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johndoughtoday at 4:39 PM3 repliesview on HN

If an uneducated acquaintance of yours was about to name their newborn child "Adolf", would you interject that this name might not be such a great idea?


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therealdrag0today at 8:14 PM

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2179121/

But you gotta admit it’s strange that some mass murders are off limits but not others. Joseph, mao, osama. It’s mostly about preexisting popularity.

pohltoday at 4:53 PM

Absolutely, it’s an act of kindness to loop them in. And if an eavesdropper complains about it I’d be super suspicious.

volkktoday at 4:51 PM

there's a big difference between Adolf and whatever esoteric garbage this is

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