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[-] remotelove@lemmy.ca 33 points 1 year ago

If the name is formally changed, who cares? It's their stupid register that is fucked up forever.

Plus, while it would be awkward as a kid, I could totally rock that name now that I am older.

[-] Nath@aussie.zone 18 points 1 year ago

It'll come up every time you need official government documentation. Something like "Have you been known under other names?"

Getting married? It'll come up.
Need a police clearance for work? It'll come up.
Need a Working with Children check for work? It'll come up.
Getting a visa to work/travel overseas? It'll come up.

Yes, it can be explained away. But I can see this costing the kid jobs, at the very least. Some employers might ask the candidate to explain this, Others might just not bother.

[-] nevernevermore@kbin.social 11 points 1 year ago

As an adult it would be the story everybody heard as I introduced myself, "my birth name was methamphetamine rules and I'm being 100% serious"

[-] TheaoneAndOnly27@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago

It would be a hell of an I've breaker "tell us one thing we might not know about you"... "Well my legal name is methamphetamine rules"

[-] modesto_hagney@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Might turn into a Streetlamp Le Moose situation.

this post was submitted on 20 Sep 2023
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