Interesting Links for 30-08-2023

[andrewducker]

1. If an Iowa student named Michael wants to be called Mike then they need permission from their parents

(tags:names usa OhForFucksSake bigotry lgbt transgender )

2. These musicians were so preoccupied with whether they could cover "They're Taking the Hobbits to Isengard", they didn't stop to think if they should.

(tags:music video lotr meme funny )

Comments

[bens_dad]

1. This assumes that the child gets to choose their nickname. Many of my year had variations on one of their names, or some characteristic, foist upon them. Nicknames were also inherited from older siblings. One lad was known as "Sieve" because his brother was alleged to have had a poor memory ...

The part I found weird was that the deputy head was good at picking up on these name and using them to your face.

[wildeabandon]

1. I can't work out whether the schools are doing this because they think the law might genuinely be intended that way, because they're covering their arses, or as a form of malicious compliance to get parents who don't want to have to deal with paperwork every time their kid change a nickname to oppose the law. I hope it's the latter.