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Help[Opinions] Re: What names do you think should be retired? (2024 edition)
in reply to a message by Interstate
I'm still advocating for using names that aren't people names. Retire them all.
Last year I suggested science terms and Latin genus names.
This year, I'll suggest using words for tools and technologies (Seine, Tomahawk, Ramekin, Crankshaft, Caliper, Blockchain), or types of musical compositions (Sonata, Ballad, Shanty) or dances (Cha-Cha, Twist, Jig, Hokey-Pokey, Landler)
I mean it wouldn't be that hard to come up with something other than human names!
And the original reason to use human names was ugly.
Nothing good comes of doing it.
So how about we just stop.
It's just like how nobody but nobody wants to reset their clocks, and there's no good reason to do it, but the system never gets changed.
- mirfak
Last year I suggested science terms and Latin genus names.
This year, I'll suggest using words for tools and technologies (Seine, Tomahawk, Ramekin, Crankshaft, Caliper, Blockchain), or types of musical compositions (Sonata, Ballad, Shanty) or dances (Cha-Cha, Twist, Jig, Hokey-Pokey, Landler)
I mean it wouldn't be that hard to come up with something other than human names!
And the original reason to use human names was ugly.
Nothing good comes of doing it.
So how about we just stop.
It's just like how nobody but nobody wants to reset their clocks, and there's no good reason to do it, but the system never gets changed.
- mirfak
This message was edited 11/13/2024, 3:41 PM
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I agree. Naming things that cause terrible devastation the same names as us is far from a good idea.