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Everything named Concord crashed and burned as a result of overconfidence.

And then the Titanic and OceanGate Titan sank despite being "unsinkable".

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[โ€“] BossDj@lemm.ee 32 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Every teacher has their own list of "absolutely never" names for future offspring. The amount of overlap is surprising

[โ€“] TokenEffort@sh.itjust.works 12 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I feel like there has never been any good Jonathans, Aidens, Jacksons, Tyrees, Katies, Katrinas, Isaiahs, or Catherines. And any name that's hyphenated with Ann.

[โ€“] janus2@lemmy.zip 6 points 3 weeks ago

to add to the data points I've known 3 lovely Katies and 2 awful ones

[โ€“] ICastFist@programming.dev 10 points 3 weeks ago

Changes from country to country, I suppose. I'm not even a teacher, but I know damn well Samuel is an absolute no. Most other biblical names also tend to rate highly on the "DON'T" list.