• Patches
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    8 months ago

    A lot of these people grew up being called “The Black Kim” or “The Fat Jessica” because there are only so many standard names. Think about what that does your self esteem? All of your experience is summed up as “Fat Jessica” for the entirety of your formative years.

    Further, I am one of 15 people in my company with the same first name, and 3 of which have the same first name, last name. I spent easily an hour per pay period forwarding emails to the correct parties.

    I get the concept but it’s a bit too far.

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      8 months ago

      My name is David. Do you know how common that name is? At one point in my life I knew and regularly interacted with 8 other Davids. That’s not even close to how many I’ve known over the years. That’s what happens when you have a name that’s been popular for like 3000 years. Biblical names are the usual Western example. My friend Mike - no the other Mike - no the other other Mike - agrees.