• LesserAbe@lemmy.world
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    18 days ago

    When people get married they should come up with a completely new last name for them both.

    • cobysev@lemmy.world
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      18 days ago

      A coworker of mine did this. He and his new wife took parts of their last names and blended them together to create a unique new last name for both of them.

    • CaptPretentious@lemmy.world
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      18 days ago

      Terrible idea. People clearly already struggling at naming kids. Coming up with a family name will be endless letters making the wrong sound, random sections being ‘silent’, so many puns or references to things, corporate advertising “oh it’s the X.com family!”… Terrible, just terrible.

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    18 days ago

    If you didn’t know, Spanish people have two names: the first name of their father and the first name of their mother.

    Since these names are their grandfathers names, here’s a better proposal : the first name of your father and the second name of your mother. In that case, your first name corresponds to a bloodline of men and your second name to a bloodline of women… Unless their was a same-sex couple in your family, obviously.

    Bonus point, since you get your Y chromosome (if you have one) from your biological father and your mitochondrial DNA from your biological mother, your names correspond to your actual DNA… Unless you’re adopted or illegitimate, obviously.

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    18 days ago

    Yeah, my mom said she didn’t care about taking my dad’s last name, that it didn’t matter since, in her words “women don’t have last names anyway” they are just a way of tracing men’s family lines.

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    17 days ago

    why yall having a war in the comments? its a silly meme about last names, who the actual fuck cares?

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      17 days ago

      People online do not understand jokes. I refuse to believe anyone in real life would be this dense.

      In real life people would see this lol and move on, on the internet they write dissertations about some BS to virtue signal to other strangers how enlightened they are… 🙄