Changing my name (Yes I'm serious)
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Ug. Would you people just read a bit before you post? This is an adult who has thought this through. Go be a buzzkill somewhere else.
I love the negative reactions people have to this sort of thing. Someone sees something outrageous, and thinks 'Wow, that person really doesn't care what other people think of him--he must be really immature.' But the only real reason somebody else would think badly about him is that same reason. I might sound a bit loony here, but i think that the absolute worst part of human society is the way that averageness and conformity are held up as virtues.
I know I'm going off on a bit of a tangent here, which is especially bad in my case because i suck at trigonometry, but it seriously pisses me off that people see that this guy is doing this awesome and bold thing and so many people assume that it's a mistake simply because it's interesting. I would have thought the Escapist community would be better.
I love the negative reactions people have to this sort of thing. Someone sees something outrageous, and thinks 'Wow, that person really doesn't care what other people think of him--he must be really immature.' But the only real reason somebody else would think badly about him is that same reason. I might sound a bit loony here, but i think that the absolute worst part of human society is the way that averageness and conformity are held up as virtues.
I know I'm going off on a bit of a tangent here, which is especially bad in my case because i suck at trigonometry, but it seriously pisses me off that people see that this guy is doing this awesome and bold thing and so many people assume that it's a mistake simply because it's interesting. I would have thought the Escapist community would be better.
MAX POWER HE'S THE MAN, WHO'S NAME YOU'D LOVE TO TOUCHHHH (I can do the entire song, and I haven't looked it up. I'm sad aren't I).hermes200 said:You decide to change your name, and those are your options?
At least change it to Max Power. Is as ridiculous as some of the ones you mention, but most likely to pass as a real name.
Anyways, first choice is three, second choice is four. I've read through the whole thread, so I'll spare you the things that others have already said (some of which I agree with), add the fact that I, personally, would never do what you're about to do, and remind you that this reaction (mostly confusion filled rage, with occasional sprinkles of confusion filled support), is likely to be the reaction you get from most people [small][small][small][small][small][small][small][small][small][small][small][small]especially if you choose Darth or Vageta, I know what it's from, but they're still stupid fucking names, grumble grumble....[/small][/small][/small][/small][/small][/small][/small][/small][/small][/small][/small][/small]
EDIT: Just looked at your profile, and realised your name now is James. Definately going in a new direction aren't you
I did, mate. And I didn't just want to quote someone else and say "That." Anyway, if my post was antagonistic, I apologize. First off:Whatislove said:
1. It isn't, my point is that every time you do it, you have one more alias that you have to deal with.
2. It really doesn't matter, this was a tangential point, but there will be a definite increase in the amount of lifetime paperwork. You should be prepared to leave your current position, move, or get a loan because life isn't exactly the most stable thing. Just know that when (not really if) you do, you'll run into some bureaucratic annoyances.
Anyway, it's fine. You can change your name to whatever you like, just be prepared for the social and professional repercussions if you do. I'm not trying to snub you, I'm just warning you that you are doing something you might regret. I could have just called you stupid and childish, but I don't think that's particularly constructive. I'm pretty sure most of the older escapists will agree with me on this: It's not about creativity or non-conformity...it's about time and the inevitable shift and subsequent irrelevance of popular culture. People now will laugh at you for it, and when you are 60 nobody will get it. That's just the way of things.
Just tryin' to look out for you, bud.
You seem to be doing well for yourself in life. So, first off, congratulations on your comfortable salary and relative security. You are well within your rights, I think, to dismiss the reactionary arguments of "you'll never be employed" and "think of your social future," just as the people making those arguments would do well to read the rest of the thread and see that those concerns have been answered, as you say, several times now.
Despite that, I'll be joining the tide of people attempting to dissuade you. More salient are the arguments over the quality of these names. As insults usually only serve to entrench each party deeper in their opinions, I'll try to keep from being caustic. The problem I see with your choices is that you are, by taking any of them as your name, broadcasting to anyone who chances to meet or observe you that the work(s) your name references is, to you, the work with which you best identify, or else is, in your eyes, a pinnacle of artistic expression. They are not the latter. We can, if you really want to, go into why Yu-Gi-Oh! and Final Fantasy 8 have not won their fame as high art, but perhaps my point is emerging? You will be proclaiming yourself as a person of remarkably narrow scope along the spectrum of human expression. I guarantee you that the stories and characters you love in these sources have their sources in the archetypes of far more subtle, nuanced, and ironic stories in the canon of the world's greater literature.
Though this analogy is flawed in a couple ways, I think its underlying point will hold: It would be a bit like naming yourself Morpheus, but because you learned the name from The Matrix.
If you decide to continue regardless, I honestly hope it goes well for you. I do not think we who disagree with you should hope you regret your choice just so we can feel superior.
Despite that, I'll be joining the tide of people attempting to dissuade you. More salient are the arguments over the quality of these names. As insults usually only serve to entrench each party deeper in their opinions, I'll try to keep from being caustic. The problem I see with your choices is that you are, by taking any of them as your name, broadcasting to anyone who chances to meet or observe you that the work(s) your name references is, to you, the work with which you best identify, or else is, in your eyes, a pinnacle of artistic expression. They are not the latter. We can, if you really want to, go into why Yu-Gi-Oh! and Final Fantasy 8 have not won their fame as high art, but perhaps my point is emerging? You will be proclaiming yourself as a person of remarkably narrow scope along the spectrum of human expression. I guarantee you that the stories and characters you love in these sources have their sources in the archetypes of far more subtle, nuanced, and ironic stories in the canon of the world's greater literature.
Though this analogy is flawed in a couple ways, I think its underlying point will hold: It would be a bit like naming yourself Morpheus, but because you learned the name from The Matrix.
If you decide to continue regardless, I honestly hope it goes well for you. I do not think we who disagree with you should hope you regret your choice just so we can feel superior.
1 sounds like an STD.Whatislove said:
2 sounds like something I'd see on a package of celery.
3 sounds like a brand of hemorrhoid cream.
4 sounds like a new line of Lego characters.
5 looks like you were typing the name of a book and then your cat walked across the keyboard.
I'm sure you were expecting ridicule so I'm not going to pile any more on that that...I just hope you're very secure in your job already. Because you'll never be hired to work with people with those names. And I am not trying to say that for ridicule there--any employer would avoid those names like the plague. Even if they don't throw your application or resume in the bin because they think you're joking with them (which is most likely what would happen) there is absolutely no way they are going to let someone named any of those things to work with any sort of client, customer, or anybody not immediately within your department. They will hire an idiot before letting you carry their good name whilst introducing yourself to people.
Out of those? Seifer Almasy. It sounds the most name-ish to me. Legato doesn't sound too bad, but I don't really like the Kaiba bit.
Legato Von Vegeta on the other hand, now that's a name!
Legato Von Vegeta on the other hand, now that's a name!
Mithos Yggdrasill is the only name you will ever need. Anyone who tells you different should go home, as they are obviously drunk.
I'd name myself after a flower that blooms eternally if I could get away with it.Daystar Clarion said:
You'll regret it when you're older.
I'm not telling you not to, I'm not saying you won't be able to get a job (as long as you keep your current one), I'm not saying you'll be ridiculed.
But you'll regret it when you're older.
I'm not telling you not to, I'm not saying you won't be able to get a job (as long as you keep your current one), I'm not saying you'll be ridiculed.
But you'll regret it when you're older.
Having your last name be the world tree would be pretty badass. So you should totally go with Ygddrasil, and have the first name be Oglaf.
Also, there is almost no chance that this is actually legit. I mean even if I decided I wanted to change my name to something absolutely idiotic and ridiculous I sure as hell wouldn't let strangers on the internet do it for me.
Also, there is almost no chance that this is actually legit. I mean even if I decided I wanted to change my name to something absolutely idiotic and ridiculous I sure as hell wouldn't let strangers on the internet do it for me.
I imagine that people hearing "Darth" as a first name would make people assume that it was your parents who were big Star Wars fans, and might end up offering you sympathy that you don't want - similarly, I think "Prince" would also make people make think that your parents either were fans of the singer or have issues with the royals.
The others are more subtle references, so hey, go for it. I mean, you'll probably have to spell them for people all the time, but that's true of a lot of people's real names (including my own) by virture of foreign-ness, so that's hardly unusual in and of itself.
The others are more subtle references, so hey, go for it. I mean, you'll probably have to spell them for people all the time, but that's true of a lot of people's real names (including my own) by virture of foreign-ness, so that's hardly unusual in and of itself.
Well, if you must do it, do it right.
1) Prince Vegeta. Because you can introduce yourself as Price.
2) Mithos Yggdrasill. Because it's the most fucked up name of the bunch, like i said, do it right.
Do I even NEED to remind you that you damn sure need to post proof after you have done it.
1) Prince Vegeta. Because you can introduce yourself as Price.
2) Mithos Yggdrasill. Because it's the most fucked up name of the bunch, like i said, do it right.
Do I even NEED to remind you that you damn sure need to post proof after you have done it.
I don't know what this is.SimplexPL said:Prince Vegeta is too mainstream, I'd go with Podravka Vegeta.
But I want one.
Just because.