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[–] TastehWaffleZ@lemmy.world 25 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Lmao!

On March 16, a comedic news channel, owned by the Internet forum CK101, posted to Facebook a picture of three identification cards with the names "Liao Salmon", "Zhangjian Salmon", and "Liu Pinhan Handsome Salmon". The post became viral, leading to more people following suit and changing their names, intending to change them back after the promotion ended.[1][6][7][8] The record for longest name was repeatedly broken: it was first 36 characters,[9][a] then 40 characters,[10][b] then 50 characters.[11][c] In a widely publicized story, a Taichung university student used his third and final name change into "Zhang Salmon Dream" (張鮭魚之夢) and was horrified upon learning that it would be permanent.

[–] 200ok@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago

Still a better name than the Hotmail email address I made in 1997

[–] treadful@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 days ago

Damn, I could really go for some conveyor belt sushi.