Just some lighter news to break up the doom a bit

  • roguetrick
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    441 year ago

    She was hoping the nanny state would prevent this and she’d waste someone’s time. Instead she just wasted her own.

    • @avater
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      1 year ago

      and showed that there is an issue with overseeing this particular area by the government and that is also part of the job of a journalist to point out problems like that.

      Also they can easily change the name because the government agreed to the oversight and will try to improve. So win/win

    • @[email protected]
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      21 year ago

      "What we were trying to find out was what the registrar names a baby if the parents don’t come up with an acceptable name, because that’s what actually happens if parents don’t lodge a name that’s acceptable,” she told Langdon.
      "So we thought, well, we’re in the perfect position to find out … we’ll lodge a name that’s so outrageous that it couldn’t possibly be accepted.”
      Drysdale said she had been assured all applications were screened by humans and the chance the name would make it through would be incredibly low.

  • @pickman_model
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    341 year ago

    we’re going through the process of getting a correction done, so it won’t follow him around forever.

    This got published on the web. This will follow him. Someone will dig it up eventually. Oh, so your mom is Kirsten Drysdale? Ha ha.

  • @expatriado
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    331 year ago

    is she implying that elon is the father?

    • @fluxion
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      211 year ago

      That’s her other child, 🏋️xx🙈ul🪥

      • @nxfsi
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        111 year ago

        Techno methanicus

        • rhsJack
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          21 year ago

          What is your email address? I need to send you a bill for a new keyboard because I ruined mine by spitting up tea.

  • @Custoslibera
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    211 year ago

    Coward, she should have let that be his name.

    We could have called him Methy and his son could have been called Methy Jr. or Meju for short.

  • Who knew?
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    61 year ago

    She should have left it that way, see if thry want to go by methy, rules (like Jules?) Or just amphetamine for short.

  • @sunbytes
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    61 year ago

    He’s going to be called Meth (Metho if NZ follows Aus nickname rules) by his mates as soon as they find out about this.

    It’s too good a story not to.

  • Sagrotan
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    21 year ago

    So what’s the problem with little Metty?