it is a mystery
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 25 November 2018 06:22 (five years ago) link
Video of explosion at border agent's gender-reveal party that sparked Arizona wildfire released https://t.co/wNCzzaU0Pi pic.twitter.com/K8ClaoNsWF— Arizona Daily Star (@TucsonStar) November 26, 2018
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Tuesday, 27 November 2018 02:55 (five years ago) link
so, so dumb
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 27 November 2018 03:01 (five years ago) link
Straight people continue to be the cause of all misfortune
― I have measured out my life in coffee shop loyalty cards (silby), Tuesday, 27 November 2018 03:49 (five years ago) link
i had to
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DQpjorzWAAIwjtH.jpg:large
― macropuente (map), Sunday, 9 December 2018 03:16 (five years ago) link
god damn it
― alomar lines, Sunday, 9 December 2018 04:59 (five years ago) link
hawt
― fans annoyed as emily atack screams over nick knowles' kumquat (bizarro gazzara), Sunday, 9 December 2018 08:04 (five years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D26smimWwAE1Tcs.jpghttps://pbs.twimg.com/media/D26smilXQAE1iSi.jpg
― mr greta t. gremlin (bizarro gazzara), Monday, 1 April 2019 14:26 (four years ago) link
The straights are at it again
― moose; squirrel (silby), Monday, 1 April 2019 15:21 (four years ago) link
boy are they ever
― mr greta t. gremlin (bizarro gazzara), Monday, 1 April 2019 15:21 (four years ago) link
GORTKLAATUBERADANIKTO
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 1 April 2019 16:43 (four years ago) link
I’ll take “Aspirational names that convey white class privilege” for six hundred, Alec.
― rb (soda), Monday, 1 April 2019 16:48 (four years ago) link
Channing surely more privileged-sounding than Tatum.
― rob, Monday, 1 April 2019 16:50 (four years ago) link
this is just north american whiteness
― ( ͡☉ ͜ʖ ͡☉) (jim in vancouver), Monday, 1 April 2019 16:50 (four years ago) link
like white trash kids are also called Braygron or whatever
TROGDOR
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 1 April 2019 16:54 (four years ago) link
i was in line at the grocery store and some reality tv star i'd never heard of was on the cover and her baby's name was "CREW" and i got IA
― ( ͡☉ ͜ʖ ͡☉) (jim in vancouver), Monday, 1 April 2019 16:55 (four years ago) link
Does this constitute cultural appropriation? A couple decades of whites making fun of African American naming practices culminating in little Lakynns and Tatums running around is somehow both weird and predictable
― rob, Monday, 1 April 2019 17:10 (four years ago) link
seriously, can someone explain these names (to a European)? What's the etymology? Never seen anything like them
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Tuesday, 2 April 2019 07:35 (four years ago) link
I remember introducing my American (then) girlfriend to an English friend called Alistair and she thought it was the strangest fkn name she'd ever heard
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Tuesday, 2 April 2019 07:54 (four years ago) link
https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--myApFkw1--/c_fit,f_auto,fl_progressive,q_80,w_636/pl5pkdalrpcm1hzw359z.jpg
― Neil S, Tuesday, 2 April 2019 08:04 (four years ago) link
seriously, can someone explain these names (to a European)?
take some names, cut them into individual syllables, put them in a hat, then randomly pick and combine between two and four of them
wherever possible, replace a vowel with a 'y'
congrats, now your beautiful caucasian baby is saddled with a stupid name
― mr greta t. gremlin (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 2 April 2019 08:58 (four years ago) link
Funny how, these (white) US names all sound futuristic and computer-generated, whereas in the part of Europe where I'm from, the trend for parents is to dig out outdated retro names from a hundred years ago.
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Tuesday, 2 April 2019 10:20 (four years ago) link
From top 100 girls names in 2008 UK, these are all names I associate with women of my grandmother's generation
4. Lily+05. Ava+111. Grace+316. Evie+019. Elsie+2720. Alice+329. Florence+1034. Matilda+052. Penelope+1470. Gracie+1972. Esme-2781. Rose-496. Victoria new!
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Tuesday, 2 April 2019 11:06 (four years ago) link
Sinutab? Propecia? Did somebody try to sneak those into that graph to make fun of black kids names?
― silverfish, Tuesday, 2 April 2019 13:48 (four years ago) link
yes. and I apologize if I opened the door to that being posted, but it's definitely racist
― rob, Tuesday, 2 April 2019 13:52 (four years ago) link
Those are two different women in the pics right?
― Yerac, Tuesday, 2 April 2019 13:54 (four years ago) link
xp it's an old Onion infographic https://www.theonion.com/most-popular-u-s-baby-names-1819586596 my apologies, I should have just linked or not posted it at all
― Neil S, Tuesday, 2 April 2019 14:12 (four years ago) link
huh, it's weird that the 1999 Onion graphic style just says "2019 facebook meme" to me now
― rob, Tuesday, 2 April 2019 14:17 (four years ago) link
NOBODY:
FUTURE DAD: Here, let just take my shirt off too.
https://i.imgur.com/b0T5oxW.jpg
― pplains, Tuesday, 2 April 2019 14:19 (four years ago) link
"Maybe if I just sorta start creeping away slowly, she won't even notice –"
https://i.imgur.com/Ygdo9CI.jpg
― pplains, Tuesday, 2 April 2019 14:21 (four years ago) link
"Dammit! She caught me."
https://i.imgur.com/oq1iFi6.jpg
The thing about these that gets me is, like, other people have had a baby before you clods, why are you burdening us with this as if you are the inventors of pregnancy
― moose; squirrel (silby), Tuesday, 2 April 2019 15:08 (four years ago) link
― rob, Monday, April 1, 2019 6:10 PM (yesterday)
I totally get this line of thought, and 'white people names' are often pretty stupid, but Tatum isn't a new invention by a long shot.
― emil.y, Tuesday, 2 April 2019 15:15 (four years ago) link
damn you're right, apparently it's Old English! but yeah, in terms of those two photos, the girls' names list is considerably more "innovative" than the boys', so gender would unsurprisingly be a big factor here too
― rob, Tuesday, 2 April 2019 17:12 (four years ago) link
Your children should be named for a dead relative, all other options are questionable
― moose; squirrel (silby), Tuesday, 2 April 2019 17:32 (four years ago) link
I find it interesting that Tatum was originally a feminine name (Tatum O'Neal was the first Tatum I ever heard of, and cursory research seems to suggest it skewed heavily female). I think the fact that there's at least one famous man with it as a surname gives it a more masculine feel, and possibly the 'um' ending feels more masculine too??
― emil.y, Tuesday, 2 April 2019 17:52 (four years ago) link
Sorry, this is a bit off the topic of laughing at idiots.
my problem with "Tatum" is it sounds like a name you'd give to a porky puppy
― frogbs, Tuesday, 2 April 2019 17:57 (four years ago) link
― nathom, Tuesday, 2 April 2019 20:13 (four years ago) link
‘tatum’ sounds like some kind of heavily-processed potato product
― mr greta t. gremlin (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 2 April 2019 20:29 (four years ago) link
Tatums, gotta munch’um!!!
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Wednesday, 3 April 2019 17:47 (four years ago) link
*mynch
― a photographer, satanist and ukip voter (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 3 April 2019 17:55 (four years ago) link
The straights mormons are at it again
― moose; squirrel (silby), Monday, April 1, 2019 3:21 PM (two days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfIehCrO4Zs
― ☮ (peace, man), Wednesday, 3 April 2019 18:10 (four years ago) link
lmao
polio coming for all the unvaccinated children of essential oil moms pic.twitter.com/yJIe8hniKX— ΘΎΡΑ (@piramno) April 14, 2019
― arli$$ and bible black (bizarro gazzara), Monday, 15 April 2019 08:40 (four years ago) link
harsh but fair
― don't mock my smock or i'll clean your clock (silby), Monday, 15 April 2019 16:09 (four years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/ZW6SW4n.jpg
― pplains, Wednesday, 23 October 2019 00:52 (four years ago) link
the answer to that question of course is, as always, no
― president of deluded fruitcakes anonymous (silby), Wednesday, 23 October 2019 01:20 (four years ago) link
i saw this photo right after reading a chapter about the largest cattleyard operations in the world to that point, mid-1800s Chicago, with a description of a well-do-do urbanite lady standing expressionless in a small patch of open space in the middle of the chaos, with blood running underneath her shoes
― It is my great honor to post on this messageboard! (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 23 October 2019 16:06 (four years ago) link
Had she just given birth?
― pplains, Wednesday, 23 October 2019 16:20 (four years ago) link