tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post5274759367274792603..comments2024-03-28T21:56:51.675-04:00Comments on Face to Face: Persona strivers like Megyn Kelly make horrible interviewers and debate moderatorsagnostichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12967177967469961883noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-90607618546813383242016-02-01T07:18:47.282-05:002016-02-01T07:18:47.282-05:00so you don't think megyn kelly is a literal tr...so you don't think megyn kelly is a literal tranny, ok...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-40827625633704220532016-01-31T23:46:16.052-05:002016-01-31T23:46:16.052-05:00Make baby names great again!Make baby names great again!agnostichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12967177967469961883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-3444889422364890452016-01-31T23:43:40.227-05:002016-01-31T23:43:40.227-05:00All names are going to sound dated -- Clyde, Steve...All names are going to sound dated -- Clyde, Steve, Susan, Tracy -- but historically common ones will at least sound normal.<br /><br />Addison, Grayson, Bryleigh, Roofer -- it's like giving your newborn child a tattoo that says "Lady Gaga + Rihanna 4EVA".agnostichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12967177967469961883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-85972269194303949802016-01-31T22:25:36.805-05:002016-01-31T22:25:36.805-05:00What's more, these striver/alien weirdo pets a...What's more, these striver/alien weirdo pets are now stuck with names that reek of a decadent period that Trump (and whoever else joins the charge) may soon be cleaning up. <br /><br />Future generations will eventually be bemused by various Millennialisms, not knowing (or caring) that they were a generation raised entirely in a corrupt period.<br /><br />It'll be a joy, watching/listening to the complacent, the obsequious, the superficial, and the greedy squirm as Trump wins one battle after another. "But naked self-interest, careerism, and materialism have been chic for decades"! "How does this 'hypocritical' dem-kissing braggart have any credibility left"Ferylnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-62552749388056083392016-01-31T15:49:10.685-05:002016-01-31T15:49:10.685-05:00It gets worse -- all the rhyming variants that spr...It gets worse -- all the rhyming variants that spread out from the original. Madison gives Addison, Jackson gives Paxon, Riley gives Kylie and Miley, Haley gives Bailey, Kayleigh, Taylee, ad nauseam.<br /><br />And traditionally, only a handful of surnames were up for grabs as first names -- Connor, Colin, etc. It kept things from spiraling out of control.<br /><br />In our status-striving competitive age, we've got little girls named McKenzie, or even Kenzie. Before long, "Meet my lovely children -- Annagyn and Dermott".agnostichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12967177967469961883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-79148449748290483842016-01-31T04:52:44.755-05:002016-01-31T04:52:44.755-05:00The WASP surname as first name thing has always bo...The WASP surname as first name thing has always bothered me. I counted about 7 or 8 of these scanning the list of top 100 girls names for 2014. Madison comes in at 11. Justinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-88473474512191036962016-01-29T04:38:23.774-05:002016-01-29T04:38:23.774-05:00megyn kelly = sandra bullock...megyn kelly = sandra bullock...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-37371747880387815492016-01-28T16:26:59.631-05:002016-01-28T16:26:59.631-05:00The woman who runs the Baby Name Wizard blog has a...The woman who runs the Baby Name Wizard blog has analyzed the Social Security data on which baby names are popular in a given year, and how they vary by state.<br /><br />Unusual names are far more common out West. Maybe they aren't WASP-y sounding, but novel and unusual. That's objective -- just see if the name was in the top 1000 historically. If not, it's a novelty, like Aiden, Jayden, Brayden, Gayden, etc., and Hayley, Bailey, Kaylee, Taylee, etc.agnostichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12967177967469961883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-78464896325155411052016-01-28T10:14:32.923-05:002016-01-28T10:14:32.923-05:00I recall these distinctive preppy-WASPy names star...I recall these distinctive preppy-WASPy names started getting very popular among East Coast strivers in CT and NY around the early 1990s. And of course, people in the South have long had the funny practice of using quirky family names as their first name.<br /><br />From what I can tell, a lot of the people using these odd names around here are ambitious transplants from the East Coast and nearby states like AZ, OR, etc., who think they've hit the big time by moving to SoCal.Laguna Beach Fogeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08027025872132699493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-89386758517317635212016-01-27T22:29:50.571-05:002016-01-27T22:29:50.571-05:00The whole point of persona striving is to show how...The whole point of persona striving is to show how much more unique and distinctive your character is, and a big part of a parent's image to others is what their kids are like. So give them names that show how unique and quirky the parents are.<br /><br />True to the overall pattern, airheaded names are more common out west of the Mississippi, where lifestyle and persona striving take the place of career striving since there isn't much room for careerism out West. That doesn't mean that there isn't any back east -- the bimbo is from Syracuse NY.agnostichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12967177967469961883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-5476299314920211402016-01-27T19:59:50.547-05:002016-01-27T19:59:50.547-05:00@LBF "What kind of person..."
Someone w...@LBF "What kind of person..."<br /><br />Someone who's striving to live up to an image, regardless of, say, practicality.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-66006882583983050852016-01-27T19:29:41.812-05:002016-01-27T19:29:41.812-05:00And what kind of person names her children Yates, ...And what kind of person names her children Yates, Yardley, and Thatcher? <br /><br />Good Lord.Laguna Beach Fogeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08027025872132699493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-64930299227596852402016-01-27T19:27:12.066-05:002016-01-27T19:27:12.066-05:00I was wondering when Americans were going to come ...I was wondering when Americans were going to come round to recognizing just how stupid Megyn Kelly is.Laguna Beach Fogeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08027025872132699493noreply@blogger.com