choose one for you." Surely this person is just some sort of attention seeker. Nobody is this dumb.

sokoloff 3y ago
I used to think that way. Decades of experience have led me to conclude that there really are an incredibly large number of people who are that <pick your descriptor from among clueless, dumb, self-centered, delusional, …>
ovi256 3y ago
> just some sort of attention seeker That's redundant, we already know she was a journalist.
op00to 3y ago
Reading the entire article often prevents you from looking like a fool.
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- tyingq 3y ago
  Do you mean "they choose one for you" happens to be true? Does depending on that, or hoping what they choose is okay make her not dumb and not attention-seeking?
gumby 3y ago
> Surely this person is just some sort of attention seeker. Nobody is this dumb. In some countries it does work this way. Luckily for the kid, when you change your name in Australia you are issued an entirely new birth certificate (I know because I changed my name!) so this child won't go through life with this name on its birth certificate and then a "change of name" certificate like in some countries. More generally though, dome countries have a list of permitted names and whatever the registrar writes down (which might not be what you asked for) is the child's name. Most of the European countries that had such rules have relaxed or given them up, though they sometimes remain on the books to keep parents from doing this kind of thing, but they remain in some countries in other regions of the globe. This "whatever the registrar writes down is authoritative" applied to immigrants to the US in the late 19th and early 20th century which is why there are many common names spelled differently (Schmidt, Shmitt, and so forth). Also applied to family names when they were made mandatory (Prussia in mid 19th century, Turkey in the 1920s). In this case they often simply made the decisions with no option to appeal, which you can see Jewish family names that are joke names made up and assigned by antisemitic officials. Most of those people's descendants now live in other countries where the meaning is thankfully lost.
prawn 3y ago
She was effectively researching for a media segment. So attention seeking like a newsreader, or an actor, or a start-up issuing a press release. The agency had indicated that a name would be chosen by the registrar but wouldn't tell her what it would be, so she aimed to find out. Not what I'd do, but I think it's curiosity and maybe flippant more than dumb.
iraqmtpizza 3y ago
I believe in Iceland the government just calls you "girl" or "boy" if your name is illegal. Happened to someone named Blaer

by tyingq 3y ago

sokoloff 3y ago

I used to think that way. Decades of experience have led me to conclude that there really are an incredibly large number of people who are that <pick your descriptor from among clueless, dumb, self-centered, delusional, …>

ovi256 3y ago

> just some sort of attention seeker That's redundant, we already know she was a journalist.

op00to 3y ago

Reading the entire article often prevents you from looking like a fool.

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tyingq 3y ago
Do you mean "they choose one for you" happens to be true? Does depending on that, or hoping what they choose is okay make her not dumb and not attention-seeking?

gumby 3y ago

> Surely this person is just some sort of attention seeker. Nobody is this dumb. In some countries it does work this way. Luckily for the kid, when you change your name in Australia you are issued an entirely new birth certificate (I know because I changed my name!) so this child won't go through life with this name on its birth certificate and then a "change of name" certificate like in some countries. More generally though, dome countries have a list of permitted names and whatever the registrar writes down (which might not be what you asked for) is the child's name. Most of the European countries that had such rules have relaxed or given them up, though they sometimes remain on the books to keep parents from doing this kind of thing, but they remain in some countries in other regions of the globe. This "whatever the registrar writes down is authoritative" applied to immigrants to the US in the late 19th and early 20th century which is why there are many common names spelled differently (Schmidt, Shmitt, and so forth). Also applied to family names when they were made mandatory (Prussia in mid 19th century, Turkey in the 1920s). In this case they often simply made the decisions with no option to appeal, which you can see Jewish family names that are joke names made up and assigned by antisemitic officials. Most of those people's descendants now live in other countries where the meaning is thankfully lost.

prawn 3y ago

She was effectively researching for a media segment. So attention seeking like a newsreader, or an actor, or a start-up issuing a press release. The agency had indicated that a name would be chosen by the registrar but wouldn't tell her what it would be, so she aimed to find out. Not what I'd do, but I think it's curiosity and maybe flippant more than dumb.

iraqmtpizza 3y ago

I believe in Iceland the government just calls you "girl" or "boy" if your name is illegal. Happened to someone named Blaer