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JFC.
"In a 2019 Namerology article on the topic, she lists several of the burlier, more aggressive names that have been picking up steam: Angler, Camper, Tracker, Trapper, Catcher, Driver, Fielder, Racer, Sailor, Striker, Wheeler — deep breath — Breaker, Roper, Trotter, Wrangler — still going — Lancer, Shooter, Slayer, Soldier, Tracer, Trooper — wait, “Slayer”? — Blazer, Brewer, Charger, Dodger, Laker, Pacer, Packer, Raider, Ranger, Steeler, Warrior — kill me — Dreamer, Jester and — wait for it — Rocker."
Scrote dads will chose hyper-toxic-masculinity every time.
"According to Hahn, names like these give parents a way to be creative without breaking the masculinity mold. They’re expressive, vivid and undeniably unique, but they’re also pulsating with testosterone and so certifiably burly that he suspects some parents are using them as anti-bullying shields."
IT IS LIKE THEY ARE SO CLOSE TO GETTING THE POINT. THEN THE TAKE A HARD RIGHT.
It is known that boys get bullied for showing any vulnerability, sensitivity, affinity for the arts and literature....under a patriarchal system.
Translation:
We recognize that boys who have feminine traits get bullied.
Rather than normalize the feminine and making feminine traits okay, let's erase those traits hyper focus and go in the masculine direction.
Be creative, but god forbid, don't be feminine.
female = bad
Also WTF is this baffling comment... a CONDOM? Seriously?
"Wattenberg agrees that this might be intentional. “When parents choose names that sound like an automatic weapon, a condom or a skateboard, they’re saying something about who they hope their child becomes,”
I cannot.
"It’s okay for females to be expressive, unique and even androgynous, but it’s only okay for males to be so if what they’re expressing is brute-force testosterone that rains down from the heavens while a muscle-y football player shreds out Kenny Loggins’ “Danger Zone” on an electric guitar in front of a massive poster of tits and ice-cold beer. So even though boys names have become light-years more expressive than they used to be, they’re still upholding the aggressive, active and power-based ideals of traditional masculinity, perhaps even more so than the wearisome but undeniably guy-flavored “Andrew.”
EW.
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These names are like if Santa was a metalhead and gave his reindeer alternative names 😂
"Slayer, as in Buffy the?"
Are they naming a child or a dog? I feel like this should be illegal.
All I can think is that this is western men’s pathetic knee-jerk response to losing their “traditional“ (aka abusive controlling) standing in society. “If I name my kid something ultra masculine maybe he won’t be an effeminate loser like me.” Yes, a simple name will solve all of men’s problems, lol. I hope all their sons turn into big gay leather daddies named Catcher and Packer.
These are like names that little boys would choose for themselves, like those kids in middle school who think they have special dark powers or are secretly demons or something. 😂 I guess some adults are still mentally stuck in those years to want to name their kids like this.....
I tolerate weird nicknames but on your birth certificate? Ppl with "unique" names probably come from parents who are self loving narcists or dumb. Just look at Trisha Paytas. She called the poor baby " Malibu Barbie"
Makes me remember when I knew someone named Hunter when we were both children. That guy ended up almost drowning my dog by pushing her into my house pool for his own amusement and there ended my willingness to give the benefit of the doubt.
Edit: I saved my precious dog immediately but no second chances were given.
Fielder is a great name for an English Springer Spaniel. Besides that, yuck.
This is so embarrassing.
Thanks, I'm gonna be mad about this for weeks. I hate stupid baby names almost as much as I hate masculinity.
You just know Shooter got a mullet and missing teeth.
Protect your womb from scrotes who like these names
@Doom Metal Dance Party