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fhub
on June 19, 2023
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As someone with a surname that is easily made fun of, I urge you to just leave off irrelevant quips.
codersfocus
on June 19, 2023
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Nomen est omen is a saying since the Roman times, and there are scientific studies that show names do have an effect on professions (eg there are more people named Art working with Art than youd statistically expect)
bandrami
on June 20, 2023
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The US government's global anti-corruption envoy is named Rich Nephew. That still kills me every time he's in the news.
hanche
on June 20, 2023
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I don’t suppose he has an uncle named Bob?
bigmattystyles
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In that case, poor Bickus Dickus
ta93754829
on June 20, 2023
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nominative determinism. I did a whole lot of research into this because my surname is Opmomfucker and yeh it checks out.
codersfocus
on June 20, 2023
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I don’t think it works for legally changed names. Though I can see why you’d do it, Cumguzzler is rather crude in the modern age
NyxWulf
on June 19, 2023
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My maternal grandfather changed his last name when he turned 18, from the German Uhren to Uhrey. If your last name bothers you, fix it.
Lacerda69
on June 19, 2023
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Uhren sounds fine to me, now if it was Huren i would understand
triyambakam
on June 19, 2023
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It was probably frequently pronounced like "urine"
jacquesm
on June 19, 2023
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What's wrong with renting?
Lacerda69
on June 20, 2023
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Its a slur for prostitutes in German ;-)
animinog
on June 20, 2023
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And with that in mind, you may want to re-read the post you replied to.
(That's about as close to explaining the joke as I'm willing to go.)
Lacerda69
on June 20, 2023
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Haha gotcha, but Huren also means renting in Dutch (with no other connotation AFAIK)
throwaway202351
on June 20, 2023
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But updating all your github commits to your new name is a pain. :(
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