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andros_rex@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

The solution is to put all of the uniqueness in the middle name. Then you still get to feel “special” while not forcing your kid to go by “tragedeigh” or whatever.

When I chose my name - I made my first as milquetoast and appropriate to my age as possible. My middle I went balls out - I guarantee I have a cooler middle name than you do.

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Jeeve65@ttrpg.network ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Middle name is not a thing where I live. People can have 1 or more given names (I know of people that have 9), but none of these are considered ‘middle name’.

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ZeffSyde@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I found Kyle “The Yellow Dart” Smith, everyone!

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kamen@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
That’s if you can choose a middle name at all. In many places (including where I am) you only get to choose the given name, then the middle name is for example the father’s, and the last name is the family name.

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SnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
How darw you. You dont beat me, Faustus

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- andros_rex@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  I named myself after two scientists, whose work I share with the world regularly 😉
  
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  - milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Do you also regularly visit 1885 in a steam-powered flying time machine?
    
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  - DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Dunning-Kruger, as an example case?
    
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    andros_rex@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Funnily enough, I’ve seen some compelling criticism of good old D & K.
    
    The original paper by Dunning and Kruger starts with the quote: “It is one of the essential features of incompetence that the person so inflicted is incapable of knowing that they are incompetent.” This idea has spread far and wide through both scientific literature and pop culture alike. But according to the work of my colleagues and me, the reality is that very few people are truly unskilled and unaware. The Dunning and Kruger experiment did find a real effect – most people think they are better than average. But according to my team’s work, that is all Dunning and Kruger showed. The reality is that people have an innate ability to gauge their competence and knowledge. To claim otherwise suggests, incorrectly, that much of the population is hopelessly ignorant.
    
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