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Mildred (lemmy.today)
submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by LodeMike@lemmy.today to c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world

Edit: alt-text: Reddit post in r/TrueOffMyChest

Title: my friend just transitioned but I found out she's naming herself Mildred. I wanna be supportive but, fucking Mildred?

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[-] f4hy@lemmy.world 35 points 5 months ago

I 100% support people to transition. I don't think people should get to pick their own names without any veto.

[-] ArmokGoB@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 5 months ago

What if they changed their name to Adolf Hitler?

[-] Thcdenton@lemmy.world 39 points 5 months ago

Only if they were hot. At least a nein.

[-] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 18 points 5 months ago

Thats why they said they want to be able to veto...

[-] ArmokGoB@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 5 months ago
[-] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 5 months ago

Oh okay to me it looked like u misunderstood their point. mb

[-] 5714@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 5 months ago
[-] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 11 points 5 months ago

Not to be confused with Adolf Hitler

[-] Lemminary@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

Yes, the civil rights activist, not the civil rights antithesist ๐Ÿ˜…

[-] Qkall@lemmy.ml 5 points 5 months ago
[-] VonReposti@feddit.dk 5 points 5 months ago

I never thought I'd say this, but I feel sorry for Adolf Hitler.

[-] CapeWearingAeroplane@sopuli.xyz 4 points 5 months ago

Honest question: Are there no limits in the US to what you can legally name your child? Where I'm from a name can be rejected if it can "cause significant harm or inconvenience to the child". This prevents idiots from naming their child "Traitor" or "Terrorist".

[-] AlligatorBlizzard@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago

There are limits in many places, sometimes in response to that time the artist Prince changed his name to a symbol, in some cases all special characters are banned too, so good luck to anyone with a non-English name. But outside of that? In most states you could probably name your kid Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho, much worse names have happened.

I think there's been a couple of times where states have tried to stop individuals who have tried to name their kid Adolph Hitler or just some racist slogan, but I don't remember how those went, it was a genuine legal question if those names could be blocked.

Name changes, however, are a different thing - often requiring a judge to approve them, they can be rejected simply due to the misfortune of being a trans person in Texas, for example. Unless it's a name change due to marriage, those are significantly easier for some reason.

[-] juliebean@lemm.ee 4 points 5 months ago

i don't think i've ever seen or heard tell of in legends or song, a wikipedia entry that has a simple english page, but no regular english page.

[-] Voran@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

I think names would actually be more meaningful if people picked their own.

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