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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨flouride⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s too much like the real anti-fluoride arguments, man. I can’t recognize it, man.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨flouride⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This is, and I don’t say this lightly, one of the dumbest conclusions I’ve ever seen someone jump to.

  Might as well say that fluoride in the water caused software developers, lmao.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Blessica Blimpson⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  By that logic, forcing any name on a child is selfish, so they should pick their own name, since they are the ones that would have it. Although, in that case, temporary names would probably be a thing, so I don’t really see the issue (or you could use other cultural naming conventions like that, but that is one that exists.)

  Unless your argument is nonconformity is selfish? I personally think some people will find a reason to make fun of another person, but nominative determination does have its appeal if you don’t believe that.

  All names were unique at some point, but that’s a moot point. Eventually they will either become more popular or less popular.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Blessica Blimpson⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  How is it a stupid name? Are rarer names stupid? It’s just a name, if a very uncommon one, and it’s not even particularly hard to spell or pronounce, nor is it without thought. Combination names can sometimes produce odd results, so this one feels fairly mild.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Blessica Blimpson⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Are you arguing that variants of names meaning blessing shouldn’t exist, or are you just against a new name? Because every name was new at one point, and lots of new names are variants of older ones.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Blessica Blimpson⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Eh, the kid could have worse, and it seems pretty fitting for the name’s origins.

  If you think of children as blessings, and want to change an existing name a little – in this case, Jessica – it makes sense. The first recorded instance of Jessica is from Shakespeare, who could’ve changed the biblical Iesca (Jeska) to Jessica by mixing Jesse into it (or making Jesse into a woman’s name… or other potential origins like the word jess being turned into a name.) And you consider Bless to be a name (though rather unpopular), so it wouldn’t even be particularly odd for the name.