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[–] DasRundeEtwas@feddit.de 27 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

i also like

name: John

first name:

.... fuck

[–] Penta@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

happens every single time

[–] Anamana@feddit.de 5 points 1 year ago

It's a stupid design tho

[–] spez@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

what are you supposed to fill at the first 'name'?

[–] Lukerator@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

First name is the name everyone calls you by

Middle name is your second name

Last name is your family name

Hope this helps 😊

[–] Faresh@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What do people enter in the middle name field if a someone's full name is more than 3 words long?

[–] HamBrick@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago

Hyphens or anything but your first and surname goes in middle

[–] spez@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

thanks man!

[–] bob_lemon@feddit.de 24 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Having only a single field for the entire name should be the norm all across the world. Automated systems can call people by their full name ("Hello, Bob Lemon").

It's gender neutral, solves sorting issues (e.g. Japanese), people without surnames (e.g. some African tribes, iirc) and whatnot.

[–] Hupf@feddit.de 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Meowoem@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is nonsence though, they're making up nonsence to sell a nonsence argument.

They list a lot of countries and say they have naming conventions which aren't simple but they're ignoring the fact those countries have a legal requirement for a child to be given a legal name and that legal name can only be changed by official process - my tax software doesn't need to worry if your mom calls you squgglewoo written as a squiggle that's not your name

[–] T4V0 7 points 1 year ago

Sorry to be a bother, but it's nonsense.

[–] TimeSquirrel@kbin.social 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Address: 123 somewhere drive, randomtown, somestate, US

City:

[–] gon@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

I know this is just a meme but you guys really should read the whole thing before filling it in.

[–] Yuki@kutsuya.dev 5 points 1 year ago

Every fucking time