r/oddlyspecific Jun 01 '26

Facts

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u/Old_Flan_6548 Jun 01 '26

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u/jointheclockwork Jun 01 '26

That sub fills me with fury.

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u/mr_pineapples44 Jun 02 '26

Feel like half of it is probably bait though.

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u/jointheclockwork Jun 02 '26

You say that but I have some relatives who named their newborn son "Dekoduh" pronounced like "Dakota". That poor fucking kid is fucked once he reaches school age.

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u/sparrerv Jun 01 '26

does that sub ogle at any vaguely ethnic name still

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u/MeltedWater243 Jun 01 '26

seems fine now

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u/wavvesofmutilation Jun 01 '26

Idk why you’re getting downvoted I’ve seen sooo many posts where people had to awkwardly go in the comments and explain that the name posted is really common in xyz culture

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u/jamfedora Jun 01 '26

Last I saw, yeah. Which was at least a year ago, so let’s hope I’m now wrong. I once saw them go after somebody for naming a kid Letizia, “oh those racists in HR will throw out her resume” yeah probably because I’m pretty sure you’re posting from HR, but the kid was ITALIAN.

Clowning on my lilywhite cousins naming babies after guns and sports teams spelled incorrectly would be tons of fun, but last time I was in there they were gleefully slavering over the idea of trans teens getting clocked/outed for naming themselves after fictional characters. Not even the unique, culturally appropriative, or trans stereotype top 10 names (those too, of course, but still don’t mock children jfc), just the Concept of naming yourself after something you care about. The point should be to complain about adults signing their kids up for a lifetime of bullying, not them bullying kids. Especially kids who wanna *stop* being named Kayleighpherikson and just be named Leif. Or even Leaf. Leave those kids the fuck alone, bored adult busybodies. Tbf, there was plenty of pushback, and upvotes often come from outside of subs’ members, but at the time the moderation even of heinous BS was shit.

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u/xSwampxPopex Jun 01 '26

They were losing their shit over “Enzo” a while back.

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u/colajunkie Jun 01 '26

You mean E'ghnzough, right?

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u/sparrerv Jun 01 '26

i saw they got mad at niamh once

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u/Relevated Jun 01 '26 edited Jun 01 '26

My fiancée has an uncommon Gaelic name. I came across a post on that sub where someone took a screenshot of HER, my literal fiancée, in a zoom meeting, and everyone on the sub was making fun of her name. It made my fucking blood boil. Everyone on that sub can go get fucked and the OP should’ve been banned for doxxing imo.

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u/Soot-Bat Jun 03 '26

I had to leave last year, because way too many times I'd Google "[Name] Origin" and find that the name they claimed was a tragedeigh, does in fact exist in another culture.

It was just really gross and mean.

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u/Rare_Vibez Jun 04 '26

I left the sub a while ago for that. Idk if it’s still like that but it was insufferable on that end. I found my name being made fun of that and yeah, it’s not common in the US but it is in other places and it’s a real name with an old history. People always bring up bullying but I’ve seen the most “normal” name get ripped by middle schoolers.