FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 16 days agoEverybody is fine with celebrities like Whoopi Goldberg making up fake names for themselves, but when someone chooses a name for themselves to suit their gender identity it's suddenly a problemmessage-squaremessage-square124fedilinkarrow-up1727arrow-down147
arrow-up1680arrow-down1message-squareEverybody is fine with celebrities like Whoopi Goldberg making up fake names for themselves, but when someone chooses a name for themselves to suit their gender identity it's suddenly a problemFreshParsnip@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 16 days agomessage-square124fedilink
minus-squarefaythofdragons@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·16 days agoYeah, I go by my middle name and nobody thinks it’s weird.
minus-squareHarvey656@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·16 days agoThe only people that call me by my middle name are my… estranged family. So its sort of an insult in a way. Weird how that works out.
minus-squarefaythofdragons@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·16 days agoI get it. There’s a nickname only my estranged family uses.
minus-squareHarvey656@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·16 days agoHonestly, I’d rather go by ‘Malcronax the Ultimate Destroyer’ but Harvey works well in most cases. That’s what most call me.
Yeah, I go by my middle name and nobody thinks it’s weird.
The only people that call me by my middle name are my… estranged family. So its sort of an insult in a way. Weird how that works out.
I get it. There’s a nickname only my estranged family uses.
Honestly, I’d rather go by ‘Malcronax the Ultimate Destroyer’ but Harvey works well in most cases. That’s what most call me.