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I share a name with a very famous professional athlete. I don't even think about it usually but as soon as I have to give my name to someone I can pretty much count on some remark about the athlete by the same name.

I've dealt with this in many ways over the years but my most recent method is to pretend to have never heard of that famous person by the same name. That makes the conversation awkward and they usually move on.

Also, if you meet someone who shares a name with a celebrity, keep these things in mind:

  • There is nothing you can say about it that is funny or clever. We have heard it all before. Just don't.
  • If you do have something to say about it that is truly original and absolutely hilarious, see the previous rule.
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[–] iamhangry@programming.dev 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I have two middle names, and they are exactly the same names from a porn star turned politician in my country. Plenty of jokes about it.

The weirdest moment was when a teacher was correcting one of my essays and asked about the origin of my name, after I explained, he mentioned that he liked one of the movies that my name doppelgänger made, I had no answer and just said “ah…” and after some awkward silence he gave me back my essay.

[–] rclkrtrzckr@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Ilona Staller? Didn't know Staller is a middle name...

[–] CmdrShepard@lemmy.one 2 points 1 year ago

It's definitely Lauren Boebert

[–] iamhangry@programming.dev 0 points 1 year ago

No. But I’ll check her out, thanks ;)