Bob Bronson
August 4th
You may think that pop culture has NO BEARING on what you name your kid . . . but even if YOU didn’t think about Michael Jackson when you call your son “Blanket,” everyone else will. (???)
Lifehacker.com has a list of “once normal” baby names that pop culture basically ruined. Here are the Top 10!
Thanks to the 1976 movie, The Omen.
There will always be “Where’s Waldo?” jokes.
This name will now be associated with Donald Trump . . . for better or worse. “Hilary” could’ve also made the list. And to kids, it’s connected to “Donald Duck.”
There was a book series back in simpler times, the main characters were Dick and Fanny. The characters name have now been changed since they’re slang terms for naughty parts of the body. We won’t even mention the cover artwork…
The Faraway Tree - Wikipedia
The Faraway Tree is a series of popular novels for children by British author Enid Blyton. The titles in the series are The Enchanted Wood (1939), The Magic Faraway Tree (1943), The Folk of the Faraway Tree (1946) and Up the Faraway Tree (1951).
They’re now associated with somewhat-creepy digital assistants, and to use them you call them out by name. That said, Siri was never a “normal” name, right?
It wasn’t a super common name before “Harry Potter”, but it was considered an “exotic” option. Now, it has a much different vibe.
Most hurricanes don’t ruin the human names they are given, but Katrina wasn’t an ordinary hurricane. Thank goodness this Katrina brings the sunshine!
Like Karen, it’s now a meme for an “alpha dudebro”-type.
Who Is "Chad" And What Makes Him "Chadtastic"?
A is a typically resemble the common " stereotypical alpha male: he is depicted as an attractive, successful, muscular, cocky, and very popular among women. dudebro " figure of a young, athletic white male who wears trendy clothing and only enjoys popular things.
It’s now basically 100% associated with a video game character.
Sadly, it’s now a meme for a specific kind of entitled white lady.
How the Karen Meme Confronts History of White Womanhood
The Karen meme follows in a long and troubling legacy of white women in the United States weaponizing their victimhood.
