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What are some cursed names to avoid?

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Everything named Concord crashed and burned as a result of overconfidence.

And then the Titanic and OceanGate Titan sank despite being “unsinkable”.

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ThotDragon@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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Blessica

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No_Ones_Slick_Like_Gaston@lemmy.world
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Blimpson

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caseyweederman@lemmy.ca
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Blursica

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aarRJaay@lemm.ee
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In SciFi, EVERY ship called The Icarus disappears/ gets destroyed.

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Apytele@sh.itjust.works
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Also the icarus project from sgu, accursed of a show as it was.

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Like the wind...@sh.itjust.worksOP
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I know exactly what to name my futurism inspired submersible to view the Titanic!

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fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com
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I mean I know about Icarus, and I’ve seen this in a scifi show, but didn’t realize it was a trope.

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BossDj@lemm.ee
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Every teacher has their own list of “absolutely never” names for future offspring. The amount of overlap is surprising

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Like the wind...@sh.itjust.worksOP
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I feel like there has never been any good Jonathans, Aidens, Jacksons, Tyrees, Katies, Katrinas, Isaiahs, or Catherines. And any name that’s hyphenated with Ann.

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spicy pancake@lemmy.zip
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to add to the data points I’ve known 3 lovely Katies and 2 awful ones

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I Cast Fist@programming.dev
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Changes from country to country, I suppose. I’m not even a teacher, but I know damn well Samuel is an absolute no. Most other biblical names also tend to rate highly on the “DON’T” list.

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DirigibleProtein@aussie.zone
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Adolf

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nocturne@sopuli.xyz
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I went to school with a kid named Adolph. As an adult and learning more about his family, it was an homage.

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lolola@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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Teacher: Oh wow I’m so impressed society is finally trying to reclaim that name after such a dark past.

Parents: No no, we’re actually fans of the dark past.

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Noodle07@lemmy.world
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Me want to reclaim the fancy looking cross but people are still pieces of shit so I can’t

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Like the wind...@sh.itjust.worksOP
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Should have told Hubert Blaine Wolfe+575 about his actual first name

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lnxtx (xe/xem/xyr)@feddit.nl
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Elon, Musk, Trump, Netanyahu, Putin, Bush, Reagan, Lehman, Ford, Rockefeller, Cook, Bezos, Parkinson, Tourette.

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fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com
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They didn’t ask for your Lemmy filter…

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Volkditty@lemmy.world
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We didn’t start the fire…

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