Mildred

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• inb4_FoundTheVegan@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  I say this as a trans woman. I will support, defend and love you no matter what sis.

  But…

  Fucking Mildred!?

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  • NegativeInf@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    That’s my great grandma’s name. I think it’s pretty nice. Lol.

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    • inb4_FoundTheVegan@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      Oh sure, I bet your Great Grandma is a lovely person and I have nothing against her or her name.

      But, it is very much a GREAT GRANDMA sort of name that is super out of date. I would be exactly as critical as a parent naming their child Mildred.

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    • Zidane@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      Also my great grandmother’s name… Cousin?

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  • Drivebyhaiku@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    I throw no shade on Mildred… As long as she’s one of those girls who like dress in 1950’s fashions and is way too into electroswing.

    Then it’s only fitting.

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  • captainlezbian@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    As a trans woman, fuck yeah Mildred. Take that awful name and make it your own. Sure you could’ve been a Megan or a Maria or even a McKenzie, but anyone could pull those off. You chose Mildred to flex on us plebs

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    • inb4_FoundTheVegan@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      In contrary to my own comment, I entirely agree with this take.

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  • 5714@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    Do you accept Morgana or Gertrude better?

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    • MelastSB@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      Morgana rocks, like Morrigan

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    • melvisntnormal@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      Morgana

      Only if I can still decide when I go to sleep

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  • CreativeShotgun@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    I had some friends that saved me from…Edith ugh.

    Then i did a juke and went with Eleanore lol

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    • inb4_FoundTheVegan@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      Haaaa! I actually think Eleanore is a very pretty name, it has an elegant quality to me? Good pick! ♥

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    • pyre@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      cishet dude here so i dunno how much what I’m about to say matters but I’ve always liked the name Eleanor(e) because The Practice is my favorite procedural series and in that show Eleanor was a badass woman with strong convictions and morals.

      she also was in one of the coolest scenes in tv imo, having a very heated argument entirely in sign language. here’s an unfortunately terrible recording of it: youtu.be/CwV9dHHQj-8

      anyway i think Eleanore is a cool name, but more than that, once people associate it with you that’s what they will think about when they hear the name, the kind of person you are. not the other way around.

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    • barsoap@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there wondering, fearing,
      Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before;
        But the silence was unbroken, and the stillness gave no token,
        And the only word there spoken was the whispered word, “Lenore?”
      This I whispered, and an echo murmured back the word, “Lenore!”—
             Merely this and nothing more.

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    • rektdeckard@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      Lol, Edith and Mildred are literally my grandmother’s names. Edith is a badass and just turned 99.

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• SuddenDownpour@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  Enough talk about trans rights, it’s time to talk about trans wrongs /s

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  • Frozengyro@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    But first, let’s discuss the right and wrong trans wrongs.

    The right trans wrongs: coming from a place of deep respect for you as a friend, Mildred is not the right name for you

    The wrong trans wrongs: how many American conservatives ready trans individuals

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  • Amir@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    Can we talk about trans lefts instead?

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    • Mac@mander.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I personally think we should discuss trans stayeds.

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• yemmly@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  I wanna be supportive but, fucking Mildred?

  Engaging in sexual intercourse with Mildred is prefectly fine as long as there is mutual consent. However, it is not required.

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  • samus12345@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    In addition, anal intercourse is not appreciated by everyone.

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    • Tyr_Raidho_Othala@reddthat.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      Image

      Disgusting

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  • Bumblefumble@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    However, it is not required

    The sex, not the consent, I hope.

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    • yemmly@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      You hope correctly.

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  • AFC1886VCC@reddthat.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    I don’t think I could have sex with a woman named Mildred. Just imagine hitting it from behind, and then you remember her name is Mildred. You’d go soft like a wet noodle within seconds.

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    • I_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      Hey man, all cats are grey in the dark.

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  • tanisnikana@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    If history is okay with our degenerate friend Fry here being his own grandpa, who are we to judge?

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• Aremel@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  I gotta agree with the post. Millie would be a cute alternative Mildred. The name reminds me of mildew.

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  • EleventhHour@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    It reminds me of an angry goose

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    • Voran@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      I like that though

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  • maccentric@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    Mildew with a soupçon of dread

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• eratic@slrpnk.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

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  • LodeMike@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    Is this the Mildred in question?

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    • beneeney@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      Yup. She’s a maneater.

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  • programmer_belch@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    She just like me fr

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  • MaliciousKebab@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    I heard blighttown is great for going on a trip as a single guy this time of the year.

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• pastabatman@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  When I was in school the kids with the weird names were either picked on or they were super cool and popular. Their parents had no idea which one they were going to be when they chose the name.

  Your friend has the benefit of knowing who she is already. If she knows she’s going rock it, then go Mildred.

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  • Etterra@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    You’re usually fine if you’ve got a biblically significant name. Many of those have staying power. Adam, Joshua, David, Samuel, Michael, Rebecca, John, Mary, Paul, etc. not all of them work though, and it varies by culture. “Jesus” is really coming in Spanish but almost unheard of in English (American POV).

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    • Alatain@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      That is a bit of a selection bias. What you are effectively saying is “the biblical names that have survived to today have staying power”.

      But even that isn’t true here as almost all of the names you cite are significantly different now than their original forms. Looking at your list we have Yeshua, Shemuel, Mikael, Rivka, Yohanan, Miriam, and Paulus. Adam is mostly the same, as is David (with a bit of an accent difference), but the rest didn’t exactly emerge as they were.

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• roguetrick@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  If you want to get to Millie, start with Camilla. Not fucking Mildred.

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  • Infynis@midwest.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    It’s actually short for Maleficent

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    • CaptPretentious@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      You want to cite a source for that because I can’t find anything. Everything I’m finding says that before 1959 it was never used as a name and only as a word. And the name translates differently than Mildred.

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  • MisterFrog@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    Or Amelia, Melissa or simply just Millie, who’s gonna stop you?

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• captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  Are geriatric names coming back? Are we going to have a generation of Gladyses and Eustices?

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  • cm0002@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    Eustices

    That’s it, I’m gettin me mallet!

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    • AFC1886VCC@reddthat.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      Stupid dog!!!

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    • PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      Is it bad that my first thought was Eustice Kidd from One Piece?

      Keep that boy away from magnets and we should all be fine!

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    • Praxis@yiffit.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      Ah, a fan of the Ace Attorney Investigations fan translations, I see /j

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  • Excrubulent@slrpnk.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    It’s called the 100-year rule

    All the common names we grew up with were retro to our parents, and names we think are just so boomer are probably going to be our grandkids’ names.

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  • ThatOrangeBird@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    Looks like it. Names like Eleanor, Hazel, Lillian, Ellie and even Millie are in the top 100 baby names this year, and a couple of them are in the top 20 in the U.S.

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  • PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    I mean I want to name my first son Abe, but that’s because it was my grandfather’s americanized name (Ibrahim)

    I think some geriatric sounding names are still respectable sounding enough to stand as good names for kids today. Dot and Conny I think would be good ones for girls and those are nicknames for Dorothy and Constance.

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  • DMBFFF@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    Bernice

    vimeo.com/207020938

    4:05

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  • mal3oon@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    Mohammed entered the chat

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• VelvetStorm@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  I’ve noticed a trend with trans women picking the stupidest names, and idk why. Like I kinda get Mildred because it’s a classic name and has a cute nickname. So it stands to reason maybe she has a family member that was a huge influence on her so she wants to honor her with that name but why the fuck do people pick names like Lola.

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  • Godnroc@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    So her lips can taste like cherry cola.

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    • VelvetStorm@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      Is that a reference to something I am too old to understand?

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  • Machinist@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    My great grandmothers were: Lola, Layla, Eula, Lulua. For real. They were born around 1900.

    We have a cat named Lulu.

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    • Manalith@midwest.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      And I bet Eula never even read any EULAs

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    • Slovene@feddit.nl ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      One of your great-grandmothers got Clapton on his knees.

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  • then_three_more@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    Girls will be boys and boys will be girls, It’s a mixed up, muddled up, shook up world, Except for Lola

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  • Akasazh@feddit.nl ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    Is the nickname Milly?

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    • anti@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      Dredicus.

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    • VelvetStorm@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      I believe that is but I could be wrong as there are some crazy nick names out there like Peggy for Margaret.

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    • hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      No, Kevin

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  • ikidd@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    “Lexi”

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    • Donkter@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      See, “Lexathoidiopterix” is just not a great name though.

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    • Slovene@feddit.nl ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      “Belle”

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• f4hy@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  I 100% support people to transition. I don’t think people should get to pick their own names without any veto.

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• vonxylofon@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  Damn right. If I transitioned, I wouldn’t take a lame name like Mildred. I’d go for something cool like Radicalorange or Forcefulblue.

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• robocall@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  I knew an old lady that has since died, her first name was Mildred. She went by her middle name because even when she was a kid, Mildred was perceived as an unattractive name.

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• Marleyinoc@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  Maybe it’s the meaning. Just looked it up: Mildred means “gentle strength.” I’m warming up to it.

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• kerrigan778@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  Mildred is iffy but Millie is an adorable name.

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• JoMiran@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  I am and will always be an ally. Mildred though. 😬

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• Tylerdurdon@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  Should have gone with Genevieve, way more modern.

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• Rolando@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  Mildred sounds like a lot of fun.

  • is the chief wit at her monthly book club, where everyone is a published author
  • serves tea with strange flavors that you’ll never taste again (and leave you feeling a little… dizzy)
  • can tell you your future just by talking with you for 5 minutes - with 90% accuracy
  • understands that the 1980 BBC miniseries of Pride & Prejudice is the best Austen adaptation ever
  • knows more about gardening than most horticulturists
  • when she insults you, you don’t realize it until weeks later.

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• callouscomic@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  Yes. The way to support your friend is to fuck them. Fucking Mildred is the answer.

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• b000rg@midwest.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  Thought Slime goes by Mildred…

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• dreugeworst@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  my only criticism is that it isn’t old-fashioned enough. if we’re reaching back to old names, why not go all the way and pick a name like Ælfgifu

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• MagnyusG@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  now if it was Mildread…

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• crusa187@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  Alright, everything’s coming up Mildred!

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• Pheral@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  Mildred is a metal as fuck name.

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• dharmacurious@slrpnk.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  Mildred is on my top list of dog names, along with Myrtle, Milhouse, Milton, Mortimer, and Mable. We currently have Monty, Mary, and Maizie.

  Never for a human, though. It’s too old fashioned. Unless you’re thought slime, then it just fucking works for some reason…

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• 5714@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  Valid name.

  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mildred_(name)

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• duderium2@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  R*ddit / lemmy don’t do transphobia for five seconds challenge impossible

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• pmk@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  It could be a David Foster Wallace reference. “In the eighth American-educational grade, Bruce Green fell dreadfully in love with a classmate who had the unlikely name of Mildred Bonk. The name was unlikely because if ever an eighth-grader looked like a Daphne Christianson or a Kimberly St.-Simone or something like that, it was Mildred Bonk.”

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• Voran@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  I like Mildred. Such a shame that names go ‘out of date’.

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• TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  Maybe because I grew up multicultural, so I rarely find any strange names, well, strange.

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• bi_tux@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  better than all the reddit Lunas desu

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