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    New Forza game deadnames ppl
    https://twitter.com/lporiginalg/status/1685085650662694912

    I'm not trans, but it's something I should take note of if I really decide to change my last name.

    Though, having my last name appear in a videogame would probably be kind of unsettling in general for most people. Why would they do that? Like imagine if you go to play Super Mario and the game is like, welcome back Jordan Smith of 65 Creek Terrace in Milton Ohio zip code xxxx, here is your current progress!
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      Editing … Well, why would you put your real name on there? The only time I input my real name is when something needs to be physically shipped to my address, or bank stuff. For social media and online gaming you should always use a pseudonym.
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      Editing … Here's another example of deadnaming: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/ND_Stevenson This means that if I ever get my own wikipedia page, it would have my birth name somewhere in the article. But at least the url and page title would have my new name, which is more important.
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      Editing … P.S. When I think about it, it makes no sense for trans folk to be offended by this. There was nothing wrong with their old name, they had it changed simply to have it reflect their new gender. (and most of the time you can tell it's not their biological sex) If anything, cisexuals should be more offended from being deadnamed bc they specifically went out their way to change it.
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      Editing … There's no need for any people to be offended by anything. It's a choice they make.
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      Editing … I can't imagine someone was actually so pissed off by this that they contacted a game journalist about it. If that's the worst thing in your life that you have to deal with you have it pretty good and I really don't feel sorry for you.
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      Editing … What's the worst thing you guys have in your life? I can't think of anything important. Probably not having enough free spare hours I guess is the worst thing in my life. I'm pretty lucky and very happy.
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      Editing … Humblebrag nod. :-P I uuh. I have too much to choose from and I don't want to talk about it. But I'm fine. :'-)
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      Editing … Hang on, maybe my nutjob brother is the worst thing in my life.
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      Editing … lol I thought you were going to say that. But aren't you safe from him because of the big waters separating you?
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      Editing … Yeah and I blocked his number and social media. He'll be back at some point so I'll have to deal with him eventually.
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      Editing … There was a study done about how ppl perceive being offended https://m.youtube.com/shorts/V91kENu5hE8
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      Editing … people are pattern seeking creatures. It would not surprise me but I wanted to find the study he refers to but then I found this comment on reddit instead and now I feel less prone to reading the actual study because it seems like a really boring study that does not say much. : "The name of the study is "Perceptions of the impact of negatively valued physical characteristics on social interaction" The video does misrepresent the hypothesis, method, and results of the experiment. Yes the subjects were a group of women, but they weren't all given facial scars. Some were assigned other physical characteristics like epilepsy and allergies. The facial group paid more attention to the "gaze", while the others focused more attention on "tenseness" and "anxiety", when assessing the response of social interaction. The subjects did not claim to have experienced a "massive level of discrimination". Many of them did not report comments "referencing their facial disfigurement" - only that the interviewer (who wasn't actually an interviewer... it was a discussion about how to make friends) stared at them more, and were slightly more or just as "tense" or "anxious" around them, than the other groups (allergy and epilepsy)."
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      Editing … This is why youtube shorts and tiktok suck because all nuance and reason is lost when you explain anything in such a short time frame. You have no time to reflect and question anything either because you are on to the next video as soon as the current one is finished. Only memes and "hacks" seem to thrive in these environments.
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      Editing … Kirby would be a good last name for me! I'm still leaning toward the name my mom and sister use, though, bc there is context to me using it. It's literally the name of my bloodline. If I pick Kirby, it would only be because "dis name cool lol"
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      Editing … What are some famous ppl named Kirby. I know there's a Jack Kirby but I don't remember what he does, I think he's a race car driver or something. *googles* oh, it's comic books. Gnarly.
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      Editing … There is also.... you know......https://www.halolz.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/kirby.jpg
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      Editing … Why are you changing your last name btw? maybe you already said but then I forgot. Do you just hate your last name or something?
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      Editing … Its a no good, very bad last name. We don't even pronounce it correctly. When other people see my last name they pronounce it phonetically and I don't even bother to correct them bc the name is cringe either way. The reason I've started thinking about this all of a sudden is bc my brother has kids now and I think they have the same last name as us. (I still need to verify this) And I just think that's not okay. Like yeah that may sound like i'm doing it out of spite, but I stand to benefit from this since my name is likely affecting me every second and I just don't notice bc I've already been destroyed by it. It's time to take revenge against it.
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      Editing … What? a last name so bad it destroyed you? It's not like literally "Hitler" or something? Now I just really want to know what it is. Maybe it's something like "Tiddlywinks" or "Woodcock" or "Batman bin Suparman"
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      Editing … Tiddlywinks and woodcock are great names, a bit on the silly side but at least they're actual words. You can own the silliness. "You're woodcock?" "Damn right!"
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      Editing … Rukk Hitlercock.
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      Editing … If I could change my name, I'd change it to "James Rosenthal". I don't know why, it just sounds epic. It's certainly better than my current name. Sadly changing your name is downright impossible in Germany, unless you marry someone and change your name that way.
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      Editing … I bet it's expensive too. Lots of paperwork and databases need to be changed. James Rosenthal sounds like a writers or an actors name. If you ever plan for fame you got yourself covered.
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      Editing … I personally prefer "Rukks Hardon Tiddlywinkswoodcock"
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      Editing … Did you once say you had Polish ancestry Rukk? Do you have a Polish name. For some reason I seem to think that.
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      Editing … What is Polish for "wanks hard?". That must be it.
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      Editing … LMAO Klem is uber funny today, like the old klem when mancannon was around
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      Editing … I'm not old.
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      Editing … Yes you are. Old lady Klem.
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      Editing … Granny klemobo
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      Editing … Do I get free public transport then? Then I might be okay with it.
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      Editing … You must be 30+ easy
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      Editing … I am polish ancestry but i'm not sure if my last name is truly of polish origin. I vaguely remember being told once that it's german or something. Not that I care what its origin is. By the way, can last names be multiple words? I think I had a funny idea for one. (I suppose one's middle name can be exploited for an extra word, but that's not as good.)
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      Editing … Kirby is a surname of English origin from the Old Norse "kirkja" + "býr" meaning "church" + "settlement".
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      Editing … Robert Kirby is a gay cartoonist, his comics look exactly the like the pornographic kids LGBTQ books being put in schools now, so it weirds me out.
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      Editing … Come on Rock, why wouldn't you want to be associated with a nice guy who just so happens to make pornographic kids LGBTQ books? Why wouldn't you want to show young kids how to tickle each other's tiddlywinks?
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