A Facebook support group, for people who share the same name as famous criminals.
But only people with the same names as famous criminals can join. The conversations on a group like this would be incredible.
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But only people with the same names as famous criminals can join. The conversations on a group like this would be incredible.
Their motto:
I share the name of a child murderer. They aren't super duper famous, but when you look up my first and last name in a search, they are the only thing to pop up unless you really get specific to me. I have had people that were strangers to me hear my name on a roll call do a thorough look at me, then bring it up when they are relieved to see I am not that person. I think providing more details here would doxx me.
I'm sorry to hear that, Mr. Gacy.
I almost have the same first and last name as a known and jailed killer. A few letters off, but pronounced the same. Close enough that people make mistakes. When the thing happened, I got a ton of angry hatemail on various social media from people who couldn't tell the difference. I started using my middle name more everywhere to distinguish myself. It was years ago now, but I still need to pull out my ID every now and then when someone thinks I'm trying to be funny. Interestingly enough, I also got messages from people that were like "Damn, sucks to have that name right now. I'm sorry you must be getting so much hate from idiots. Don't let them get to you." which actually helped a lot. I'm used to it now after all this time, but a support group like that could have been really helpful at the time.
Is there anyone else named Donald Trump?
There are at least three people with that name: the current US president, his son, and this guy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_L._Trump
Quite fitting that he's an oncologist when his name-neighbour is the largest piece of walking talking cancer on this planet.
That's one heck of a read. Poor guy, at least he got $30k out of DJT
He probably had to go into a medical field just so we could get a Dr. before his name and do some good to be immediately differentiated.
I'm kinda surprised he hasn't tried to copyright his name yet.
My white friend from the SE US shares the name of a black guy from SW US that murdered a bunch of people. He still fails every background check they do and needs “further investigation” every time to ensure they aren’t the same person.
A similar group would be people with the same names as not bad people but just famous people. That's what Michael Bolton needed in office space
But people usually know what those look like. With criminals not so much.
When I was a Freshman in college there was a guy on my dorm floor named George Zimmerman
One of the sales guys that comes by my shop goes by Jeff.
Unfortunately his full name is Jeffrey Epstein.
Met a guy named Jim Jones once. Everyone's first words after learning his name were "Don't expect me to take any Kool-Aid from you." or the like. We thought it was funny but he probably heard it a billion times and was sick to death of it.
I share the name of famous comedian … but he died.
Dont worry, Leary is still doing his act.
Plot twist: the criminal joined as well and used the group for construct an alibi.
What about hurricanes? Especially if they’re destructive
My friend Michael Jackson would like to sign up