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   Ricki Crush Bandicute Tarr (rickitarr@beige.party)'s status on Friday, 17-Jan-2025 11:40:58 JST Ricki Crush Bandicute Tarr

   What is it like for guys named David, Michael, and John? Everywhere you go like 3 other people have your name. Do you all have a secret club?

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     Wordsmurf of Mouthshire :emacs: 🍄 (notroot@notroot.online)'s status on Friday, 17-Jan-2025 11:40:57 JST Wordsmurf of Mouthshire :emacs: 🍄

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     @RickiTarr@beige.party I'm a "Joe".
     
     But I urge strangers to call me "Joseph".
     
     I'm sure the reason is obvious.

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     Cavyherd (cavyherd@wandering.shop)'s status on Saturday, 18-Jan-2025 00:47:26 JST Cavyherd

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     @RickiTarr

     The Minneapolis Science Fiction Society (MinnStF) & its convention, has a long-standing policy: The right to freedom of speach does not include the right to shout David in a crowded party. I did once, & four people turned around.

     Every year at Minicon, they have a photo session for the League of Super Davids. One year I attended, the photo included 47 people, one of them a woman (whose surname was David).

     There was an APA for years called APA-David. All authors had the name David.

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     RolloTreadway (rollotreadway@beige.party)'s status on Saturday, 18-Jan-2025 00:58:56 JST RolloTreadway

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     @RickiTarr One of the most remarkable things about Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall trilogy is that she managed to make a coherent story, despite the fact that all the male characters are called Thomas, Edward or Henry, and all the female characters are Elizabeth, Anne or Mary.

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     Rocketman (slothrop@chaos.social)'s status on Saturday, 18-Jan-2025 01:12:27 JST Rocketman

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     @Theorem_Poem @RickiTarr The same works in Spain and Italy if you yell "Maria!" - across all the generations

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     Sunanda (theorem_poem@mstdn.social)'s status on Saturday, 18-Jan-2025 01:12:28 JST Sunanda

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     @RickiTarr Rumour has it that if you see a crowd of Indian millennials, you can yell "Rahul!" and at least 4 men will turn around.