I feel like over the course of the last decade or so there has been an uptick in people changing their names when they reach adulthood. Some people make some good changes and others, are clearly too high to be making such life altering choices. But a lot of theses names are being changed, because parents themselves, were clearly incapable of properly making some of these decisions as well. And society has taken notice.
Redditor u/Hasden2007 wanted to discuss the names people have given their kids that make us all feel bad that some people have kids by asking... What is the worst name you could give a child?"ME"
I was named after my grandfather, word for word. Nice man, but dull name. At least I've always thought so. I waited until I was eighteen and the day I could do it, I changed it. Well, some of it. My mother wasn't furious, but oh well. I'm the one who had to live with it. A name is for LIFE, you would think more thought would go into more of them.
What's in a name? Let's find out...
Scrub
crossfire hurricane vintage GIFGiphyMy coworker named her baby "Strawberry Rain", which would be a great name if she had given birth to a bottle of shampoo.
Brewing Weather...
There was a girl in high school with the last name Storms. She got knocked up at 14. She named the kid Sylva Winta. I always thought was really terrible.
Knew a girl named Summer Storm who had a sister named Winter.
Winter and their mom were strippers.
Oh Richie...
I actually went to school with a guy named Richard Rash. To make it worse his mother was a teacher there. Poor Dick couldn't catch a break.
There was a name game in the 1800s where you'd shorten a name, and then rhyme it. Like William to Will to Bill, or Richard to Rick to Dick.
That's why you never hear a Billiam or Dichard; the rhyming was part of the nicknaming.
I still don't understand how people whose native tongue is English can turn Richard into Dick. That makes no freaking sense. Why not Rick?
The Spare
Awkward John Krasinski GIF by Saturday Night LiveGiphyI went to school with a younger-brother named Justin Case.
Sorry man.
No Name
How about not giving your child a name? There was a kid I went to high school with whose legal first name was "Unnamed Baby Boy." I don't know the story behind that though.
That's awful.
Popular
In Norway, if you don't send in the papers to name your baby within 6 months (iirc) they automatically get the most popular name for their assigned gender in their region. So for instance in 2020 the top names (country-wide, not region though, so there's local variations) were Jakob or Nora.
"Seriously?"
Now you can't tell me some of those people were indulging in some mind altering stimulants when they chose these life labels. Whether you're a parent or renaming yourself, how could one possibly think these were sufficient options? Let's continue...
Size Matters
I have a friend named Johnson. That's no big deal, but his last name is Smalls.
Serve it Hot
There's a British chef, jamie oliver, who named his children the following:
- poppy honey rosie
- petal blossom rainbow
- buddy bear maurice
- daisy boo pamela
- river rocket blue dallas someone call childline. peachxstile
Go with a Veg
fruit GIF by Dead Set on LifeGiphyI have heard of many bad names, but Sex Fruit is probably the worst I have seen.
And people get mad when you call their children "crotch fruit", here they are doing it to their kids themselves!
Parents are Crazy
I was a high s hill teacher for many many years and have seen some real crazy names throughout the past 4 decades including each decades " trend". The worst name ever? Still can't believe it and this was about 8-9 years ago - I had a girl with the first name Swastika. Fortunately she went by the nickname Tika but who does that to a child?
Hey Girl
Netflix Sam Dean GIF by DaybreakGiphyPrincess. A girl in my high school was legally named princess but she went by her middle name. There was also a girl who's name was Sunny Day and she was the emo kid.
Quiet Riot
I've seen a few little boys named Riot. That name seems pretty bad to me.
Sounds like you're setting yourself up for a child with behavioural issues.
Someone I know has a kid named Rhyett. Pronounced riot. Poor kid has a mix of crazy name and crazy spelling.
GoT Issues
I know someone who named their kid Khaleesi, yikes.
I have two friends who got married and had a GoT style wedding. It was actually super dope.
Then they changed their last names to WyntersEnd and I...just...can't...
kanye west no GIFGrow Up
I knew a guy in college who named his first child Sephiroth, and he would get really angry when anyone would shorten it. He named his daughter Aerith as well, and at least that is kind of pretty and unique sounding, but Sephiroth....
Does that guy know that Sephiroth and Aerith... don't really get along too well?
So Shy
When i worked at Chick-fil-a way back in the day, I was taking this girl's order and it time time to ask for her name, she was being very hesitant. So I was just waiting for a reply until her mom says "Sorry she's shy!!" looks me in the eyes with a smile and tells me "Her name is Thankful!" ...poor child.
bad bros
brothers chuckle GIFGiphyI met a furniture salesman that was named Cain with a brother named Abel when we bought our couch. He just smiled and shrugged when my Dad asked why.
I'm a Cosmo
Tequila. Sibling was Margarita.
Margarita is fine. It's a common form of Margaret. I actually really like it. But tequila? What were they THINKING! Poor kid is definitely changing their name as soon as they turn 18.
A Folly
aaron paul what GIF by Breaking BadGiphyA friend of a friend was named 'Forsheeza Jolly Goodfellow' before she had it changed. Can't even imagine having to deal with that at school.
A Well Done Name
I was watching the game show Scrabble, hosted by Chuck Woolery. They were having kid week.
There was this one boy, about 10 or so, and his name was Chucksteak. Just like that. All one word.
When I saw it, my first thought was "Your parents hated you when you were born."
Not Unique
Dog Ok GIF by joeyahlbumGiphyany fandom related names...
any celebrity quirky names...
any name with messed up spellings to make it "unique"...
just name your bland old kid Riley and move on, instead of RyeLeighUh.
Oh dear. We really are lost as a society. What happened to good ole Marys and Deans? Remember when the most off the wall names were fruits or colors? I swear now we're just making stuff up for shock value. Remember a name is for LIFE. Oh wait, it's not anymore. Change away.
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Experiencing death is a fascinating and frightening idea.
Who doesn't want to know what is waiting for us on the other side?
But so many of us want to know and then come back and live a little longer.
It would be so great to be sure there is something else.
But the whole dying part is not that great, so we'll have to rely on other people's accounts.
Redditor AlaskaStiletto wanted to hear from everyone who has returned to life, so they asked:
"Redditors who have 'died' and come back to life, what did you see?"
Sensations
Happy Good Vibes GIF by Major League SoccerGiphy"My dad's heart stopped when he had a heart attack and he had to be brought back to life. He kept the paper copy of the heart monitor which shows he flatlined. He said he felt an overwhelming sensation of peace, like nothing he had felt before."
PeachesnPain
Recovery
"I had surgical complications in 2010 that caused a great deal of blood loss. As a result, I had extremely low blood pressure and could barely stay awake. I remember feeling like I was surrounded by loved ones who had passed. They were in a circle around me and I knew they were there to guide me onwards. I told them I was not ready to go because my kids needed me and I came back."
"My nurse later said she was afraid she’d find me dead every time she came into the room."
"It took months, and blood transfusions, but I recovered."
good_golly99
Take Me Back
"Overwhelming peace and happiness. A bright airy and floating feeling. I live a very stressful life. Imagine finding out the person you have had a crush on reveals they have the same feelings for you and then you win the lotto later that day - that was the feeling I had."
"I never feared death afterward and am relieved when I hear of people dying after suffering from an illness."
rayrayrayray
Free
The Light Minnie GIF by (G)I-DLEGiphy"I had a heart surgery with near-death experience, for me at least (well the possibility that those effects are caused by morphine is also there) I just saw black and nothing else but it was warm and I had such inner peace, its weird as I sometimes still think about it and wish this feeling of being so light and free again."
TooReDTooHigh
This is why I hate surgery.
You just never know.
Shocked
Giphy"More of a near-death experience. I was electrocuted. I felt like I was in a deep hole looking straight up in the sky. My life flashed before me. Felt sad for my family, but I had a deep sense of peace."
Admirable_Buyer6528
The SOB
"Nursing in the ICU, we’ve had people try to die on us many times during the years, some successfully. One guy stood out to me. His heart stopped. We called a code, are working on him, and suddenly he comes to. We hadn’t vented him yet, so he was able to talk, and he started screaming, 'Don’t let them take me, don’t let them take me, they are coming,' he was scared and yelling."
"Then he yelled a little more, as we tried to calm him down, he screamed, 'No, No,' and gestured towards the end of the bed, and died again. We didn’t get him back. It was seriously creepy. We called his son to tell him the news, and the son said basically, 'Good, he was an SOB.'”
1-cupcake-at-a-time
Colors
"My sister died and said it was extremely peaceful. She said it was very loud like a train station and lots of talking and she was stuck in this area that was like a curtain with lots of beautiful colors (colors that you don’t see in real life according to her) a man told her 'He was sorry, but she had to go back as it wasn’t her time.'"
Hannah_LL7
"I had a really similar experience except I was in an endless garden with flowers that were colors I had never seen before. It was quiet and peaceful and a woman in a dress looked at me, shook her head, and just said 'Not yet.' As I was coming back, it was extremely loud, like everyone in the world was trying to talk all at once. It was all very disorienting but it changed my perspective on life!"
huntokarrr
The Fog
"I was in a gray fog with a girl who looked a lot like a young version of my grandmother (who was still alive) but dressed like a pioneer in the 1800s she didn't say anything but kept pulling me towards an opening in the wall. I kept refusing to go because I was so tired."
"I finally got tired of her nagging and went and that's when I came to. I had bled out during a c-section and my heart could not beat without blood. They had to deliver the baby and sew up the bleeders. refill me with blood before they could restart my heart so, like, at least 12 minutes gone."
Fluffy-Hotel-5184
Through the Walls
"My spouse was dead for a couple of minutes one miserable night. She maintains that she saw nothing, but only heard people talking about her like through a wall. The only thing she remembers for absolute certain was begging an ER nurse that she didn't want to die."
"She's quite alive and well today."
Hot-Refrigerator6583
Well let's all be happy to be alive.
It seems to be all we have.
Trying to lose weight is a struggle understood by many people regardless of size.
The goal of reaching a healthy weight may seem unattainable, but with diet and exercise, it can pay off through persistence and discipline.
Seeing the pounds gradually drop off can also be a great motivator and incentivize people to stay the course.
Those who've achieved their respective weight goals shared their experiences when Redditor apprenti8455 asked:
"People who lost a lot of weight, what surprises you the most now?"
Redditors didn't see these coming.
Shiver Me Timbers
"I’m always cold now!"
– Telrom_1
"I had a coworker lose over 130 pounds five or six years ago. I’ve never seen him without a jacket on since."
– r7ndom
"140 lbs lost here starting just before COVID, I feel like that little old lady that's always cold, damn this top comment was on point lmao."
– mr_remy
Drawing Concern
"I lost 100 pounds over a year and a half but since I’m old(70’s) it seems few people comment on it because (I think) they think I’m wasting away from some terminal illness."
– dee-fondy
"Congrats on the weight loss! It’s honestly a real accomplishment 🙂"
"Working in oncology, I can never comment on someone’s weight loss unless I specifically know it was on purpose, regardless of their age. I think it kind of ruffles feathers at times, but like I don’t want to congratulate someone for having cancer or something. It’s a weird place to be in."
– LizardofDeath
Unleashing Insults
"I remember when I lost the first big chunk of weight (around 50 lbs) it was like it gave some people license to talk sh*t about the 'old' me. Old coworkers, friends, made a lot of not just negative, but harsh comments about what I used to look like. One person I met after the big loss saw a picture of me prior and said, 'Wow, we wouldn’t even be friends!'”
"It wasn’t extremely common, but I was a little alarmed by some of the attention. My weight has been up and down since then, but every time I gain a little it gets me a little down thinking about those things people said."
– alanamablamaspama
Not Everything Goes After Losing Weight
"The loose skin is a bit unexpected."
– KeltarCentauri
"I haven’t experienced it myself, but surgery to remove skin takes a long time to recover. Longer than bariatric surgery and usually isn’t covered by insurance unless you have both."
– KatMagic1977
"It definitely does take a long time to recover. My Dad dropped a little over 200 pounds a few years back and decided to go through with skin removal surgery to deal with the excess. His procedure was extensive, as in he had skin taken from just about every part of his body excluding his head, and he went through hell for weeks in recovery, and he was bedridden for a lot of it."
– Jaew96
These Redditors shared their pleasantly surprising experiences.
Shopping
"I can buy clothes in any store I want."
– WaySavvyD
"When I lost weight I was dying to go find cute, smaller clothes and I really struggled. As someone who had always been restricted to one or two stores that catered to plus-sized clothing, a full mall of shops with items in my size was daunting. Too many options and not enough knowledge of brands that were good vs cheap. I usually went home pretty frustrated."
– ganache98012
No More Symptoms
"Lost about 80 pounds in the past year and a half, biggest thing that I’ve noticed that I haven’t seen mentioned on here yet is my acid reflux and heartburn are basically gone. I used to be popping tums every couple hours and now they just sit in the medicine cabinet collecting dust."
– colleennicole93
Expanding Capabilities
"I'm all for not judging people by their appearance and I recognise that there are unhealthy, unachievable beauty standards, but one thing that is undeniable is that I can just do stuff now. Just stamina and flexibility alone are worth it, appearance is tertiary at best."
– Ramblonius
People Change Their Tune
"How much nicer people are to you."
"My feet weren't 'wide' they were 'fat.'"
– LiZZygsu
"Have to agree. Lost 220 lbs, people make eye contact and hold open doors and stuff"
"And on the foot thing, I also lost a full shoe size numerically and also wear regular width now 😅"
– awholedamngarden
It's gonna take some getting used to.
Bones Everywhere
"Having bones. Collarbones, wrist bones, knee bones, hip bones, ribs. I have so many bones sticking out everywhere and it’s weird as hell."
– Princess-Pancake-97
"I noticed the shadow of my ribs the other day and it threw me, there’s a whole skeleton in here."
– bekastrange
Knee Pillow
"Right?! And they’re so … pointy! Now I get why people sleep with pillows between their legs - the knee bones laying on top of each other (side sleeper here) is weird and jarring."
– snic2030
"I lost only 40 pounds within the last year or so. I’m struggling to relate to most of these comments as I feel like I just 'slimmed down' rather than dropped a ton. But wow, the pillow between the knees at night. YES! I can relate to this. I think a lot of my weight was in my thighs. I never needed to do this up until recently."
– Strongbad23
More Mobility
"I’ve lost 100 lbs since 2020. It’s a collection of little things that surprise me. For at least 10 years I couldn’t put on socks, or tie my shoes. I couldn’t bend over and pick something up. I couldn’t climb a ladder to fix something. Simple things like that I can do now that fascinate me."
"Edit: Some additional little things are sitting in a chair with arms, sitting in a booth in a restaurant, being able to shop in a normal store AND not needing to buy the biggest size there, being able to easily wipe my butt, and looking down and being able to see my penis."
– dma1965
People making significant changes, whether for mental or physical health, can surely find a newfound perspective on life.
But they can also discover different issues they never saw coming.
That being said, overcoming any challenge in life is laudable, especially if it leads to gaining confidence and ditching insecurities.