"I’m not going to ask you to remember them all. Mostly because I don’t remember them all. Therefore, for ease of both narrative and our collective sanity, I’m going to name only the more important members of the Crow’s Song. The rest, regardless of gender, I’ll call 'Doug.' You’d be surprised how common the name is across worlds. Oh, some spell it 'Dug' or 'Duhg,' but it’s always around. Regardless of local linguistics, parents eventually start naming their kids Doug. I once spent ten years on a planet where the only sapient life was a group of pancakelike beings that expressed themselves through flatulence. And I kid you not—one was named Doug. Though admittedly it had a very distinctive smell attached when the word was 'spoken.''Doug'is the naming equivalent to convergent evolution. And once it arrives, it stays. A linguistic Great Filter; a wakeup call. Once a society reaches peak Doug, it’s time for it to go sit in the corner and think about what it has done."
Just now? Romney. But I can't say I'd always pick that name, as first of all I haven't been asked that before, so I wouldn't know, and second of all, if I did, it would be predictable and therefore not random.
60 Comments
Dirk@lemmy.ml · 16 pts · 2y
Steve
mifan@feddit.dk · 4 pts · 2y
ALAN!!!
NotSteve_@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 2y
Me too
Daeraxa@lemmy.ml · 14 pts · 2y
Bob. Always Bob.
fat_stig@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
Bob is my Starbucks name, they always get my real name wrong.
superfly_samurai@lemmy.one · 1 pts · 2y
Because Bob usually knows, and/or did it.
(I use Bob too)
Helix@feddit.de · 1 pts · 2y
He's also your uncle
Shdwdrgn@mander.xyz · 13 pts · 2y
Bob
NightAuthor@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
The only right answer
Saigonauticon@voltage.vn · 8 pts · 2y
Slartibartfast
kent_eh@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 2y
I told you it wasn't important.
Saigonauticon@voltage.vn · 1 pts · 2y
Yeah, that's what makes it optimal for testing code where the username isn't important.
Good old Slartibartfast has caught many a bug.
Philote@lemmy.ml · 7 pts · 2y
Turd Ferguson is forever etched in my brain.
Melkath@kbin.social · 0 pts · 2y
Ya. That's right. Turd Ferguson. It's a funny name.
xmunk@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 2y
Tits Mcgee.
mangaskahn@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y
Doug
Albbi@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 2y
finestnothing@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
Conyak@lemmy.tf · 7 pts · 2y
Art Vandelay
physcx@kbin.social · 6 pts · 2y
Bort
Bananigans@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 2y
I remember they used to sell Bort name tags at the Universal Studios Kwik e Mart. I regret not buying one.
Pulptastic@midwest.social · 1 pts · 2y
We are all out of Bort license plates
son_named_bort@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
Are you taking to me?
benvars@kbin.social · 6 pts · 2y
Bob
ErKaf@feddit.de · 5 pts · 2y
Jeff
HubertManne@kbin.social · 4 pts · 2y
Bigus Dickus. (boy im making a lot of penis jokes today)
nomecks@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
Bob. Bob Loblaw, from Bob Loblaw's Law Blog
mrbubblesort@kbin.social · 4 pts · 2y
John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt
Nemo@midwest.social · 3 pts · 2y
Steeeve
hperrin@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
Steve
konalt@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
Joe
tjhart85@kbin.social · 3 pts · 2y
Frank. No clue why, but at least 60% of the time, it's Frank.
LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
Nice try, this is how you're going to get us all to confess our most commonly-used passwords.
Because my random word that first came to my mind was exactly that. And I'm not telling you what it is.
HubertManne@kbin.social · 4 pts · 2y
yeah there is no way im telling this clown that I always use bobsmypassword as a password. What does he think we are. Morons.
shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 2y
Tina
mannycalavera@feddit.uk · 2 pts · 2y
Dave
backhdlp@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 2y
Just came up with a random name and it was Thomas.
In German, it's commonly an old people sounding name (Frederike, Ulrich, Brigitte, Gerhard, etc)
n00b001@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
Greg
Witchfire@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
Cinderella
Bebo@literature.cafe · 2 pts · 2y
I have a terrible imagination. If asked to come up with a name, I'll simply flounder and say, "Eh?"
Case in point: my user name which I have used on multiple instances. (I've no idea how I came up with it).
jjagaimo@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 2y
NAME A WOMAN
Bebo@literature.cafe · 1 pts · 2y
I was actually thinking about clever sounding "non human" names. Human names are easy. Names of women: Lily Lilith Rose Penny etc etc
jjagaimo@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 2y
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LlCEmPF4-V0
PipedLinkBot@feddit.rocks · 1 pts · 2y
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shootwhatsmyname@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 2y
Carl
Pulptastic@midwest.social · 3 pts · 2y
YoSoyConfundo@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
Illegible Jones
sour@kbin.social · 2 pts · 2y
word + word + number
timeisart@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
Rusty Shackleford
Susaga@ttrpg.network · 2 pts · 2y
Terry
Carlo@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 2y
ksharp@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 2y
X-wing @ Aliciousness
Masamune@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
Fudge
livus@kbin.social · 1 pts · 2y
George.
Relevant username?
Extrasvhx9he@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 2y
Male: tim Female: kim
HipsterTenZero@dormi.zone · 1 pts · 2y
Schmitt.
TubeTalkerX@kbin.social · 1 pts · 2y
Bruce, otherwise it could get confusing
auf@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 2y
davel@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 2y
Donnagen@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 2y
Xanthor the Destroyer of Worlds
variants_of_concern@lemmy.one · 1 pts · 2y
Pustulio
SamuraiBeandog@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
Malmsy.
Mrderisant@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 2y
Owen Lincoln Potter. An alias I used in college when I was fucking around like an idiot
JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee · -2 pts · 2y
Just now? Romney. But I can't say I'd always pick that name, as first of all I haven't been asked that before, so I wouldn't know, and second of all, if I did, it would be predictable and therefore not random.