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[–] gnomesaiyan@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago (6 children)

Why would you do that to your child? I mean, you wanna change your own name, go for it.

[–] gedaliyah@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago (1 children)

People have been choosing made up names from fiction for hundreds (thousands?) of years and as far I know, no one has died from it yet. Jessica is just a character from a play.

[–] CmdrShepard42@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I get the sentiment but "Loki Skywalker" and "Jessica" are far from comparable even if Jessica would have been viewed in the same light 500 years ago.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

If Luke hadn't run from responsibility in tertiary canon it'd be fine but honestly it's just a bad combination in terms of nominative determinism.

[–] Hydra_Fk@reddthat.com 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You are making a lot of assumptions about this childs parents. Starting with they had a concept of a plan to begin with.

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

concept of a plan

Are we talking about the weekly updates on Trumps healthcare plan? Look: he'll get a plan and we'll like it. There's no need to keep nagging him every year.

[–] Hydra_Fk@reddthat.com 0 points 2 months ago

Well I can safely assume trump was dumb enough not to plan the birth of his children, it was like a personal Vietnam.

[–] Hikermick@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Nowadays naming your kid is a way to make a statement about yourself. Like a vanity plate.

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 months ago

yourself. Like a vanity plate.

You had me at Vanity and Yourself. That really encapsulates the impression.

[–] rumschlumpel 7 points 2 months ago (4 children)

The only thing that's stupid about this IMO is that Skywalker is supposed to be a last name, not a first/given name.

[–] JWBananas@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Just like Tiffany and countless other surnames. Things change.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago

Is that you, Richard Tiffany Gere?

[–] octopus_ink@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 months ago

I'd say if you are appropriating a name from a fictional character for your child (which seems an odd choice, but which I think people should be able to do) it probably doesn't matter much whether you take further creative liberties with it in that way.

[–] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 months ago

Last names are often used as first names.

It's his middle name. His first name is Loki.

[–] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago

It's the middle name at least.

[–] Kaboom@reddthat.com -4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Should have named him Luke. It's a perfectly normal name, it'd fly under the radar. But youd still have named him after him.

[–] CmdrShepard42@lemm.ee 1 points 2 months ago

Seems like that should be flagged for copyright infringement as well.