FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 9 months 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-square114linkfedilinkarrow-up1580arrow-down141
arrow-up1539arrow-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 · 9 months agomessage-square114linkfedilink
minus-squarefaythofdragons@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·9 months agoYeah, I go by my middle name and nobody thinks it’s weird.
minus-squareHarvey656@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·9 months 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-up3·9 months agoI get it. There’s a nickname only my estranged family uses.
minus-squareHarvey656@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·9 months 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.