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[–] mrslt@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago

Seems a little early...

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 18 points 1 day ago (2 children)

When I was around 20yo, I spent a summer with a new group of friends pretending I knew everyone's names. It was anxiety hell. Today, I realize that I can just admit that I forget names and ask and it's no problem. But that was an interesting summer.

[–] Codandchips@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

When I first started work I was in shop where there were three Bills, two Phil's and two Neil's . I never ever worked out who was who.

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Bro, homie, dawg, phil

It’s easy to go years without knowing names, better if you don’t use that last one

[–] MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Bro, homie, dawg, phil

Phil and Phil (both whirling angrily to acknowledge you): "WHAT?!"

[–] MadBob@feddit.nl 8 points 1 day ago

It's happened to me a few times over the years, but if anything it's an opportunity to think up a nickname. Sometimes they stick and all.

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Once sat at the same table as another guy in high school every weekday for six months. We traded less than ten words in that time. Later we became great friends.

[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 52 points 2 days ago (1 children)

But sometimes you meet people who you never see again. That brain space could be used for Vim keybindings.

[–] Shapillon@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

Hello Jarvis!

[–] gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

most names are made-up anyways, and i can't remember made-up stuff. there has to be something profound about it or i forget it

actually i have adopted a hobby of just giving people new names (yeah i know it could be seen as disrespectful but for me it's just a normal way of doing things) and then calling them by that name. yes, it has led to confusion in the past. but it just feels like the proper thing to do. (yes you can call me weird and no i won't take it as an insult.)

also, there's this weird phenomenon that when i make up a new name for somebody, somehow that's much easier to remember. and if i do forget and make up a new name again, that new name will often be the same as the first time. so there seems to be something "recognizable" or "fundamental" about it.

[–] SurfinBird@lemmy.ca 93 points 2 days ago (1 children)

This is not correct. We wait until someone else says their name.

[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 113 points 2 days ago (1 children)

A month? I've known guys for years and still don't know their names and it is WAY too late to ask.

[–] credo@lemmy.world 15 points 2 days ago

That’s when you figure out a reason to hand them a clipboard and say, “Imma need you to sign in.”

[–] General_Effort@lemmy.world 26 points 2 days ago (6 children)

The only reason you need to know someone's name is to talk about them behind their back.

[–] Tankton@lemm.ee 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Excellent point, if you're just 1 on 1 with someone you dont need their name except to talk about them with someone else.

[–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I'm always terrible with names but they do come in handy

Hey,who's working ____'s shift Thursday?

Who do I need to talk to in HR?

who makes the schedule?

Ask ___ if they can cover your shift.

Email ____ for me and see if they have a copy of that report.

Can you tell ___ to come see me.

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[–] DerpDerpingtonIsHere@lemmy.world 64 points 2 days ago (1 children)

it's been 5yrs since I knew my neighbor. we still just call each other neighbor. we hang out at least once a week.

[–] DmMacniel@feddit.org 9 points 2 days ago

Tim Allen is that you?

[–] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 37 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Jfc, if you knew how long it has taken me to know the names of some of my friends, and not just work friends or gym friends, it would be absurd.

Hell, even after months of hanging with someone, you might not know their last name; it's all "hey, I'm zipper". Why zipper? "I dunno, you know how it is". Yeah, I feel that. Anyway, went a beer, zip?

My chronic pain/disability support group shares space with an autism support group. Not a single one of the autism group knows my actual name afaik, but we'll hang out down the road at a diner some nights as a mixed group when we're meeting at the same time. It's all "hey, beard!" And "sasquatch, wanna see my cat?" And sometimes just "man". I've known some of them for years and we don't know each other's actual names. A couple of them, I've been to their house, and vice versa, and we don't know each others last name at all.

One guy in specific came over, heard my wife call out my name and was confused as hell because my name sounds like a regular word and thought it was a different nickname. Asked for the story behind it, and I had to show him my driver's license because he thought I was fucking with him. We'd had dinner together at the diner dozens of times.

No need for real names when you're bros

[–] Flocklesscrow@lemm.ee 20 points 2 days ago

This guy's name is Fork

[–] MutilationWave@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago

After fucking around for a while turned into being exclusive for about six months, the woman who is now my wife realized that we didn't know each other's last names. If she hadn't brought it up it's hard to tell how long I would have gone not knowing.

[–] affiliate@lemmy.world 25 points 2 days ago (1 children)

why say their name when you could instead say “guy” or “man”, or, occasionally, “buddy”?

[–] Threeme2189@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Don't forget the universal "Dude" and "Bro"

[–] Slovene@feddit.nl 3 points 1 day ago

Or if you're really close friends, the old "fuckface".

[–] atro_city@fedia.io 70 points 2 days ago (1 children)

For real. Came into work for six months and talked to this dude about a bunch of stuff every time. Only a week ago did I find out his name. Now I can finally say his name instead of starting off with "hey bro"

[–] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 35 points 2 days ago (6 children)

At least you remember names. Someone can tell me their name, I'll repeat it as suggested, forget it a few days later anyway.

I'll remember a phone number before someone's name.

Hell, I remember one dude as initials + his age when I met him. I don't know why. Example: If I met John Doe aged 32, there's a chance I'd remember him as "JD32", and forget his actual name.
Shout-out to MK22, I forgot your name again.

[–] LittleBorat3@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago

I just remember faces for 20 years, no clue about their names.

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so relatable, i call everyone "dude" or "man".

i think names are an exception and only reserved for rare occurrences. honestly, i wouldn't mind if people didn't have names in general. just call everyone "child" "man" or "hey you" depending on their appearance. names are a weird concept to me. it's not natural that people have names, i guess.

[–] CreatingMachines@fedia.io 43 points 2 days ago (2 children)

We don't need names, so long we vibe

[–] ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net 13 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Haha there's a guy I hang out with at the library and I think he's great.

Wanted to invite him to a party and realized I had no way to get in touch. No name or anything.

For like a month, I've been trying to visit the library at the same exact time to see if we bump into each other.

Library stranger, I hope we meet again.

[–] pemptago@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

If someone I just met uses my name regularly I feel like they're trying to sell me something.

[–] psud@aussie.zone 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

If someone I talk to keeps using my name, I think they're following advice on how to remember names, and that they're bad at names

'The memory palace' is the superior memorization method

[–] Sabata11792@ani.social 34 points 2 days ago

Knowing someones name is a bit too intimate for my taste.

[–] DJDarren@thelemmy.club 24 points 2 days ago

"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

[–] TriflingToad@sh.itjust.works 20 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (11 children)

I have ADHD (+ other stuff) and so names has always been a massive issue for me. A few years ago I just stopped trying because I don't talk to most people anyways. out of the ~25 people in this class with me right now (fun fact! I am breaking a law by being on my phone rn :3) I know the name of,
1: teacher
2: girl with pink hair
3: trans friend
4: person who sits next to me and cannot understand what a function is to save his life
5: someone who I sat next to in 3rd grade

The others, no earthly idea. I have COWORKERS in this class who I don't know their name 😓

[–] sag@lemm.ee 2 points 1 day ago

I have ADHD (+ other stuff) and so names has always been a massive issue for me. A few years ago I just stopped trying because I don't talk to most people anyways.

Me_irl

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[–] kreskin@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago

Oh thank god its not just me.

[–] henfredemars@infosec.pub 19 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

It’s cool. I don’t usually care about people‘s names that much, and I know he doesn’t care about my name, so why does it matter.

For the most part people can call me dude and bro until the end of time at work.

[–] moody@lemmings.world 11 points 2 days ago

Or El Duderino, if they're not into the whole brevity thing.

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[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago
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