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   Hanneke 🐣 (h5e@tech.lgbt)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Jan-2023 02:32:10 JST Hanneke 🐣

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   • Hazelnoot

   @Luissen @hazel Absolutely. I wish it was normal for people to choose their own name. And change it up, idk. Live your best life.

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     Kit Rhett Aultman (roadriverrail@signs.codes)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Jan-2023 02:32:10 JST Kit Rhett Aultman

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     @h5e @Luissen @hazel It's actually crazy how culturally specific this is. I've routinely read the biographies of figures from, say, 16th century Japan, where having multiple names was fairly common.

     And I guess in our modern age there are subcultural pockets of that, too. I'm active in roller derby, and everybody in that culture considers your "skate name" to be your main name.

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     Luissen (luissen@furry.engineer)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Jan-2023 02:32:11 JST Luissen

     • Hazelnoot

     @hazel anyone can change their name if they want to.

     assigning someone a name when they're incapable of expressing their intention (such as being a larval human) as a purely utility function is fine, but once they express a desire to use another that is the one which should be used