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A_Chilean_Cyborg ,
@A_Chilean_Cyborg@feddit.cl avatar

So she’s scared of books?

botorfj ,
@botorfj@lemdro.id avatar

mildblue

duderium2 ,

R*ddit / lemmy don’t do transphobia for five seconds challenge impossible

pmk ,

It could be a David Foster Wallace reference. “In the eighth American-educational grade, Bruce Green fell dreadfully in love with a classmate who had the unlikely name of Mildred Bonk. The name was unlikely because if ever an eighth-grader looked like a Daphne Christianson or a Kimberly St.-Simone or something like that, it was Mildred Bonk.”

crusa187 ,

Alright, everything’s coming up Mildred!

Voran ,

I like Mildred. Such a shame that names go ‘out of date’.

MonkderDritte ,

Then, how about Sigurd and Brynhild?

Btw, my mother (60) is named Margaretha.

TankovayaDiviziya ,

Maybe because I grew up multicultural, so I rarely find any strange names, well, strange.

vonxylofon ,

Damn right. If I transitioned, I wouldn’t take a lame name like Mildred. I’d go for something cool like Radicalorange or Forcefulblue.

rob_t_firefly ,
@rob_t_firefly@lemmy.world avatar

You don’t have to transition for that, most adults can get their name changed whenever they like.

tabris ,

There was a guy who changed his name to Sydney Harbour Bridge because he could.

Slovene ,

Why not Periwinkle or Orangered?

starman2112 ,
@starman2112@sh.itjust.works avatar

Team periwinkle represent

The admins fucking rigged that game

vonxylofon ,

Well, because we’re doing modifier + colour here. Mild + red?

Pheral ,

Mildred is a metal as fuck name.

bi_tux ,
@bi_tux@lemmy.world avatar

better than all the reddit Lunas desu

robocall ,
@robocall@lemmy.world avatar

I knew an old lady that has since died, her first name was Mildred. She went by her middle name because even when she was a kid, Mildred was perceived as an unattractive name.

Hackworth ,

Mildreds out here, tryin ta take ‘Mildred’ back, and y’all throwin shade like people ain’t have to live with dumbass fuckin names like Mildred. Leave Mildreds alone! They’ve got enough to deal with. Wait, they chose Mildred, like as an adult? In the present? Pfft.

VelvetStorm ,

I’ve noticed a trend with trans women picking the stupidest names, and idk why. Like I kinda get Mildred because it’s a classic name and has a cute nickname. So it stands to reason maybe she has a family member that was a huge influence on her so she wants to honor her with that name but why the fuck do people pick names like Lola.

ikidd ,
@ikidd@lemmy.world avatar

“Lexi”

Donkter ,

See, “Lexathoidiopterix” is just not a great name though.

Slovene ,

“Belle”

Godnroc ,

So her lips can taste like cherry cola.

VelvetStorm ,

Is that a reference to something I am too old to understand?

ValenThyme , (edited )

Lola by The Kinks in 1970,

The song details a romantic encounter in a SOHO bar between a young man and the eponymous Lola, who is possibly a trans woman or cross-dresser.

one of the lyrics references her cola tasting lips

VelvetStorm ,

Wait wait wait wait… is that what this futurama clip is from?

ValenThyme ,

that’s the one yup

VelvetStorm ,

Holy crap how did I never know that! That is by far and away my favorite scene in futurama. Thank you for showing me this it gives me a whole new appreciation for this joke. Tbh, I assumed it was just a joke on all the Shatner spoken word versions of songs.

Slovene ,

Tbh, I assumed it was just a joke on all the Shatner spoken word versions of songs.

It is:

m.youtube.com/watch?v=KXSWx5Q2XCo

jbk ,

small office home office bar 😍😍

then_three_more ,

Girls will be boys and boys will be girls, It’s a mixed up, muddled up, shook up world, Except for Lola

Akasazh ,
@Akasazh@feddit.nl avatar

Is the nickname Milly?

VelvetStorm ,

I believe that is but I could be wrong as there are some crazy nick names out there like Peggy for Margaret.

Akasazh ,
@Akasazh@feddit.nl avatar

That’s exactly why I asked

anti ,

Dredicus.

hemko ,

No, Kevin

Machinist ,
@Machinist@lemmy.world avatar

My great grandmothers were: Lola, Layla, Eula, Lulua. For real. They were born around 1900.

We have a cat named Lulu.

Manalith ,

And I bet Eula never even read any EULAs

Slovene ,

One of your great-grandmothers got Clapton on his knees.

Amanduh ,

Lola is a song talking about a trans woman so…

kerrigan778 ,

Mildred is iffy but Millie is an adorable name.

HonoraryMancunian ,

Mildred is the worst… witch

pastabatman ,

When I was in school the kids with the weird names were either picked on or they were super cool and popular. Their parents had no idea which one they were going to be when they chose the name.

Your friend has the benefit of knowing who she is already. If she knows she’s going rock it, then go Mildred.

Etterra ,

You’re usually fine if you’ve got a biblically significant name. Many of those have staying power. Adam, Joshua, David, Samuel, Michael, Rebecca, John, Mary, Paul, etc. not all of them work though, and it varies by culture. “Jesus” is really coming in Spanish but almost unheard of in English (American POV).

Alatain ,
@Alatain@lemmy.world avatar

That is a bit of a selection bias. What you are effectively saying is “the biblical names that have survived to today have staying power”.

But even that isn’t true here as almost all of the names you cite are significantly different now than their original forms. Looking at your list we have Yeshua, Shemuel, Mikael, Rivka, Yohanan, Miriam, and Paulus. Adam is mostly the same, as is David (with a bit of an accent difference), but the rest didn’t exactly emerge as they were.

meliaesc ,

My son is named Jericho 🤷🏽‍♀️

Holzkohlen ,

Jerry

meliaesc ,

Funnily enough, I looked up “Jerry” and it has a different origin, also biblical.

Short form of Jeremiah or Jeremy, which are from the Hebrew Yirmiyahu meaning “sent by God” or “appointed by God”.

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