dudeone Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 Hello, Hashtag? Parents Give Baby Girl a Twitter-Inspired Name By Lylah M. Alphonse, Senior Editor, Yahoo! Shine | Parenting – 3 hours ago http://shine.yahoo.c...-220500698.html Crazy baby names are nothing new. In fact, in recent years they've become endemic in our culture, with entire websites devoted to bad baby names, deliberate misspellings masquerading as parental "creativity," andcelebrities who go way way past "unusual" and into "Wait. What?" territory (like actor Jason Lee, who named his daughter Pilot Inspektor in 2003). But Hashtag? As in, well, #hashtag? Really? Really. Related: Top 10 Baby Name Predictions for 2013 "Hashtag Jameson was born at 10 o'clock last nite," the proud parent announced on FacebookSaturday night. "She weys 8pounds and i luv her so much!!!!!!" Spelling-challenged friends started leaving equally creative congratulations in the comments. "Aww babes you finally had youre Tweetybird xxx," one wrote. Related: 10 Ways Your Baby's Name Could Ruin His Life Some internet commenters have questioned whether the announcement is just a poorly executed viral marketing campaign for a certain brand of whiskey -- #Jameson? (Though we tried, Yahoo! Shine couldn't confirm the photo's legitimacy, but it's well within the realm of possibility -- if the musician Prince could use a symbol as his name, why not a non-celebrity?) Others tweeted slightly crueler hashtags of their own: #Foolishparents, #YourParentsHateYou, #StupidestNameEver. Many, many commenters all over the internet wondered about the parents' mental stability. "These are the things that convince me the world is ending in a month," lamented John Toronto at Buzzfeed. "Not the unstable sociopolitical nature of many nations of the world. Not the increasingly erratic weather patterns we've been seeing. Nope. Someone named their child Hashtag. We are all f****d and I think we might deserve it." Despite the outrage over this most recent naming debacle, parents have always named their kids after things that are important to them, whether it's a beloved relative, "The Hunger Games," a hot celebrity, glittery vampires -- or, today, social media. In February 2011, a man in Egypt named his firstborn daughter Facebook -- a nod to the role that the website played at the start of the Arab Spring. In Israel, Lior Adler and his wife, Vardit, named their little girl "Like" when she was born in May 2011 (the couple also named one of their older daughters Pie because they enjoy cooking, they said). Now that little Hashtag has arrived, all we need is a tiny Tumblr, an adorable "@," and sweet little "YouTube" and the social media baby name trend will be properly established. We're sure that little Hashtag will find a way to avoid problems on the playground (she can always say her real name is Taggart, as in Romney, or get even more conventional and call herself Ash, short for Ashley). Still, she's likely to face a few issues down the road that her social-media loving parents probably hadn't thought about. "I'm betting she'll go by 'Ash' but her classmates will know her real name," wagered Carlo Sta. Romanain the comments at Mashable. "Wonder what it'll be like in 20 years when she'll have to explain what a hashtag is?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dral Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 #YourParentsHateYou - lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nas19 Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 God dammit people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peace Bond Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 "Skintag" will be the most popular schoolyard insult directed towards this child, mark my words. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Mountain Man Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 As long as there is no licence to breed expect more of this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grapefruits Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 and this is how bullying starts... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkeeterHansen Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 Hello, Hashtag? Parents Give Baby Girl a Twitter-Inspired Name By Lylah M. Alphonse, Senior Editor, Yahoo! Shine | Parenting – 3 hours ago http://shine.yahoo.c...-220500698.html Crazy baby names are nothing new. In fact, in recent years they've become endemic in our culture, with entire websites devoted to bad baby names, deliberate misspellings masquerading as parental "creativity," andcelebrities who go way way past "unusual" and into "Wait. What?" territory (like actor Jason Lee, who named his daughter Pilot Inspektor in 2003). But Hashtag? As in, well, #hashtag? Really? Really. Related: Top 10 Baby Name Predictions for 2013 "Hashtag Jameson was born at 10 o'clock last nite," the proud parent announced on FacebookSaturday night. "She weys 8pounds and i luv her so much!!!!!!" Spelling-challenged friends started leaving equally creative congratulations in the comments. "Aww babes you finally had youre Tweetybird xxx," one wrote. Related: 10 Ways Your Baby's Name Could Ruin His Life Some internet commenters have questioned whether the announcement is just a poorly executed viral marketing campaign for a certain brand of whiskey -- #Jameson? (Though we tried, Yahoo! Shine couldn't confirm the photo's legitimacy, but it's well within the realm of possibility -- if the musician Prince could use a symbol as his name, why not a non-celebrity?) Others tweeted slightly crueler hashtags of their own: #Foolishparents, #YourParentsHateYou, #StupidestNameEver. Many, many commenters all over the internet wondered about the parents' mental stability. "These are the things that convince me the world is ending in a month," lamented John Toronto at Buzzfeed. "Not the unstable sociopolitical nature of many nations of the world. Not the increasingly erratic weather patterns we've been seeing. Nope. Someone named their child Hashtag. We are all f****d and I think we might deserve it." Despite the outrage over this most recent naming debacle, parents have always named their kids after things that are important to them, whether it's a beloved relative, "The Hunger Games," a hot celebrity, glittery vampires -- or, today, social media. In February 2011, a man in Egypt named his firstborn daughter Facebook -- a nod to the role that the website played at the start of the Arab Spring. In Israel, Lior Adler and his wife, Vardit, named their little girl "Like" when she was born in May 2011 (the couple also named one of their older daughters Pie because they enjoy cooking, they said). Now that little Hashtag has arrived, all we need is a tiny Tumblr, an adorable "@," and sweet little "YouTube" and the social media baby name trend will be properly established. We're sure that little Hashtag will find a way to avoid problems on the playground (she can always say her real name is Taggart, as in Romney, or get even more conventional and call herself Ash, short for Ashley). Still, she's likely to face a few issues down the road that her social-media loving parents probably hadn't thought about. "I'm betting she'll go by 'Ash' but her classmates will know her real name," wagered Carlo Sta. Romanain the comments at Mashable. "Wonder what it'll be like in 20 years when she'll have to explain what a hashtag is?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
:D Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 It's a shame Frank Zappa isn't still fathering kids. Some great names in that family. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jägermeister Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 I bet the first people to name their kid John or Anna were considered crazy too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil_314 Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 #That'sMessedUp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Common sense Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 I'm waiting for the day when parents name their kid after a ..... Then they'll truly get it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surtur Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 wow. i thought it was bad enough the wife gave the kids odd middle names.......(that do have family meanings) some people spend way to much time online. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hockeyville88 Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 So for short people will call her Hash? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LucBourdon28 Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 Was i the only one that thought they were going to name the baby "YOLO"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WHL rocks Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 The saying is there's 1 born every minute. Somehow these 2 managed to find each other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Stamkos Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrels.Gone.Wild Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 Parents who give their kids ridiculous names are selfish assholes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoaltenderInterference Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 Was i the only one that thought they were going to name the baby "YOLO"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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