Fuck Kristi "Puppy Killer" Noem (descriptions of animal cruelty in OP)

Not rim job

Just rimshot.

There’s still relevant slang for that.

But given Noem’s history, do we really want any kind of “shot”?

She’ll microwave a hamster because it was insubordinate.

This gave me a chuckle. :grin:

“Lily” has had a big resurgence in the last 15 years. Last year it was the 18th most popular girls’ name in the US. Of course, seeing someone over 20 years of age (or under, like, 130) with that name is uncommon, but a lot of trans people, when picking out their name, are going by current naming conventions, not the naming conventions that were popular when they were actually born. So “Lily” is a bit of a stereotypical trans name atm, because trans women are the only adult cohort that’s currently using it.

On the other hand, I’ve met two trans women who decided to go by “Mildred,” which I cannot for the life of me explain.

Oh, interesting. If i had to guess, the first one is about 25 and the second about 20, so they aren’t far out of the “usual” demographic for the name.

I’ve met two young trans women named “Audrey”. The only other Audrey I have ever known was my grandmother.

I think most young people don’t fret about such distinctions of eras or other cultural divisions anymore, and that’s a good thing. I could imagine that one or both of these women chose their name after Audrey Hepburn, a person worth remembering.

It’s probably long enough that the name is no longer associated with “Audrey II”.

“Audrey” is another name experiencing a renaissance at the moment, but unlike “Lily,” it never actually stopped being popular.

Mildred, Agnes, and Judith being the sexiest of names. What’s not to understand?

Hee. My Mom’s name was Mildred and her sister was Judith. Milly and Judy. Oh how she hated it. I often consider the sound of a name, regardless of it’s association as an older person’s name, or whatever. I think Gloria is quite pretty, for instance. I always thought Alice is quite frumpy, due to The Brady Bunch. Then I met several Brits with name, and learned how common it is, and I hear it in a new way. I have to picture it spelled ‘Allis’ or some other alternative. But Mildred . . . no way to make that one good. Sorry for the hijack.

Yeah, I was another one with a Judith/Judy mother - you can see the massive spike in popularity in the U.S. right around 1940 and then a rapid decline over the next few decades. It’s a very Boomer/GenX mother’s name.

I’ve mentioned this in the past, I think - but when I was a kid I thought both of my grandmother’s names were incredibly old-fashioned. At the time they were. But the surge of one of them, Amelia, caught me by surprise. It just exploded in popularity in the 2000’s.

However I’m still safe with the other. Myrtle has never recovered :slight_smile:. To be fair even my grandmother was already like the sixth or seventh girl in a huge family.

I have an aunt, Judy. Also, to throw another old name in the mix, I have another aunt named, Claudia.

Well, my niece (age 2) is called Hadas, which is Hebrew for myrtle…

My Aunt Mildred, age 98, passed away a few days ago. When we were kids, everybody called her Midge. I don’t think she particularly liked that, and over the past few decades, we all called her Mildred.

Maybe it’s related to Joan Crawford fandom (via her famous 1945 movie Mildred Pierce)?

The only other word in English that has the short-i “mild” sound is “mildew”, so it’s not surprising to me that name isn’t super popular.

Or the word “milled”.