Jermaine Jackson has a son called "Jermajesty." Not sure how to pronounce it? I'll help!
Say "Her majesty" like you're talking about the queen.
Great, now say it again but smash it all together in one word like if the queen was on fire and maybe a stop, drop, and roll is in order, post haste.
Now drop the "H" and replace it with a "J" cause secretly this is about Jermaine, I guess?
That's how you say Jermajesty Jacksons first name ... and it doesn't even begin to scratch the surface of where this thread is going.
Reddit user Iron8te asked:
"What is the worst name you've ever heard?"
Jermajesty ... go on back and enjoy being a handsome, talented, well traveled young man living his best life. We're sorry to have dragged you into this.
Clearly your name is totally normal. At least compared to all this...
'Common' Name
"I once met a girl named Cliche 😭"
- Background_Tree_8468
"Did she get old quick?"
- Homelander44
"This reads like the start of a limerick"
- DrChonk
"I bet she wasn't like other girls."
- Plenty_Past2333
"I read this as Chicle and as a Hispanic I was like nooooo"
- multigrain-pancakes
Fatalism and Fate
"In elementary school there was a boy named Famous. His younger sister was Fashion."
- sourdoughbreadlover
"A**hole parents lmao"
- Chemical-Volume-6825
"I KNEW A FAMOUS TOO"
- AdditionalChart371
"So I literally just read a feature story about a man named Famous and his wife in my alumni magazine. If it’s the same guy, he turned out alright despite his sh*t name."
- kaytay3000
"I know a guy named Famous! He's definitely not living up to his name."
- Jasonrj
Trattoria Family
"I’m in healthcare and the worst name I’ve seen on a kid is Meatball"
- peppermintblues
"Son of Meatloaf?"
- TheGoober87
"Are you a vet?"
- AccidentalBastard
"This one made me genuinely lol"
- sarbot88
"Imagine yelling across a store 'AY MEATBALL' or 'Has anyone seen my kid? His name is meatball' Poor kid"
- LazyLittleBat
"You called?"
- MeatballsRegional
"When you wanted a dog, but you had a kid instead."
- AthenasApostle
adult swim GIF by HULUGiphyThe Original 'G'
"An 80+ year old lady called Gremlin"
- Jazzlike-Channel3465
"Never feed her after midnight."
- IAmNaaatBorat
"I want to be named gremlin so bad"
- EnoughIdeas
"Right? I wonder if my family would support me in my name change petition."
- ItsMummyTime
"The POWER that name has…"
- knightogourd
"What a G, I hope she lives +100 years old."
- HappyhourGremlin
"A name you grow out of, then eventually back into"
- theEFG15
Movie Flirting GIFGiphyWho Is Coming?
"'Messiahiscoming' is by far the worse I've heard. It's beyond ridiculous."
"She was 12-14 years old and said nothing. Mother did all the talking."
- PointyWombat
"That's less of a name and more of a threat..."
- Iron8te
"Once upon a time this was a standard in come circles. Thou-Shalt-Not-Commit-Adultery Pulsifer wasn't just a made up name in Good Omens to sound strange, there were people who really had names like that."
- PM_me_ur_navel_girl
"Did this kid live in 17th century massachussetts or?"
- emu_spy
"We had a Praisegod in my school."
- Younggatz99
"I read that name in Jar-Jar Binks voice"
- AsparagusFlex
That's An 'Eye' Sore
"Eye'n, pronounced Ian."
" 'To be different', per his mom."
"What the f*ck."
- JustMeerkats
"I genuinely hate that trend."
"Just because a name is different doesn't mean it's good. Or ever gonna be pronounced correctly. There's a reason no other kids are called that."
"Had this conversation with my mum when I came home and told her I changed my name, and she was surprised that I didn't want to keep the old sh*tty one that I had."
- Unknown_Captain
" 'Let’s be “different' by taking an incredibly common ass name and butchering the spelling.”
“ 'We’re so unique' they say as they chuckle to themselves proudly"
- multigrain-pancakes
"Are you Eye'n me up"
- GullibleDetective
Greg²
"Once at work, I met a guy whose first name was Greg which is not all that bad. The thing is, his last name was also Greg."
"TLDR- Greg Greg"
- Glide1505
"Met a guy named Marty Martin and asked if his first name was legally Martin. 'No, my birth certificate says Marty. Why does everybody ask me that?"'"
"You goddamn know why, Martin Martin."
- Nooooope
"This is weird in the US but I have met people not from the US who have the same first and last name."
- VulfSki
"How much imagination do you have to lack if you can't think of another name that isn't the surname."
"man, I just can't come up with any other names, I guess we'll just name our baby Greg Greg"
"Or they think it's funny?"
"Like, I truly want to know why people name their kids Greg Greg or Tommy Thompson, et"
- urbanhag
"I used to know a dude named Greg Gregory. His middle name was Allen, making his initials GAG."
- Hotdogmaniac6969
Like The Antibiotic
"Clindamycin. Yes, spelled exactly the same way as the antibiotic."
"When questioned, the mom said 'I just thought it was pretty' "
- throwawaypanda15
"There was a chemistry teacher at my school who named her kids after elements. The one’s name was calcium…"
- Kyubey4Ever
"It takes a special kind of thoughtless stupidity to pull this one"
- rosepotion
"Siblings Cephalexin and Amoxicillin weren’t available for comment…"
- eljefecamacho
"Clinda for short"
- Thickfries69
"I hope it’s shortend to Linda or Clyde"
- Sterwood
That's... Ummm...
"Michael Kidiporn. Was a customers name. Was on the precall went to say 'Mr Ki-…sorry I’ll just butcher your name'."
"He said 'No it’s Kidiporn' "
"Sorry bro but a name change would be first on my list of things to do, Now."
- lovelynutz
"This would be a case for taking the wife’s last name. Sorry, the Kidiporn line ends here"
- lovelynutz
"That's terrible. Like, Mel Brooks couldn't come up with that."
"And he came up with 'Latrine.... Yeah, used to be Sh*thouse'."
- oniwolf382
"Going on the good-faith assumption this not trolling. Must be a Thai name. 'Porn' means blessed in Thai."
- dee615
"Used to be a doctor in my area with that name (worked in sample processing for a bit) . I want to say it was Dr. Kittiporn but I can’t remember the spelling. But, yep, real name people have."
- rckrusekontrol
"Wow..."
- Iron8te
A Nascar Driver, Wrestler, Or Just Cool?
"I taught a kid who’s real name is Ricky Rock n’ Roll Smith"
- Hopeful__Historian
"That kid is either gonna be awesome or a total piece of shit. Either way he will definitely do a lot of drugs."
- igotbigballs
"Sounds like a 90's WWF wrestler name"
- TotallyNotClickbait2
"I already know what his parents are like..."
- Iron8te
"Well at the very least he has a normal first name to use."
- emu_spy
"You must be commenting on the wrong post. Try a reddit search for 'What's the most awesome f*cking name in the universe ever?'."
- belbsy
"Rockin Ricky?! Man I love that guy!"
- derKonigsten
rock n roll cat GIFGiphyCan I Just Call Him Rich?
"I had a customer named Dick Butts. I thought it was a joke, but one of the employees asked to see his driver's license and it was truly his name."
- Heftydog1
"Just introduce yourself as Richard at that point."
- Final_masker
"Haha how was Dick ever acceptable as a name?!"
- ungoogled
"There was a famous football player named Dick Butkis! He was an amazing player so no one mentioned his name as a joke!"
- Tracirainbow69
"Hey it’s me, your customer"
- PENIS_ANUS
"Met an elderly man with the name Booger"
- MrPuzzleMan
"A dear friend of mine who recently passed had the nickname Booger and honestly, nobody called him anything else. His dad called him that when he was little, and he was just Boog forever. I miss you, man. The world shines a little less without you in it."
- Lilredh4iredgrl
"There is a TV sports commentator named Booger Mcfarland. It's a nickname but that's what everyone on TV calls him and that's what the graphics say."
- mtwtfssmtwtfss
"It’s made 10x funnier by the fact he has a reputation for saying things that are pretty obvious so everyone’s like 'thanks booger'."
- Do__Math__Not__Meth
"Booger seems to have been a common nickname for an older generation. Fun fact: The Undertaker (from WWE) was almost given the name "Booger Red" as his wrestler name before he was given the Undertaker character."
- Hotdogmaniac6969
Hotdogs Would've Been Better
"My elementary school boyfriend in 3rd grade was named Matthew wiener the kids started calling me mrs wiener so I told him I couldn’t be his girlfriend anymore lol"
- UsedQuiet2862
"I know a family who's last name is Weiner. To be frank, they are all kind-of d*cks"
- zesty_itnl_spy99
"One of my friends married a 'Boner' right out of HS 😰"
- weareborgunicons
"I’d keep my own name!"
"There’s also a youtuber named Tucker Boner lol"
- UncouthCorvid
"I knew a Matthew Wiener. He was a director who travelled and directed plays at a bunch of different places"
- TurboMoofasa
"was he related to Gretchen? is so that is so Fetch!"
- glucoseintolerant
Staff Sergeant2
"In the military there was this guy called Richard (Dick) Sergeant. Who was a Staff Sergeant. So his name was Staff Sergeant Dick Sergeant. He owned it though so good for him."
- Rickdaquickk
"Like Catch 22, never to be promoted again."
- ucat97
"When I was in the Air Force I had to do a work order for a Captain Ho. I hope she was eventually promoted to Major Ho.I have also seen other funny names from the Navy such as Stains, so their title was Seamen Stains."
- IThinkMyLegsAreBroke
"I went to boot camp with a 'Seaman Samples' 🤣 Always wondered what happened to him."
- BperrHawaii
Fight Dance GIF by tv2norgeGiphyGreat Start For A Rappers Name
"Xerox, poor kid will be bullied for the rest of their life"
- [Reddiut]
"Copy that."
- billybobjimmyjoe
"Honestly I doubt young kids even know what Xerox means. My 16 yo nephew thought Kodak was named after a rapper lmao. I think little Xerox will be fine. Unless this was like 10-15+ years ago."
- Whosyouranimedaddy
"Jammed up for the rest of his life."
- brds
"Spittin’ straight fax"
- BlueBoltDog
Happy Season 3 GIF by The SimpsonsGiphyThese Dang Vices
"My sisters sister in law named her son Brewer literally because they are alcoholics."
- bijouby
"Oh dear. This is legitimately sad."
- mrsjettypants
"I know a boy named Blayze because his parents are dumb dumb potheads"
- irongoatmts66
"People need to save that type of shit for the family pet"
- trippymermaid
"My parents are alcoholics and they've named every dog we've ever had after alcohol. Growing up we had Boozer and Tipsy. When I found out what they meant, I was so embarrassed to tell my friends my dogs' names. Now they have Brandi. Little more classy but I still know."
"I'm glad I have a somewhat normal name and they didn't so the same to me"
- TAconfessions22
Sounds Made Up
"Joey Jo-Jo Junior Shabadoo"
- VincentKlortho
"That's the worst name I've ever heard"
- inabighat
"Hellllllo I'm Guy Incognito"
- groovy604
"If this wasn't one of the top answers I was going to officially declare myself way too old for reddit!"
- JPMoney81
"I am thoroughly disappointed this is not top comment."
- blindedbyhindsight
"Come back!!"
- JoeyJoeJoeJrShaba
homer simpson joey jo-jo shabadoo GIFGiphyExplosive Name.
"Cash dynamite, to the mom named exclamation"
- ogsandtoads
"Dude. That is objectively an awesome name. I wish my name was Cash Dynamite"
- afauce11
"that shts dope tf"
- SingleShake6745
"This is the funkiest, most 70s thing I've read today."
- Lehelito
"How are you not the coolest mf with the name cash dynamite, you should have a documentary about ur life if ur name is cash dynamite"
- couldbedumber96
"Guy named Ashley Hole who went by 'Ash'."
"I sht you not."
- PiffWiffler
"His guy has the biggest loophole when it comes to kahoot names"
- ismokejimmyneutron
"I'd probably pick that nickname as well out of spite."
- HeyWaitHUHWhat
"You know Ashley started as a male name right? Popular male name during ww2, exactly like Kelly."
- NoticeWhenUAreHappy
"It's not just that his name is Ashley. He goes by Ash Hole. Try saying it out loud."
- Banana42
You're up.
If you've got a name so bad that it looped it's way back around into awesomeness, let us know!
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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.
