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

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[moustacherider]

I used to work in school photography and I wish I'd kept a record of the funny names I saw. I don't remember many but a group of siblings all had American town names (Brooklyn, etc - which I found strange because it was an Australian school) and a little white boy was called Optimus.

I'm sure I saw a few Matrix themed names too

[niyarav]

I love hearing from people who worked in schools, they've always seen the wildest names. Maybe kids get teased more if they're named after a local place or it seems cooler if it's 'foreign'?

Optimus can go by Tim I guess but wow

[winter_lace]

I had a 6 year old Anakin come through my register once. Love to know what he gets called now.

[teacoat]

Darth, obviously

[crawdadddy]

Maybe Annie? Wasn't that his nickname in the movie?

[ellehcimbelle]

Ani

[winter_lace]

it's more that Australians can come up with some WILD nicknames. Maybe he's just greeted with a cappella renditions of the imperial march?

[veracity]

... I really hope Prime isn't the middle name.

[london_eclipse]

I tried to get my husband to commit to “Trinity” for a girl but I’m glad he shut it down cause in retrospect it could come across as religious which we are not lol.

[stillingfleet]

Trinity is such a pretty sounding name tho!

[bulastar]

I taught a Trinity. She was a demon

[ahkna]

Trinity is the codename of Wonder Woman's new daughter!

[rubie_dubidoux]

or that you're big nuclear weapons aficionados lol

[bulastar]

I work in the Australian state school system. A colleague of mine taught a kid named Jizm

[jojito]

Once I met a Ladidi (Lady Di).

[niyarav]

I would definitely read this as Ladeedee