In addition to varying over time, it varies regionally. I knew 2 Scotts growing up in the 70s, the same number of Bretts I knew, and the same number of people I’ve know at the same time in my life who went by Nonie.
IRL, I’m a Robert, and I knew only one other Robert my age for most of my childhood. Then I went to college and developed neck strain from turning my head everytime I heard my name called. I swear, in the fall of '86, the male student body at Furman must have been 30% Roberts. I finally learned that no one was calling for me and learned how to ignore it.
I remember that comic. I searched the net up/down/sideways for it but could not find it, as I was going to post in this thread showing it.
It’s kind of true IMO. The 1970’s was my “school decade”, meaning I was of school age through the entire decade ( with a bit of 60s and a smidge’ of 80’s on either end ), and they were fairly ubiquitous names.
Yeah, I’m against the trend, too. I mean, first off, there are plenty of nice Beckys and Karens, and I know at least one Chad who is not a total douche. And seriously, I don’t get the shorthand it is trying to convey. “Entitled” says so much more than “Karen”.
As far as names, Michael seems to be the most common I’ve run into. There were a lot of Jennifers and Cathy/Kathys for girls.
Growing up, I knew one other person with my first name and he was an adult. But when I graduated college and headed off to my first job, I was suddenly surrounded by them. There were three other people in my office and another three I interacted regularly with. It was new and different.
Yeah, it is a name with a bad connotation. But since 1939, parents have known not to know their kids that., and I have never heard it use on Social media as often as “karen”, have you ever heard: “That dude was a real adolph.” Not the same at all.
Why do people think they have to legitimize their bigotry, hatred and rudeness by a “whataboutism”?“whataboutsim” doesn’t legitimize anything.
