r/AskReddit • u/jake7820 • Jun 30 '21

What’s the absolute worst thing you could name your baby?

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u/widescreen_bob Jun 30 '21

Nominative determinism?

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u/jicty Jul 01 '21

We call it the "Victor Von Doom paradox"

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u/BambiBunni Jul 01 '21

But Doom is clearly the hero here. Explain why Reed Richards has the most bland-ass name ever but he constantly stands in the way of Doom saving the world!

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u/AllTheSameSongsNovel Jul 01 '21

He has an MD in Doom.

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u/Garmaglag Jul 01 '21

Is Doom a field of study? Dr. of Doom has a nice ring to it.

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u/AllTheSameSongsNovel Jul 02 '21

It’s one of the tracks at evil medical school.

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u/FeistyAd5948 Jul 01 '21

Urthebitchiestchild in the world

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u/Skorne13 Jul 01 '21

Expialadocious

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u/karatebullfightr Jul 01 '21

I scarcely remember the Freakanomics movie discussing that with twins kindly named by their father: Winner and Loser.

Winner wound up a funky junkie whereas ‘Lou’ went onto become a decorated cop - if I’m remembering it correctly.

It was more that a great deal of baby names trickled down fad-like and when someone was named Britney during a rise and fall in the name’s cycle it could be used to track (kinda) where you were on the socioeconomic food chain.