Given the limited number of links shared in this community, I propose a rule to discourage the inclusion of Twitter links and the use of Twitter screenshots.

While I understand the desire to integrate platforms like Reddit and Twitter, I believe it's important to maintain a focused and independent discourse within this community.

I have long desired to minimize the integration of external platforms like Reddit and Twitter within this community. However, I've noticed an increasing trend of their exclusion, prompting me to formally propose this guideline here too.

I would appreciate everyone's input on this proposed rule. I wouldn't add a rule unless the community is largely interested in it.

I recently spilt coffee on and it looks like a dick i know. Also look like its .. finishing at the moment. Help me name it pls

Any name y'all think might be better?

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/9969406

I saw a couple of fun ones somewhere else, and it got me interested. My mom calls her's: Mr de Vries

other's i found:

• William the Sucker
• Kirby & Yoshi
• Ragnar
• Sir Suckalot
• Wool-E

name (n.) "word by which a person or thing is denoted," Old English nama, noma "name, reputation," from Proto-Germanic *naman- (source also of Old Saxon namo, Old Frisian nama, Old High German namo, German Name, Middle Dutch name, Dutch naam, Old Norse nafn, Gothic namo "name"), from PIE root *no-men- "name."

Meaning "a famous person" is from 1610s (man of name "man of distinction" is from c. 1400). Meaning "one's reputation, that which is commonly said of a person" is from c. 1300. As a modifier meaning "well-known," it is attested by 1938.

In the name of "in behalf of, by authority of," used in invocations, etc., is by late 14c. Name-day "the day sacred to the saint whose name a person bears" is by 1721. Name brand "product made by a well-known company" is from 1944. Name-dropper "person who seeks to impress others by mentioning well-known persons in a familiar way" is by 1947. Name-child, one named out of regard for another, is attested by 1830. The name of the game "the essential

You know The Culture novels by Iain M Banks, right? How it has sentient starships that choose ironic names for themselves like these;

• Sanctioned Parts List
• So Much For Subtlety
• All Through With This Niceness And Negotiation Stuff
• Attitude Adjuster
• Of Course I Still Love You
• Funny, It Worked Last Time...

Well, if you pay attention, you can notice starships hiding in plain sight all around you. Here's a few from recent years;

• Alternative Facts
• Sigma Grindset
• The Woke Mind Virus Is Either Defeated Or Nothing Else Matters
• Girlboss
• Basket Of Deplorables
• Are We The Baddies?
• I Am Not A Robot (Click To Confirm)

In this thread I want to know; what starship names have you spotted in the wild?

The importance of a name

By Valerie Strauss September 19, 2014

Here is a post by a Colorado teacher about what seems to be a simple observation about some students — that they don’t correct adults who mispronounce their names — but is really a nuanced look into the psyche of some students of color who live in poverty. This public school teacher blogs anonymously under the name Shakespeare’s Sister at Daily Kos, where this appeared. She teaches 11th grade AP Language and Composition in the Denver area.

By Shakespeare’s Sister

At the beginning of every school year, I try to learn all of my 11th graders’ names by the end of our first week together. A thing happens every year, though, when I am verifying pronunciations of student names.

This year, it happened with two male students whose names have two possible pronunciations. When I asked them for the correct pronunciation, they both responded, “Whatever is fine.”

When it happens, as it does every year, I look up from my roster,

Will take better renaming options