Everything named Concord crashed and burned as a result of overconfidence.

And then the Titanic and OceanGate Titan sank despite being “unsinkable”.

  • BossDj@lemm.ee
    26·
    16 hours ago

    Every teacher has their own list of “absolutely never” names for future offspring. The amount of overlap is surprising

    • The summer blues...@sh.itjust.worksOPEnglish
      142·
      16 hours ago

      I feel like there has never been any good Jonathans, Aidens, Jacksons, Tyrees, Katies, Katrinas, Isaiahs, or Catherines. And any name that’s hyphenated with Ann.

      • spicy pancakeEnglish
        2·
        7 hours ago

        to add to the data points I’ve known 3 lovely Katies and 2 awful ones

    • I Cast Fist@programming.dev
      9·
      15 hours ago

      Changes from country to country, I suppose. I’m not even a teacher, but I know damn well Samuel is an absolute no. Most other biblical names also tend to rate highly on the “DON’T” list.