Von Nukem, who was born as Teddy Landrum, told the outlet he changed his name in 2012 in a nod to his German heritage and the video-game character Duke Nukem.

[–] pingveno@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago

I used to be involved in approval of user name changes to match name changes. Most are pretty pedestrian like marriage, gender transitions, and the occasional escape from an abuser. But every once in a while, we have run across an oddity, like the guy who repeatedly changed his last name to various luxury car brands.

[–] guojing@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago

Oh yes, the ridiculous obsession of muricans with European countries that they know nothing about.

[–] pingveno@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

five children aged under nine

Bad: Five little kids are left without a father.

Good: Mom will have another go around at not choosing a drug smuggling white supremacist as the father figure for her kids.