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[-] [email protected] 148 points 2 months ago

One time, I got a job at a large, chain electronics store as a warehouse associate. They already had a guy there named Tim, but they immediately decided that they liked me more than him, and renamed that Tim (that worked there for 2 years) to "Other Tim."

[-] [email protected] 46 points 2 months ago
[-] [email protected] 24 points 2 months ago

Actually a badass nickname though, I would have leaned into that. But Other Tim doesn't seem cool enough for that

[-] [email protected] 37 points 2 months ago

Worked at a place with a guy named Todd. Then we got another Todd who was less than bright. He got nicknamed Re-Todd.

[-] [email protected] 29 points 2 months ago

Damn that's rough on Other Tim

[-] [email protected] 25 points 2 months ago

Literally othered

[-] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago

My cousin dated two guys named Dewey (back to back, too). When she introduced the second one to us, we called him Dewey Twoey

[-] [email protected] 75 points 2 months ago

Using Maxwell as the pic breaks the illusion of the story.

[-] [email protected] 65 points 2 months ago

The stories and information posted here are artistic works of fiction and falsehood.
Only a fool would take anything posted here as fact.

[-] [email protected] 15 points 2 months ago

I don’t see that in the screenshot anywhere

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[-] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

TIL I'm a fool.

[-] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago

On the other hand we get to look at Maxwell

[-] [email protected] 59 points 2 months ago

Human Connor should know his place

[-] [email protected] 40 points 2 months ago

the cat in the picture is named Maxwell. he's a lad.

[-] [email protected] 38 points 2 months ago

I would be honored to be called Human Sanctus if there was already a cat with my name.

[-] [email protected] 29 points 2 months ago

As a Connor myself I would be totally cool with being called human Connor

[-] [email protected] 27 points 2 months ago

And i think we know about as much as we need to about Human Conner.

[-] [email protected] 26 points 2 months ago

Fake. You telling me people on that board have office job?

[-] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I know that's a joke, but I worked with a friend who'd regularly discuss 4chan with me. I also sadly witnessed him slowly go from just laughing at Trump to supporting him, though that was back in 2015-2016. I moved and stopped using Facebook, so I haven't had any recent contact with him.

Edit whoops, this is cats. If politics isn't allowed here I can edit this.

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[-] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

It's exactly the guy in the office you would expect

[-] [email protected] 25 points 2 months ago

Honorifics work well in cases like this. Call the cat Connor-sama and the human Connor-kun.

[-] [email protected] 25 points 2 months ago

Jokes aside, it's probably easier for the cat to learn to ignore "Human Connor" than it is to learn a new name for themselves, right?

[-] [email protected] 20 points 2 months ago

It's probably easier for the human to recognise "Human Connor" than it is for the cat to learn a new name, right?

[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

The cat isn't going to understand 'human' either, so it's just <human noises> CONNER <more human noises, where are the treats?>

[-] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago

Cats can definitely recognize phrases made up of multiple words, as words themselves don't have a meaning for them.

[-] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago

I'm not sure, maybe we underrate them. I knew of a dog that also answered to being called by two different names, it was so amusing when I saw it.

[-] [email protected] 25 points 2 months ago

I mean, who DOESN'T have a pet that responds to both "[real name]" and some variant of "Shithead"?

[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

they don't respond to shithead, but they get called shithead

[-] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

Mine responds to: her name, bitch, dog, and puppy.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

I don't doubt that they can learn it, but it will probably take the cat longer than the human. Sounds totally fair to keep that in mind.

[-] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago

I dunno, I changed my cat's name after my ex left (she named him Tiny Rick and I thought that was fucking stupid) and he bounced right back. He was maybe 3 at the time. It's been nearly 8 years and he comes when called by his "new" name just fine.

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[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

The cat been responded to "connor" for so long, adding a "human" or "cat" at the front mean nothing to them.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

I think they can learn to ignore "human Connor" fairly quickly when they don't get the response they know/want.

[-] [email protected] 16 points 2 months ago

I would love to have that nickname

[-] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago

"Just Call me human John Smith!"

Day 163 they still dont know im a kitten with legal license.

[-] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago

I just want people to be called by their preferred names and pronouns

[-] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago

I doubt Human Connor is going to be actually upset about this tbh

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[-] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

Oh snap! I once worked somewhere that already had a guy with my name and he asked me to use some other name. I thought that was bad enough (and told him no). But this is next level.

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