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I once worked with a guy for three years and never learned his name. Best friend I ever had. We still never talk sometimes.

-Ron Swanson

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lemmy.world

What is in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.

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sh.itjust.works

This is just everyone I meet in life because what's the point of knowing each other's names if we're not gonna be interacting with one another past at least a month.

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Anikireply
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plus i forget the names anyways

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Anikireply
feddit.org

i miss the times when names had spiritual significance. you learned their name and you actually learned something about the person, their character traits, history, etc.

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Back when names had actual meaning and not just.."well it sounded good." Granted, there's still a lot of power in knowing someone's full name, or "true" name, but it just doesn't hit the same like it used to.

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do you know their meaning? do you choose the name to the person? or just what you like?

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Or their job or where they came from. Some were extremely trivial like height or hair color

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sh.itjust.works

It's really hard to remember to begin with. Even when I somewhat remember, the last 7 people were dave, dan, mike, mike, dan, steve, don and I have no idea which is which.

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it doesn't count when its not only work related but also entirely not by choice

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You reached the end