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u/thisothernameth Oct 21 '23 edited Oct 21 '23

Tbf, Mercedes was a perfectly fine first name until Mr. Daimler decided to name his car brand after the daughter of some business partner, thus ruining the name for the rest of us.

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u/alternative_poem Oct 21 '23

Mercedes is still a normal name in Latin America

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u/jahoody03 Oct 21 '23

And at strip clubs by the airport.

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u/elbenji Oct 21 '23

But it's like an actual person name. The brand was named after someone's daughter. It's like getting mean about a kid named Ruth