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[-] pearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.online 355 points 5 months ago

If you married an entomologist and get upset about that, it's kinda on you.

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[-] Zagorath@aussie.zone 182 points 5 months ago

He probably should have been honest and upfront about it, but he also named their kid after something he obviously loves, and I think that's great. If she loved the name before knowing its origin, she should love it even more for being associated with something that at least one parent thinks is beautiful.

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[-] STUPIDVIPGUY@lemmy.world 147 points 5 months ago

literally nothing wrong with that it's just a name

[-] threeduck@aussie.zone 92 points 5 months ago

In Maori, Maua means "we", or "both of us". It's also shorthand for "we share similar beliefs".

Could have gone that route.

[-] Th4tGuyII@fedia.io 92 points 5 months ago

I mean it's a beautiful name, who really cares if it's named after a genus of Cicadas? There are worse sounding "normal" names out there. Plus it's named after OP's passion, I think that shows a lot of love

[-] Damage@slrpnk.net 25 points 5 months ago

What's wrong with Cicadas anyway?

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[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 84 points 5 months ago

Am I The Butt Face?

Damn did Reddit go and censor "Am I The Asshole?"

[-] anas@lemmy.world 51 points 5 months ago

It’s a sister subreddit with more lax application of the rules. They did a few of those, mainly for April fools.

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[-] TheEEEdiot@sh.itjust.works 78 points 5 months ago

Maua. Maua is what bwings us togeva today.

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[-] Krauerking@lemy.lol 68 points 5 months ago

I mean I have said I would want to name my kid Nodo-Chinko. It's the Japanese word for the Uvula but it more directly translates to "throat penis"....

So he could have done way worse.

[-] FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io 27 points 5 months ago

throat penis

I now have a new term for the uvula, thanks Japan!

[-] protist@mander.xyz 17 points 5 months ago

I've always been partial to the name Pubert myself. It's pronounced "Pube-air."

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[-] LadyAutumn@lemmy.blahaj.zone 66 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Idk it's not the worst name ever. Definitely sounds like a "kooky millennial parents wanted an interesting name" name. But there's worse. Much worse. He should've told her where it came from though, kinda a dumb thing to not involve your wife in. You know. The name of her child.

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[-] fatalicus@lemmy.world 65 points 5 months ago

I wonder if they are aware that in Europe the Disney character is called Vaiana, because there is a porn star named Moana.

[-] JohnOliver@feddit.dk 33 points 5 months ago

I got downvoted to hell for stating the same thing on reddit a couple of years ago!

Also, the choice was not just to avoid association with the porn star. The name Moana was not legally available to Disney in several European countries so they had to find a different name

[-] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 21 points 5 months ago

i love the idea that disney would for some reason care about a porn star that barely anyone has ever heard about, as if search results for the name wouldn't instantly be overwhelmed by the disney movie..

the legal issues have to like 97% of the reason for the name change

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[-] FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today 63 points 5 months ago

TBH I don't know how the relationship got this far if she hates bugs so much.

[-] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 15 points 5 months ago

More precisely, how has the relationship come this far without him knowing she hates all bugs?

[-] FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today 14 points 5 months ago

I don't think it's on him for not knowing that when she agreed to marry an Entomologist. It's nobody's job to read their partner's mind, they need to communicate likes and dislikes during the courting phase and I'm sure there were plenty of opportunities to bring that topic up.

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[-] Holzkohlen@feddit.de 54 points 5 months ago

People make such a big deal of naming their kids. Just give them regular old names and call it a day. How about Paul? I guarantee everyone will feel indifferent to it, so it's a winner.

[-] tektite@slrpnk.net 48 points 5 months ago

I wonder how Maua would feel if they named her Paul instead.

[-] JohnOliver@feddit.dk 23 points 5 months ago

call it a day

If they were afraid that the name Moana might be bullied at school, then Day would maybe be even worse

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[-] lemmyseikai@lemmy.world 15 points 5 months ago

Never met a Paul I liked. Clearly your statement is false.

:)

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[-] observantTrapezium@lemmy.ca 53 points 5 months ago

Wife should have Googled it, she's the buttface.

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[-] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 50 points 5 months ago

Wife doesn’t seem to like cicadas but still read through his work notes?

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[-] Ziglin@lemmy.world 45 points 5 months ago

What's wrong with bugs? They're cool, while a made up string of characters (that sounds good) might be better I don't see what's wrong with using an uncommon scientific name. Then again being honest is likely helpful.

[-] EatATaco@lemm.ee 18 points 5 months ago

There's nothing wrong with bugs. It's all about intent, and he clearly intended to hide this from her because he knew (correctly) it would be a problem for her. So it was a lie by withholding relevant information. About their daughters name. Its messed up. It's also dumb because it's so easy to look up the origin of a name that this "secret" isn't really one at all.

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[-] GBU_28@lemm.ee 41 points 5 months ago

Who the fuck names their kid without googling it

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[-] atrielienz@lemmy.world 39 points 5 months ago

Children do descend upon large amounts of sweets in the same way that insects do. That's all I'm saying.

[-] Shou@lemmy.world 13 points 5 months ago

They buzz around too. Sometimes in swarms. They can be adorable and fuzzy, as well as annoying and gross. They can be vampires and drain your energy. They can be essential to our life/enviroment too.

[-] sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 37 points 5 months ago

It's really hard to put myself in the shoes of someone so against cicadas... Like I get that it's possible to not like them so intensely you wouldn't want your name to be inspired by them, but I'm just not sure how I'd have that person in my life.

[-] Twinkletoes@lemm.ee 36 points 5 months ago
[-] magnetosphere@fedia.io 36 points 5 months ago

He should show her this. The fact that it means “flowers” in Swahili might help. It won’t solve the trust issues, but it’s better than nothing.

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[-] barsquid@lemmy.world 34 points 5 months ago

I'd be mad if my child was named after a cicada instead of a cooler bug. If you name the child after something more dangerous they will be ready to dominate the playground. No toddler would have the courage to mess with a kid named Yellowjacket.

[-] andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works 21 points 5 months ago

My little girl Mantissa entering the sunday school:

[-] vzq@lemmy.blahaj.zone 25 points 5 months ago

She would be easily dominated by that kid called Exponent.

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[-] PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee 31 points 5 months ago

I mean depending on their ethnic background naming the kid Moana would have been an issue for reasons besides being teased for being named after a disney princess.

[-] Akasazh@feddit.nl 17 points 5 months ago

If you can only name kids after your own ethnic background there's a lot of Richards/ Riciardos/Jeans/Jans/Johns/Stephen/Joris/Mubaraks/Etiennes out there that are mislabelings.

[-] PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee 14 points 5 months ago

All of those examples are linguistic drift though.

Naming a white girl moana isn't the same as some guy named Peter and his russian buddy Pyotr realizing that their names derive from the same origin in Greek (or Aramaic depending on how much you wanna argue Kefa should count as the origin since Petros was a direct translation of it as a name)

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[-] BluJay320@lemmy.blahaj.zone 27 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Could’ve been any of the million awful names that have popped up over the last decade…

Aliviyah, Ashlynn, Brynlee, Andreanna, Alyviana, Camdyn

Need I go on?

[-] GraniteM@lemmy.world 27 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Rise of the -dens:

Edit:

Bonus: Rise of the -leighs:

[-] Eryn6844@beehaw.org 20 points 5 months ago

no one is going to know unless you tell them. there are worse things to be called.

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