▲ 266 ▼ We should be able to legally have a different name just for work for better work/life separation (lemmy.world) submitted 1 year ago by BeatTakeshi@lemmy.world to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world 89 comments fedilink hide all child comments At least a first name if family name is too much administrative hassle.
[–] Chozo@fedia.io 16 points 1 year ago (2 children) There's a few people I know in real life, who I originally met online, and who call me "Chozo" more often than by my real name. Names are weird. permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] tiramichu@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago Same with me, and a few people who call me 'Tira' I am perfectly happy to have it that way - just like OP suggested it's a nice separation. And while I have nothing against my given name and actually quite like it, Tira is a name I chose for myself. permalink fedilink source parent [–] beerclue@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 child) Yeah, same, my d&d group calls me by my first character's name :) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Ziglin@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago I did that a few times, it was worst when the character name was just a standard name with one letter difference from the player's real name. I only found out that I had gotten the two confused after I looked more closely at the sheet a week of talking every day. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] tiramichu@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago Same with me, and a few people who call me 'Tira' I am perfectly happy to have it that way - just like OP suggested it's a nice separation. And while I have nothing against my given name and actually quite like it, Tira is a name I chose for myself. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] beerclue@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 child) Yeah, same, my d&d group calls me by my first character's name :) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Ziglin@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago I did that a few times, it was worst when the character name was just a standard name with one letter difference from the player's real name. I only found out that I had gotten the two confused after I looked more closely at the sheet a week of talking every day. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Ziglin@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago I did that a few times, it was worst when the character name was just a standard name with one letter difference from the player's real name. I only found out that I had gotten the two confused after I looked more closely at the sheet a week of talking every day. permalink fedilink source parent