[quote]SteelyD wrote:
[quote]Professor X wrote:
Screw that. I have no kids, but my son’s name will be Hamburger.[/quote]
Damn, dude.
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I laughed so fucking hard at this. Like for real.
[quote]angry chicken wrote:
Is it just me, or am I the only one that thinks it’s kinda out of bounds to tell parents how to name their kids, much less, BRIBE them… Just reading that kinda got my hackles up.
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I hear where you’re coming from, but it’s not exactly like he’s bribing me for any malicious reason, he’s actually got noble intentions, you know?
[quote]LankyMofo wrote:
You know what’s funny? In real life, 90% of the people I talk to say take the money. Over the internet, 90% of the people seem to be saying the opposite.[/quote]
First of all Congratulations!
Let the kid be his own person OR if you are going to name him after your father do it because you want to not for money.
I considered naming my daughter after my sister who died before she was one year old and I have considered naming a son after my wife’s brother who was killed in a car crash on the way to his first day of college. Suprisingly no one else in the family thought it was a good idea at all. However they did think it was a good idea to make our initials the same for some reason. We did neither and let our little girl have her own identity.
Also, listen to Steely and YoMama about calling the name out a million times a day. It will happen.
[quote]kross001 wrote:
Also, listen to Steely and YoMama about calling the name out a million times a day. It will happen.[/quote]
You guys are all vets when it comes to parenting, you make it sound like calling their name a million times is a bad thing! I’m still naive and am looking forward to it, haha.
[quote]LankyMofo wrote:
[quote]kross001 wrote:
Also, listen to Steely and YoMama about calling the name out a million times a day. It will happen.[/quote]
You guys are all vets when it comes to parenting, you make it sound like calling their name a million times is a bad thing! I’m still naive and am looking forward to it, haha.[/quote]
Not that it’s a bad thing but…my daughter’s name is only three letters and all I ususally get out is “A…, what are you doing, A…, where did you get that, A…, don’t jump on that, A…” you get the idea.
[quote]LankyMofo wrote:
[quote]kross001 wrote:
Also, listen to Steely and YoMama about calling the name out a million times a day. It will happen.[/quote]
You guys are all vets when it comes to parenting, you make it sound like calling their name a million times is a bad thing! I’m still naive and am looking forward to it, haha.[/quote]
Okay my kids names are all one syllable and my wife named hers with two (we were both married before and have 5 together all teenagers). You will yell the name alot and I like the one syllable more. Now moms like to use many syllables and add middle names. I cant help but laugh every time my wife yells at the kids with there middle names.
Name him: Destroyer Zeus Action Jackson.
[quote]DoubleDuce wrote:
[quote]Professor X wrote:
[quote]Hertzyscowicz wrote:
[quote]Aussie Davo wrote:
I remember reading a study one time that suggested giving your children a powerful and uncommon name may be linked with setting them up to be high achievers.
I say go for it, If I ever have a son, I’m going to name him something badass too.[/quote]
Funny, I remember reading somewhere it sets them up to be beaten for their lunch money. And somewhere else that it’s actually correlated with them growing up to be criminals. Although it could be that a lot of poor people read the same thing you did and named their kids creatively, and since poor people are more likely to commit crimes than well-to-do people, creative names are now correlated with criminality.[/quote]
Dude, your UPBRINGING has more to do with whether you are a criminal than your name. I hate it when people do studies to show some correlation and then they get used as if this means causation.
If your kid robs a bank, it isn’t because his name is Snake.[/quote]
There is a very strong correlation between name and success. There is no correlation when you adjust for upbringing. It turns out a girl named Shakuitha (sp?) from a rich family, good school, and wealthy neighborhood is as likely to succeed as a girl named Cindy in the same situation. Well to do people in solid families tend to name differently than poor broken families. The name is a result of conditions that also impact success. There is no causation between name and success.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freakonomics[/quote]
I figured as much.
[quote]LankyMofo wrote:
I’m still naive and am looking forward to it, haha.[/quote]
It is good that you are looking forward to it. I had never been around a baby before and I was nervous as hell.
I agree it’s kind of weird. It would be pretty cool though, put the 5 grand in a fund for the child. When he gets out of college at 23, it might be worth 20 grand.
Manliest name ever according to Cracked.com:
Staff Sgt. Max Fightmaster (I’ve already called dibs)
[quote]LankyMofo wrote:
[quote]angry chicken wrote:
Is it just me, or am I the only one that thinks it’s kinda out of bounds to tell parents how to name their kids, much less, BRIBE them… Just reading that kinda got my hackles up.
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I hear where you’re coming from, but it’s not exactly like he’s bribing me for any malicious reason, he’s actually got noble intentions, you know?[/quote]
Maybe I just have a different relationship with members of my family. I just know if anyone had the balls to even insinuate that I didn’t have the best judgment to name my own son I’d be highly offended. To follow that with, “I’ll pay you to name him XXX” would be insult to injury, in my book - have your own fucking kids and name them whatever you want, but don’t tell me what to do with mine.
But that’s just me as an outsider looking in going on the data I’ve read here. I’m sure it isn’t as black and white IRL. I turn into “papa bear” real quick when it comes to my kids! LOL You’ll know what I mean soon.
By the way, it’s the first time I’m hearing that you’re going to be a father, Lanky - Congratulations! May you have the strength and the wisdom to raise him well.
[quote]LankyMofo wrote:
[quote]Professor X wrote:
[quote]angry chicken wrote:
Is it just me, or am I the only one that thinks it’s kinda out of bounds to tell parents how to name their kids, much less, BRIBE them… Just reading that kinda got my hackles up.
On another note, I actually KNOW a guy who’s middle name is Winner. You’d think he’d be a douchebag, but he’s actually a really cool guy, very successful, and gets laid like a rockstar.[/quote]
Well, there is “cocky” and there is “convinced”.
I am the latter.[/quote]
Wow, that’s a sweet fucking line. I’m stealing that one. Before now I’ve just admitted I was cocky but have always backed it up.[/quote]
I like that, X - kinda like the difference between a “threat” and a “promise” LOL
[quote]LankyMofo wrote:
[quote]Professor X wrote:
My future son, Bullet Xavier Knight-Rider Cage, will kick your son’s ass anyday.[/quote]
Oh man, I believe we have a winner for most kick ass name. I’m suggesting this to his mother.
I dare anyone to top this badass name.[/quote]
Magnus Diesel VonJuggernaut
[quote]Professor X wrote:
Damn you for not being an easy target.[/quote]
Why do you think I’ve never posted my weight, measurements, or poundages used?
lol
[quote]AttackOfTheChris wrote:
[quote]SteelyD wrote:
[quote]Professor X wrote:
Screw that. I have no kids, but my son’s name will be Hamburger.[/quote]
Damn, dude.
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I laughed so fucking hard at this. Like for real. [/quote]
x2. This might actually be the best running joke on T-Nation. It literally gets me everytime…
[quote]coolnatedawg wrote:
[quote]AttackOfTheChris wrote:
[quote]SteelyD wrote:
[quote]Professor X wrote:
Screw that. I have no kids, but my son’s name will be Hamburger.[/quote]
Damn, dude.
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I laughed so fucking hard at this. Like for real. [/quote]
x2. This might actually be the best running joke on T-Nation. It literally gets me everytime…[/quote]
every fucking time
$5k is $5k, but your son is your son.
Personally, I would never allow anyone else to name my son. $5k won’t matter in a few years from now, you probably won’t have that money after that time. Your son, however, will still have that name.
Plus, he’ll eventually find out that he could have been names Mason Gunner, which is very badass and very rare, when instead his parents got $5k to call him Stephen John. Very bland names if you ask me, especially compared to what he could have been named.
Also, I don’t know why any of the rest of you have to think about this. Having a badass name is everything.
I’m naming my first 3 kids Deadlift, Xbox, and Gun, because all of that shit is awesome.
[quote]SkyzykS wrote:
[quote]LankyMofo wrote:
[quote]Professor X wrote:
My future son, Bullet Xavier Knight-Rider Cage, will kick your son’s ass anyday.[/quote]
Oh man, I believe we have a winner for most kick ass name. I’m suggesting this to his mother.
I dare anyone to top this badass name.[/quote]
Magnus Diesel VonJuggernaut
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LMAO - oh man, we could probably make an entire thread full of bad ass names.