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Kid Names (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
submitted 11 months ago by to c/whitepeopletwitter@sh.itjust.works
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[–] 12 points 11 months ago (10 children)

We need to normalize naming ourselves, why should we let someone who doesn't know us yet decide what we should be called forever?

I get you've got to be called something but there's no reason we can't decide something else later.

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  • [–] 8 points 11 months ago* (6 children)

    I think you can change your name in most places

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago (5 children)

    I'm not saying you can't, just that it should be normalized for people to take agency like that.

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    But like, you'd still name a name before that, at least for official documents and such. Normalizing renaming is fine, but I see that as somewhat separate from parents naming their children to begin with.

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago (1 child)

    I'm talking about normalizing picking your own name which is different than just being able to change your name.

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago

    Sure, but when do you propose someone pick their own name? What are they referred to before that point? I know there have been cultures where what you are suggesting is exactly how they handle it, but in societies that have identification numbers and birth records, they need to be called something before they are able to choose their own name.

    Like, the actual, physical logistics of what you propose doesn't make sense to me. Normalizing changing your own name to something you choose later, though, does make sense.

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago (2 children)

    If we named ourselves, I guess our names would also serve as a lasting reminder of what our 5 year old selves thought was cool.

    I mean, that's not such a bad thing in the long run but it might get tough when you're in your teens

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  • [–] 8 points 11 months ago

    Billie Eilish has several middle names. Eilish is in fact one of them. One of them, however, is “Pirate”. Because her parents allowed her big brother to choose one of them when she was born.

    Why she doesn’t go by Pirate, I’ll never understand.

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