The human brain is obsessed with associations. As it navigates novel stimuli and experiences, the exposures of the past come up big for understanding what the heck we're looking at in a given moment.
Unfortunately, that holds true when the past stimulus was a huge jerk face.
Negative associations to common first names are a sad, but common truth in a long life. After all, with so many repeated names, a few are bound to be rotten eggs.
That can make things unfair for someone at a party that shares a name with the infuriating dingus of yesteryear. But sometimes a brain hangup is far more powerful than rational fairness.
AutisticAtheist999 asked,
"What name is ruined for you, because of one person you hate?"
30 Years of Fuming Rage
Paul, the guy who bullied me every year from kindergarten through 12th grade. I'm 48 now, and, every time I meet a person named Paul, I automatically feel hatred towards them.
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Band Geeks
"Mason, someone with the name was a section leader at my marching band and let's just say he wasn't really a nice person."
Pain Runs Deep
"Allyson. My husband loves the name but I wouldn't/couldn't name our daughters it. Allyson was a big and tall girl in elementary school and she didn't even push me around. Her bullying was strictly psychological. She did her best to make sure I was never happy."
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Nooo.
"Jake Paul, ever since some of my friends started nicknaming me Jake Paul."
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Benefit of the Doubt
I have never met a Tyler or Ashley that wasn't an absolute piece of sh*t.
Sorry to those nice ones out there.
Worst Line of Work for Names
My spouse and I are both teachers... a lot of future baby names are ruined because of a**hole students we've had in our classes. Every Mike out there.
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Side Effects
Hannah. I dated a girl named Hannah and she ruined my life temporarily by stealing all of my friends and embarrassing me in front of most of my school by getting her brother to beat me up.
It's been 2 years and there are still side effects.
Certainly Narrows it Down
I worked in post secondary student housing for 15 years, supervising literally thousands of 17 - 21 year olds.
When it came to naming my son, I had to veto dozens of names my wife came up with because I had to deal with entitled sh!tbuckets as part of my job.
Liam, Jason, Tyler, Dylan, Ryan, Taylor, Cody, Kyle, Xavier, Zack, ...all were unacceptable.
You'll Know Him When You See Him
Callum.
If you're reading this you know I'll kill you if we meet again.
Authoritative Spoiling
Victoria
She was a manager at my previous job, the type to describe herself as 'brutally honest' when she was actually just mean.
An Unholy Trauma
Angel
Long story short: He does not want to see me happy, get a girlfriend, live a normal life, etc. He'd be better off named Demon.
Quite the Pattern
Anyone named Sam.
Every time I meet one they seem nice at first but that's only so then they can find a nice spot to put a dagger in my back.
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Casting a Wide Net
Abigail, Abby, Abbie, Abbe, however you spell it.
They're not to be trusted.
Hard to Recover From That One
I always loved the name Theo for a son, and always had intended to name a son that.
In late high school my girlfriend at the time told me she was pregnant and we decided we were going to do the whole thing. Told our parents, started getting our sh*t together. Decided if it was a boy we were going to name him Theo and were working on girl names.
Then, after a month or so of this, she told me she had miscarried. We broke up about a year after that, and I learned when we broke up that she had faked the whole fu**ing thing. Decided to fake a pregnancy to 'test my loyalty.'
May Be a Biased Sample
Justin. Literally every Justin I have ever crossed paths with has been an absolute insufferable douche. susannahmio82
I've met one Justin in my life. This description fits. Slushy13
True. Disgusting. Potatoe-Peaches
Sounds Like We Have a Consensus
Like others have said, people named Tyler generally suck. I had a high school friend named Tyler that was the most annoying narcissistic a**hole and I cut him out of my life the day I graduated.
The Full Name Rage
Lindsey. I hate the name because of a girl from high school. You know the person sucked if every time you think of the person you say both their first and last name.
Sorry, Todds
Todd. Never liked a Todd, I've known some really d*ckheads named Todd. Fu** you Todd. blahsdeep
Todd from breaking bad fits it. But Todd from Bojack Horseman is an exception. BasicUsername_1
Too Many David's. No More David's.
David. I know about 8 Davids, 6 of which are dumba**es or idiots who I had conflict with, or who did wrongs to me.
David 7 was a pal with whom I used to play Warhammer. The only David I actually like. I hope he's doing fine.
She Sounds Lovely
On a lighter note, Deanna, because in sixth grade one was in my class. And her nickname was what I wanted my nickname to be, since I didn't like the name I had at the time. It's very petty.
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But sometimes, the wisdom imparted by friends isn't always helpful or relevant to the situation.
Curious to hear from strangers online who could do without specific knowledge, Redditor Saibotnl1 asked:
"What life advice can just f'k off?"
These Redditors have a problem with how certain people have on outlook on life.
Time To Rest
"Sleep when you’re dead."
"Cool, but you’re going to be dead a lot sooner."
– Tag2graff
Irrelevant Sadness
"People have it so much worse than you so don’t be sad!"
– notrachelmar
"To that I like to say, 'people have it so much better than you so don't be happy!'"
– ___jupiter____
Your Life Path
"Almost anything relating to what age you must be in order to buy a house, have children, marry, have a profession, or do anything else. Seriously, everyone's life is different from everyone else's. Make your life the way you want it to be. If you so desire. Up to you."
– Frn071
On The Contrary
“Cheaters never prosper”
"Yes, they f'king do."
– waqasnaseem07
People can get out of any situation they find displeasing.
But others feel people should just "stick it out."
Ignoring Bullies
"Just ignore bullys or get someone else to handle it for you. I have never seen this work, only makes it worse. The only effective way I've seen to deal with them is by not making yourself an easy target and make them scared to f'k with you again. If going psycho on their a** is the only thing they'll respond to that's their fault. Also want to add in schools they will punish you for self defense but that punishment is only sitting around a few hours in detention or sitting around at home with a suspension. The punishment is temporary boredom, it's absolutely nothing compared to being bullied and when it's over the important message will still stand that you will not tolerate being a victim."
– User Delted
Remain to be Miserable
"Stick it out"
"Whether that's sh**ty jobs, shi**y relationships, shi**y living situations..."
"By all means don't just give up on things when you face challenges, but if something feels wrong or is wrecking your peace then take some control and change it if you can!"
– petitezoey
"Easy for you to say," might be an auto-response to these suggestions for many people.
Invitation For Recklesslessness
"Live like everyday was your last"
Yall know what people do when they learn they have a single day left to live?"
– LimeGrass619
A Possible Consequence
"I did that as a teenager and ended up homeless and addicted to heroin. Didn’t pan out for me too well."
"19 years sober though today."
– Open-Section-7263
A Practical Approach
"If I knew with certainty that I had one day left, I'd double-check all my financials, my will, and my insurance policies, make sure my wife had all of my passwords and knew where all the money was, spend the rest of the day with her and the kids, then call the medical examiner and ask to lie down on the gurney so that when I die they won't strain their back moving my remains out of my house."
– Asteriad
Nose Stuck In A Book
"Work while they sleep. Study while they party"
"That's not a recipe for success, that's a recipe for a lot of white hairs, burnout syndrome and a stroke before your 40s..."
– Khomuna
Doesn't Apply To Everyone
"Do what you love and money will follow"
"I love walking my dogs and grilling food for my friends but That sh*t doesn't pay the bills as well as my engineering degree!"
– Elons_android
While people's intentions are good, they're better off keeping their two cents in their own pockets.
Not everyone likes to hear platitudes.
Sometimes, people just want to know they're not alone with their problems over listening to unlikely solutions that are nothing more than superficial pick-me-ups.
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