Australian journalist names her baby Methamphetamine Rules

[niyarav]

An experiment with NSW's official name-submission process has left a little boy with quite the unusual name. https://t.co/4pQMgieabn
- SBS News (@SBSNews) September 20, 2023

ABC journalist Kirsten Drysdale decided to test whether the NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages had the power to change a baby's name if the one submitted was deemed

Comments

[tipping4_2]

back in my day people freaked out over a celeb baby being named after a fruit 👵

[evilgerbil]

Apple Martin is nothing these days.

[trekkiepetrelli]

i was saying exactly this the other day to a friend, we were talking about the monstrosity of el*n m*sk's childrens names and how it all used to be a simpler time lmao

[curdlesnoots]

Lmao that’s what I said. The people who died on Peaches and Apple hill must be rolling in their juice box coffins.

[eowyn]

I'm soggy but amused.

[flyingpigs_live]

Tbh Apple is a pretty name regardless

[sweetwaterlane]

i was def (lurkingly) loling in the original ONTD thread about Apple's name, but ngl the name has really grown on me in the last 18+ years 🤷‍♀️

[silverstarry]

Twenty years later, so many of these names are popular/normal.

[niyarav]

I thought it was kind of weird they chose Emma when his ex-wife was Emily but anything is better than Thatcher, even Phoebo

[green_monsterx]

Oooo sequoia! VETO!

[sweetwaterlane]

i loved Phoebe: "is it just me or is Vito starting to sound pretty good?"

[chapter013]

lmao after seeing this post i was like "well Pilot Inspektor isn't so bad"