i just realized
we've seen people say things like "Alec Technologyconnections" to refer to the host of the youtube channel Technology Connections
this is exactly how a lot of surnames (at least in the west?) originated
"which Tom are you talking about?" "Tom the baker" "Oh Tom Baker, got it"
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@socks Sorry? Is there an unintentional pun there?
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@Felthry No, but Tom Baker is a famous person
@socks we honestly did not know that
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@Felthry That's why the heh. If you knew it was just a nice little nod, and if you didn't know it was a very funny coincidence
@Felthry i can't believe we accidentally started doing that again, that's very funny to me
@Felthry Sans Undertale
@Felthry .m third-millenium surnames let's goooo
@moonbolt I won't be able to see anything grace says in response to this and they won't be able to see my post because awoo doesn't federate with their instance
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@Felthry I honestly like doing this. I think it's funny especially if you can't remember somebody's name at the top of your head
@Felthry
I saw a recent collaboration video of some science explanation youtubers and they introduced Tom Scott as "Tom from Tom Scott" and I thought that was an interesting reversal. Put your own given name on a channel, and that's the channel's name now, buddy, it's no longer adequate for specifying you as a person.
@Felthry I was today years old when I learned this is how names like that come about.
Names in a few hundred years are gonna be wild.
@LexYeen yeah that's the origin of names like baker, smith, chandler, fletcher, gardner (from gardener), shoemaker (also schumacher, schumaker, etc), and some that aren't really words for occupations anymore like baxter or grainger
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@LexYeen (if you're wondering, baxter is an archaic feminine form of baker, and grainger was a word for someone who worked with grain. that one might still technically be a word for an occupation but i think we'd just lump that in with "farmer" these days)
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@Felthry .m brb changing last name to Animals
@Felthry Heh. Tom Baker.