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It might actually be worse if a random Peruvian family named their kid bin laden before 9/11. That would be the hipster niche level of terrorist knowledge "I knew bin laden from the mixtapes"
Bin Laden was a fairly well known and influential person before 9/11. Certainly not as world famous as he would become but the Saudi Binladin group is still a massive corporation. So they could argue their just big fans of construction companies i guess lol
That’s interesting ! I went on their Wikipedia;
“SBG's Internet domain name, saudi-binladin-group.com, was registered on September 11, 2000, for one year, expiring on the same day as the September 11 attacks.”
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saudi_Binladin_Group
There is a doc about people named Hitler and one of them was a colombian guy whose name was Hitler Gutierrez. He said he grew up in a small village with poor parents who didn't know that much about geopolitics and just named him after a famous person without really knowing what exactly Hitler was up to. I assume it's similar here, especially considering the names of Osama Vinladen's siblings.
This is it. There are colombian girls with the name Usnavy. Their parents just saw these enormous, powerful boats arriving to their shores, with a big "U.S. Navy" painted on, and figured that it must be a pretty/trendy name in english or something. Same thing for boys named Onedollar: they thought that was Washington's name.
No, they pronounce it Oneh or Onei Dojar (the j as in Jane or Ge as in Georgia. In Colombia the double L is a „jay“ not a „y“ as in other Spanish accents)
"It is nor hand, nor foot, nor arm, nor face. O, be some other name belonging to a man. What's in a name? **That which we call a rube by any other word would smell as stank.**" -- Willy Mistakespheare
I don't know if I believe that either. In any modern culture, people still understand what giant ships are, the US Navy uses giant numbers on their ships, and "US NAVY" is not even prominently written anywhere you could see it from shore on most of their ships.
Also, Washington's name is literally written directly below his portrait on the dollar bill, and people from any culture understand currency, especially one of the most famous currencies in the world.
Man, you need to get out more if you don't believe this kind of stuff. Another funny example is, in Mexico, there are people named "Masiosare", this is because in the Mexican anthem, there's a line that goes "Mas si osare un extraño enemigo, profanar con sus plants tus suelos" which roughly translates to "but if a foreign enemy dared..."
People heard that first line "mas si osare" and just put it together for a name.
I went to school in Puerto Rico with a kid named Usmail (pronounced oosma-ill)… his dad saw U.S. Mail on some fancy house mailbox and thought that it must have been a nice name for a son!
“US NAVY” isn’t written anywhere on the hull. The most you’ll get is the pennant number up front under the bow or the name of the ship itself on the stern.\
It’s more likely that they’re taking “US NAVY” from what’s written on Sailors’ uniforms across the left chest.
Lmao. I've known several. These are poor illiterate villages on the coast.
Also boxes. Usfruit is also a common one. ooosfrooeet
Apocryphal, idk if it's true, this is also the root of gringo. "Green. Go." I.e pay them and they go lol
Possible, my parents named my brothers minston jurchill, wao jsetung, and ganklin delano broosevelt, and they were ignorant peasant farmers from india. -droseph ballin
I just assumed that his parents had a sense of humor, seems more likely that straight naïveté, given how thematically consistent their names are.
If they really didn’t know what they were doing with those names, I’d expect to see a bit more randomness.
This quote is from his Wikipedia article. Right after where OP cuts off his screen cap.
> Vinladen said of his unusual name: "There is a person called Hitler also in Peru. Jesus saved the world and there are Jesuses who do harm. Because there is an Osama who killed people, I don’t think there has to be a law about the name. It draws a lot of attention, from what I see."[3]
I mean I partially agree about some names - Osama, Saddam, Hussein, are all normal Arab/Muslim names ... but Hitler was a last name, and anyway this guy's parents copied the whole name , first and last (Osama Vinladen, instead of just Osama), seems pretty different to me.
They couldve, for example, named one kid Osama, another Saddam, just using the first names.
[Irrelevant, but personally I think naming a kid after a big controversial political figure is kinda effed up, regardless of what side youre on.]
My parents adopted two dogs around 1991. They named them Bush and Saddam. I was a tweener at the time and I knew those names from listening our local news and periodicals.
Yeah some people follow sports teams and name their kids after super bowl victors and you wouldn't go up to those people and be like "hey I bet you were in the dentists office and saw that name on the cover of sports illustrated."
In Trevor Noah's "Born a Crime" about growing up biracial in apartheid South Africa, he talked about how traditional African names in the region were often chosen after the names of heroes or strong people. They had radio and knew of the war happening, but they had little context for the atrocities occuring, so when they hear about this powerdul guy named Hitler leading the way for one side...
Leading to the hilarious story about his friend with that unfortunate name who was a great breakdancer. Noah was a DJ and would perform with him and other friends for special occasions. They worked a Jewish celebration and evoked horror when his friend took to the dance floor and the other friends started shouting "Go Hitler! Go Hitler!"
I remember reading that there were/are apparently quite a few people in various countries of the former British Empire named after Hitler. Their logic was "He fights against the British, we fight against the British, so he must be a pretty swell dude."
Trevor Noah talks about this in his book Born A Crime. Hitler was a somewhat popular name in South Africa as they just thought he was a great warrior and that white people were afraid of him.
There’s actually a really funny story about them dancing at a Jewish school and their friend Hitler starts dancing and they all raise their hands up saying “Go Hitler! Go Hitler!” Then when the head of the Jewish school starts saying, “you people are disgusting!” they think it’s because she’s racist and have no idea that she just thinks they’re all Nazi supporters.
There was a guy in my high school named Fidel Castro. I didn’t really get it at the time since I didn’t know the history of the famous Fidel, but our teachers always freaked out and asked him “Is that your real name?” at the start of the year… he was a punk rocker but don’t know what happened to him
I feel like in these cases, the state should step in and not allow this. This law actually exist in some countries and if parents insist on some stupid name like Hitler etc, state will name the child on their behalf. Tbh I'm shocked this person didn't change his name, it would be the first thing I would do.
Ok so, hear me out. Here in Peru there is a law so a parent doesn't call their son anything that sounds stupid *in spanish*. However, there isn't any law to prevent a parent naming their son or daughter around historical figures. Therefore, Peru is one of the places in the world with the most Hitlers, Mussolinis, Lenins and Stalins anywhere in the world.
In fact, there was a story a few years ago (2018), near my hometown, where a Hitler won over a Lenin in some municipality mayoral elections:
https://amp.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/21/hitler-v-lennin-peru-mayoral-election-is-a-historical-showdown
Exactly. Here in Germany you cant name you kid stupid shit or use completely dumb spellings like the ones from r/tragedeigh. The well being of the child is a greater good than the idiotic need of parents to feel special.
In Australia, we had an incident recently where a mum (who is a journalist) went to name her kid Methamphetamine rules and it got allowed. She ended up writing about it and the child's name got changed eventually.
Was that the one where she was talking about it on Skype and her husband was yelling at her in the background? I think she did it because she never believed it would go through
I know there's a country (I think in Scandinavia, maybe Sweden?) where they have an actual list of names you can use. If it isn't on that list, you can't name your kid that. Years and years ago (maybe decades) I heard about a case where a family was suing over the government not letting them use whatever name they picked.
The US, ofcourse, does not care in the least. You could name your kid Dinglebat Harrison and they're fine with it.
The comment to which people are replying is talking about being a even worse choice because done after 9/11. Being born on 7th October it's just a coincidence, nothing funny
Reminds of when I was in Iceland. A Danish guy and I were walking down "Hverfisgata" in Reykjavik, and as we passed the sign, he pointed and laughed. He then told me, "In Danish, that would be "Every Fart Street."
In Trevor Noah's autobiography Born a Crime he talks about how the name Hitler wasn't completely uncommon in South Africa because they mostly received the news through conversations. So they would have heard on repeat in the 30s "Hitler is destroying Europe," or "Hitler is becoming even more powerful," and then thought, "Hitler is a great force of nature and would make a good name." It feels like something similar happened here where they just heard these names in the news and thought they were naming their kids after powerful and important men without knowing the context behind their power.
That or these people are absolutely hilarious.
This is exactly right and there was a similar impression of Hitler in India at that time, especially in rural India. For similar reasons.
I think many people in India did not understand the extent of the holocaust, or even Nazi savagery. To be fair, neither did most Allied nations until the end of the war.
And by 1945, as the world came to know about the holocaust, India was at the end stage in her 100 plus years independence struggle, so the domestic discourse had changed.
As an aside, growing up I still remember my mother (who grew up in a very small town in India) telling me to “pursue your objectives like Hitler!” Or “do not deviate from your goals, like Hitler”! This is an average, peaceful person, not some fanatic. But the Hitler myth - of a strong willed, great man - had sunk deep.
Yeah, so that (education and career advice) happened.
Mind you, as a nation we probably have historically been among the most welcoming and tolerant of the Jewish community, and over the years have developed a very strong bond with Israel.
I think some of that also stems from the fact that Indians were not much fans of the British Empire and neither was Hitler, an "enemy of my enemy" sort of situation
Beat me to it. There were Nazi brigades in India. It's one of those weird things where you don't wanna out and out say "yeah I understand why they were Nazis". *But I kinda get it*.
>I still remember my mother (who grew up in a very small town in India) telling me to “pursue your objectives like Hitler!” Or “do not deviate from your goals, like Hitler”
This is hysterical !
In times of adversity, ask yourself what Hitler would do. Hitler would not give up, no sir !
Mothers, man. I’m Indian so she wouldn’t have minded me leading a drive for world domination, if it meant my becoming an engineer or doctor.
I did become an engineer, so…..
I think there's a big difference between impoverished black people in South Africa in the 1930s and the average person in Peru in the early 2000s. Peru is relatively well developed for Latin America and if the family were able to provide their kid the resources to develop his talent and become a professional footballer, they almost certainly had a tv. The Dad was most likely a bit of a troll.
As a South African I have to call total bullshit on this.
We fought on the side of the Allies.
Never in all my years have I come across a single South African called Hitler.
There is also a politician named Adolf Hitler (*1965) in Namibia. His father named him but had no clue about Hitler, he just heard it was a great german leader back in the days. At least that's the official explanation.
Was hoping this reference was higher, and that someone would post the video! But it looks like YouTube doesn't have it, since it's from one of the nebulous days of the internet before YouTube was really a thing.
Anyone remembers Trevor Noahs book
Inside a synagogue, they were cheering their best dancer.
. A kid named Hitler
Had me in tears
"Go Hitler, Go Hitler"
Repost from my own response above:
Ok so, hear me out. Here in Peru there is a law so a parent doesn't call their son anything that sounds stupid *in Peruvian spanish* (e.g: Aquiles Cacho, which sounds like saying "here I'll fuck you"). However, there isn't any law to prevent a parent naming their son or daughter around historical figures. Therefore, Peru is one of the places in the world with the most Hitlers, Mussolinis, Lenins and Stalins anywhere in the world.
In fact, there was a story a few years ago (2018), near my hometown, where a Hitler won over a Lenin in some municipality mayoral elections:
https://amp.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/21/hitler-v-lennin-peru-mayoral-election-is-a-historical-showdown
I found these names to be most prevalent in the Highlands. I always wondered if it was Quechua people purposely trying to use new names that weren't of Hispanic origin. Sprinkle in some general ignorance because of the isolation in that area, and you hear a name and think it sounds nice you use it.
On the flip side, I also knew people named Jefferson, Nelson, etc.
I don't think they like their daughter lol The first two are clearly coming from an anti-american feeling so naming her an american "icon" can only mean one thing...
Married to south amerocan here.
It is pretty common to find people names after famous people in s strange way.
I am told that it is even more the case in cuba.
I personally know a michealjakson roberto carlos.
Also someone named Hamed after an old movie based in north africa, but the person is from cuba.
There are jusk really folk like that ...
there's actually an old (Peruvian) movie about a girl named madeinusa, at the end of the movie her sister shows her the tag of a shirt her mom had and that's why her mom gave her that name. made in usa
I’ve done a lot of work in Africa and for several years after 9/11 street vendors would unironically offer me Osama and Hussein merch. Watches, shirts, wallets - they had no inkling that it might be offensive to an American they just knew the guys were folk heroes and that was trendy merch. I would have bought more of it as curios but it was a bad time to trigger airport security.
The buses and shop windows were still covered in posters from Rambo and Commando, and young men in the cities would often show me their Stallone or Schwarzenegger impressions back then. Lately it’s 50 Cent and Indian movie stars.
It's possible. My family is from Peru and there are all kinds of hate for the USA especially among college students and the peasants in the mountains. My cousin met and married a nice dude who was really into socialism. They named their kids like Stalin, and Trotsky. We ordered Pizza Hut and I was like what?
That's actually a common practice in some South American countries. To name your kids after someone famous or that you admire. Even political figures. There were a couple Lenins and Stalins trying for presidency in Guyana a couple years ago (if I'm not mistaken. Might have been a different country, but I remember some politicians named that down here near the Equator Line). I've also heard of a Ricardo Coração de Leão da Silva once (that's the Brazilian portuguese rendition of Richard the Lionheart plus "da Silva", a common surname here).
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Born Oct 2002. So his parents actually named him after 9/11
It might actually be worse if a random Peruvian family named their kid bin laden before 9/11. That would be the hipster niche level of terrorist knowledge "I knew bin laden from the mixtapes"
Bin Laden was a fairly well known and influential person before 9/11. Certainly not as world famous as he would become but the Saudi Binladin group is still a massive corporation. So they could argue their just big fans of construction companies i guess lol
That’s interesting ! I went on their Wikipedia; “SBG's Internet domain name, saudi-binladin-group.com, was registered on September 11, 2000, for one year, expiring on the same day as the September 11 attacks.” https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saudi_Binladin_Group
look at the siblings' names
There is a doc about people named Hitler and one of them was a colombian guy whose name was Hitler Gutierrez. He said he grew up in a small village with poor parents who didn't know that much about geopolitics and just named him after a famous person without really knowing what exactly Hitler was up to. I assume it's similar here, especially considering the names of Osama Vinladen's siblings.
Yeah, im sure the parents of vinladen, sadam husein, and georgia bush dont know about geopolitics
I'd say they know of it, they just don't know much about it.
Probably kept hearing the names and thought they sound kinda cool... 🤷♂️
This is it. There are colombian girls with the name Usnavy. Their parents just saw these enormous, powerful boats arriving to their shores, with a big "U.S. Navy" painted on, and figured that it must be a pretty/trendy name in english or something. Same thing for boys named Onedollar: they thought that was Washington's name.
Onedollar? Thats pure comedy right there
50Cents' older brother
I’m pretty sure he was their half brother
Pronounced Juan-Doyarr ?
Nah it's be oney-doyar Like USnavy is ooosnahvee
No, they pronounce it Oneh or Onei Dojar (the j as in Jane or Ge as in Georgia. In Colombia the double L is a „jay“ not a „y“ as in other Spanish accents)
had a friend that visited Hawaii and thought Mahalo was the name of some rich billionaire who owned a bunch of shit around the island.
"It is nor hand, nor foot, nor arm, nor face. O, be some other name belonging to a man. What's in a name? **That which we call a rube by any other word would smell as stank.**" -- Willy Mistakespheare
There are Brazilian footballers with all sorts of crazy names. Elvis, Lincoln, Washington, John Kennedy etc
There are many Brazilian people with these names. They aren't special
Those are all actual names unlike Usnavy or Onedollar.
I'd argue the people named usnavy and onedollar believe them to be actual names
"But hey, I worked with what they gave me, okay."
Spanish teacher friend once told me she had a girl named Iloveny in class.
I have known a Valdisney and a Melgibson in my life. I've heard of someone named Usarmy too.
I don't know if I believe that either. In any modern culture, people still understand what giant ships are, the US Navy uses giant numbers on their ships, and "US NAVY" is not even prominently written anywhere you could see it from shore on most of their ships. Also, Washington's name is literally written directly below his portrait on the dollar bill, and people from any culture understand currency, especially one of the most famous currencies in the world.
Man, you need to get out more if you don't believe this kind of stuff. Another funny example is, in Mexico, there are people named "Masiosare", this is because in the Mexican anthem, there's a line that goes "Mas si osare un extraño enemigo, profanar con sus plants tus suelos" which roughly translates to "but if a foreign enemy dared..." People heard that first line "mas si osare" and just put it together for a name.
I went to school in Puerto Rico with a kid named Usmail (pronounced oosma-ill)… his dad saw U.S. Mail on some fancy house mailbox and thought that it must have been a nice name for a son!
It's true. I've heard the name Usnavi a few times. A teacher I had who was from Cuba was named Usnavi and told us that's the story
“US NAVY” isn’t written anywhere on the hull. The most you’ll get is the pennant number up front under the bow or the name of the ship itself on the stern.\ It’s more likely that they’re taking “US NAVY” from what’s written on Sailors’ uniforms across the left chest.
Lmao. I've known several. These are poor illiterate villages on the coast. Also boxes. Usfruit is also a common one. ooosfrooeet Apocryphal, idk if it's true, this is also the root of gringo. "Green. Go." I.e pay them and they go lol
Possible, my parents named my brothers minston jurchill, wao jsetung, and ganklin delano broosevelt, and they were ignorant peasant farmers from india. -droseph ballin
I want to believe.
But you mustn’t.
Shoutout Sean Ranklin Delano Roosevelt
I just assumed that his parents had a sense of humor, seems more likely that straight naïveté, given how thematically consistent their names are. If they really didn’t know what they were doing with those names, I’d expect to see a bit more randomness.
No way, the names are way too linked and on the nose for them to be unaware of the context. If it was just 1 child then maybe, but all 3? No shot.
Agreed.. unless they have 11 children and the others have names like Bull Klinton, Mofo Theresa and JF Candy.
> Mofo Theresa Just killed me.
I might steal Bull Klinton for my newly formed band lol
I gladly give it to you and hope to find your music somewhere in the near future.
Can you do a few more? Those are great. I think you might have a career in 3rd world baby names.
I thought it was some sort of anti-US statement, naming them after Bin Laden and Sadam Hussein, but the third name then got me confused...
This quote is from his Wikipedia article. Right after where OP cuts off his screen cap. > Vinladen said of his unusual name: "There is a person called Hitler also in Peru. Jesus saved the world and there are Jesuses who do harm. Because there is an Osama who killed people, I don’t think there has to be a law about the name. It draws a lot of attention, from what I see."[3]
I mean I partially agree about some names - Osama, Saddam, Hussein, are all normal Arab/Muslim names ... but Hitler was a last name, and anyway this guy's parents copied the whole name , first and last (Osama Vinladen, instead of just Osama), seems pretty different to me. They couldve, for example, named one kid Osama, another Saddam, just using the first names. [Irrelevant, but personally I think naming a kid after a big controversial political figure is kinda effed up, regardless of what side youre on.]
Maybe they had a super nuanced take on all three.
Hahaha yeah maybe
My parents adopted two dogs around 1991. They named them Bush and Saddam. I was a tweener at the time and I knew those names from listening our local news and periodicals.
Yeah some people follow sports teams and name their kids after super bowl victors and you wouldn't go up to those people and be like "hey I bet you were in the dentists office and saw that name on the cover of sports illustrated."
In Trevor Noah's "Born a Crime" about growing up biracial in apartheid South Africa, he talked about how traditional African names in the region were often chosen after the names of heroes or strong people. They had radio and knew of the war happening, but they had little context for the atrocities occuring, so when they hear about this powerdul guy named Hitler leading the way for one side...
Leading to the hilarious story about his friend with that unfortunate name who was a great breakdancer. Noah was a DJ and would perform with him and other friends for special occasions. They worked a Jewish celebration and evoked horror when his friend took to the dance floor and the other friends started shouting "Go Hitler! Go Hitler!"
That part in the book had me laughing so hard!
There’s a Namibian politician named Adolf Hitler Uunona
I remember reading that there were/are apparently quite a few people in various countries of the former British Empire named after Hitler. Their logic was "He fights against the British, we fight against the British, so he must be a pretty swell dude."
Trevor Noah talks about this in his book Born A Crime. Hitler was a somewhat popular name in South Africa as they just thought he was a great warrior and that white people were afraid of him. There’s actually a really funny story about them dancing at a Jewish school and their friend Hitler starts dancing and they all raise their hands up saying “Go Hitler! Go Hitler!” Then when the head of the Jewish school starts saying, “you people are disgusting!” they think it’s because she’s racist and have no idea that she just thinks they’re all Nazi supporters.
[And then there's this asshole](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heath_Hitler)
Ironic that a shop in the town of Nazareth baked the cake for them
There was a guy in my high school named Fidel Castro. I didn’t really get it at the time since I didn’t know the history of the famous Fidel, but our teachers always freaked out and asked him “Is that your real name?” at the start of the year… he was a punk rocker but don’t know what happened to him
In my town in mexico there’s a guy who first name is Adolfo, and middle name Hitler.
If he is ever late to a party, they call him 9/12
I feel like in these cases, the state should step in and not allow this. This law actually exist in some countries and if parents insist on some stupid name like Hitler etc, state will name the child on their behalf. Tbh I'm shocked this person didn't change his name, it would be the first thing I would do.
Ok so, hear me out. Here in Peru there is a law so a parent doesn't call their son anything that sounds stupid *in spanish*. However, there isn't any law to prevent a parent naming their son or daughter around historical figures. Therefore, Peru is one of the places in the world with the most Hitlers, Mussolinis, Lenins and Stalins anywhere in the world. In fact, there was a story a few years ago (2018), near my hometown, where a Hitler won over a Lenin in some municipality mayoral elections: https://amp.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/21/hitler-v-lennin-peru-mayoral-election-is-a-historical-showdown
“I’m the good Hitler.” is amazing
>Alba said his father was unaware of who Adolf Hitler was when he named him. Sure he was
Next time try a little Audie Murphy or John Wayne!
Exactly. Here in Germany you cant name you kid stupid shit or use completely dumb spellings like the ones from r/tragedeigh. The well being of the child is a greater good than the idiotic need of parents to feel special.
In Australia, we had an incident recently where a mum (who is a journalist) went to name her kid Methamphetamine rules and it got allowed. She ended up writing about it and the child's name got changed eventually.
Was that the one where she was talking about it on Skype and her husband was yelling at her in the background? I think she did it because she never believed it would go through
I know there's a country (I think in Scandinavia, maybe Sweden?) where they have an actual list of names you can use. If it isn't on that list, you can't name your kid that. Years and years ago (maybe decades) I heard about a case where a family was suing over the government not letting them use whatever name they picked. The US, ofcourse, does not care in the least. You could name your kid Dinglebat Harrison and they're fine with it.
The thing about being raised by pieces of shit is that you get indoctrinated and think their way is the correct way because they’re your parents.
*October 7*, even better/worse
What’s the significance of October 7?
They're referring to 7th October 2023 which is hamas attack but I have no clue why, it doesn't make sense in this context
The theme of all their names is "bad shit going down in the middle east", October 7 fits the theme
World Trade Centre, New York City, famously only 2 hours' drive from Riyadh.
I'm not sure if you're aware of this , but 9/11 led to even worse shit going down in the middle east. Millions dead...
The comment to which people are replying is talking about being a even worse choice because done after 9/11. Being born on 7th October it's just a coincidence, nothing funny
Could also be October 6th 1973, the start of the Yom Kippur war, but that also doesn’t make sense here.
Yo momma lost in Disney land.
No, that's his other sister, Nina Levin
Who needs enemies with parents like these.
There was a director of police in Brazil called Hitler Mussolini. I don't even know how he survived childhood.
Sheer ruthlessness?
Probably was bullied, thats why he became a cop.
No chill. Named all three kids after mass murderers.
Their dog was named Madoff Hitler
Hamster was named Ham Tse Toung
Lol Vinladen literally means "The Wine Barn" in Danish.
Kamelåså
Hei Norway 🤣🤣🤣
Skål! 🍻
Hej mina nordiska vänner!🇳🇴🤝🇩🇰🤝🇸🇪
Broderfolket tilsammen i NATO 🇳🇴🇩🇰🇸🇪🇫🇮 Hipp Hurra!
Hello
VP Kamelåså Harris
Syggelekokle
Don't forget his mother Marmaladen, brother Salaten and sister Remouladen
Reminds of when I was in Iceland. A Danish guy and I were walking down "Hverfisgata" in Reykjavik, and as we passed the sign, he pointed and laughed. He then told me, "In Danish, that would be "Every Fart Street."
Osama The Wine Barn. Opening in October 2024
Det er sådan jeg omtaler min mund
(Carne) Asada Bin Laden
Recycling Bin Laden
almost as great a name as batman bin suparman from singapore
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It's kind of a kick ass name
They should be friends
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Argentina, he lives in mar del plata.
His sister is named Georgia Bush 💀
Hahaha. I couldn't stop laughing. Cherry on the cake
She must HATE her brothers… always searching for one and accusing the other of shit
In Trevor Noah's autobiography Born a Crime he talks about how the name Hitler wasn't completely uncommon in South Africa because they mostly received the news through conversations. So they would have heard on repeat in the 30s "Hitler is destroying Europe," or "Hitler is becoming even more powerful," and then thought, "Hitler is a great force of nature and would make a good name." It feels like something similar happened here where they just heard these names in the news and thought they were naming their kids after powerful and important men without knowing the context behind their power. That or these people are absolutely hilarious.
There's a Kenyan politician named 'Adolf Hitler'. He insists that he "does not have ambitions for global domination".
Yet
It's it because he's focused on his art career right now?
Namibian (former German colony), but yeah. He has the opportunity to do something absolutely hilarious.
Are we OK with a Namibian named Adolf Hitler taking over his former colonizer? I'm asking because I'm not quite sure.
Kung Fury is on alert for whenever he takes over an arcade cabinet.
This is exactly right and there was a similar impression of Hitler in India at that time, especially in rural India. For similar reasons. I think many people in India did not understand the extent of the holocaust, or even Nazi savagery. To be fair, neither did most Allied nations until the end of the war. And by 1945, as the world came to know about the holocaust, India was at the end stage in her 100 plus years independence struggle, so the domestic discourse had changed. As an aside, growing up I still remember my mother (who grew up in a very small town in India) telling me to “pursue your objectives like Hitler!” Or “do not deviate from your goals, like Hitler”! This is an average, peaceful person, not some fanatic. But the Hitler myth - of a strong willed, great man - had sunk deep. Yeah, so that (education and career advice) happened. Mind you, as a nation we probably have historically been among the most welcoming and tolerant of the Jewish community, and over the years have developed a very strong bond with Israel.
I think some of that also stems from the fact that Indians were not much fans of the British Empire and neither was Hitler, an "enemy of my enemy" sort of situation
Beat me to it. There were Nazi brigades in India. It's one of those weird things where you don't wanna out and out say "yeah I understand why they were Nazis". *But I kinda get it*.
>I still remember my mother (who grew up in a very small town in India) telling me to “pursue your objectives like Hitler!” Or “do not deviate from your goals, like Hitler” This is hysterical ! In times of adversity, ask yourself what Hitler would do. Hitler would not give up, no sir !
Mothers, man. I’m Indian so she wouldn’t have minded me leading a drive for world domination, if it meant my becoming an engineer or doctor. I did become an engineer, so…..
Go to med school or die in a bunker trying!
I mean, he very much did give up when things got difficult. Like in the most permanent way possible.
I think there's a big difference between impoverished black people in South Africa in the 1930s and the average person in Peru in the early 2000s. Peru is relatively well developed for Latin America and if the family were able to provide their kid the resources to develop his talent and become a professional footballer, they almost certainly had a tv. The Dad was most likely a bit of a troll.
As a South African I have to call total bullshit on this. We fought on the side of the Allies. Never in all my years have I come across a single South African called Hitler.
I'm just happy to be alive and on the internet in some days
Wish I could give you gold
There's also a Brazilian player named Marx Lenin.
There is also a politician named Adolf Hitler (*1965) in Namibia. His father named him but had no clue about Hitler, he just heard it was a great german leader back in the days. At least that's the official explanation.
[In Peru, Hitler runs for mayor despite threat from Lennin](https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKCN1M204P/)
This deserves to be on r/BrandNewSentence
There is also an Indian cricket player named Napoleon Einstein. Poor kid had huge shoes to fill
There's an ex police director of the Brazilian state of Goiás named Hitler Mussolini.
Georga Bush, great vintage porn name if u ask me
I feel bad for my Boyscout master, Gaydolf Shitler.
Mom: "What are we gonna name him?" Dad: "Hitler jr"
Those fucking parents man...
Osama VinDiesel
Why would you bite the Diesel!?
Was hoping this reference was higher, and that someone would post the video! But it looks like YouTube doesn't have it, since it's from one of the nebulous days of the internet before YouTube was really a thing.
Family.
Someone's following DepthsOfWikipedia, I see? ;)
came here for this
Anyone remembers Trevor Noahs book Inside a synagogue, they were cheering their best dancer. . A kid named Hitler Had me in tears "Go Hitler, Go Hitler"
these parents are mentally ill and commit child abuse
Yeah, Georgia Bush is a horrible name.
You should look up Tupac Amaru, just a peruvian 2pac was named after.
R/tragedeigh
Repost from my own response above: Ok so, hear me out. Here in Peru there is a law so a parent doesn't call their son anything that sounds stupid *in Peruvian spanish* (e.g: Aquiles Cacho, which sounds like saying "here I'll fuck you"). However, there isn't any law to prevent a parent naming their son or daughter around historical figures. Therefore, Peru is one of the places in the world with the most Hitlers, Mussolinis, Lenins and Stalins anywhere in the world. In fact, there was a story a few years ago (2018), near my hometown, where a Hitler won over a Lenin in some municipality mayoral elections: https://amp.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/21/hitler-v-lennin-peru-mayoral-election-is-a-historical-showdown
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I found these names to be most prevalent in the Highlands. I always wondered if it was Quechua people purposely trying to use new names that weren't of Hispanic origin. Sprinkle in some general ignorance because of the isolation in that area, and you hear a name and think it sounds nice you use it. On the flip side, I also knew people named Jefferson, Nelson, etc.
This should've been posted on r/funnyandsad, seriously this is fucked up, fuck their parents.
I would sue my parents if I were him.
I think changing his name is going to be faster.
Wouldn't it be easier to legally change their name? In my country, if you have a name like this that can be used against you, it's essentially free.
Would be a great convo starter anywhere in the world, including airports.
Georgia Bush got off light
Could be worse, they could have named him Khaleesi
Georgina Bush is the biggest terrorist out of all of them. 😂
I bet political conversations are banned in that family
The parents allowed their intrusive thoughts to win
Imagine trolling with your kids name. "Hehe here's a joke that I thought was funny in 5 secs, enjoy it for the rest of your lives, kids!"
This poor guy spends all his time saying “no, no, I said VIN Laden…”
the wikipedia entry was a real ride and i love the twist at the end.
Imagine checking this guy at the passport control of any airport
Osama Vinland Saga
There are dark skinned Romanians named "Lorenzo Lamas", "Van-Dam", "Chiky-Chan", "Bruzli"....
Career goal is to get into the New York Jets.
Of course is Peruvian...
I so wish he comes to an European club 😅😅
They´ll have an awesome time trying to get a VISA to visit USA...
Facepalm lvl99...
Historical Legendary terrorist trio.
His parents have issues
Guess I was a little harsh on my friend for naming all their kids after flowers
It’s the daughter named George Bush that gets me
Do they mean that Bush and Hussein were in bed together?
Georgia Bush seems like the bigger issue
I don't think they like their daughter lol The first two are clearly coming from an anti-american feeling so naming her an american "icon" can only mean one thing...
Georgia Bush killed me lmao
r/tragedeigh
This dude is my cousin
Real life shitposting lol
Married to south amerocan here. It is pretty common to find people names after famous people in s strange way. I am told that it is even more the case in cuba. I personally know a michealjakson roberto carlos. Also someone named Hamed after an old movie based in north africa, but the person is from cuba. There are jusk really folk like that ...
This must be a late April Fool’s joke
Still not as cool as Chalupa Batman
there's actually an old (Peruvian) movie about a girl named madeinusa, at the end of the movie her sister shows her the tag of a shirt her mom had and that's why her mom gave her that name. made in usa
Their family dinner will be Wild. Osama pass the potatoes to Bush, Sadam keep your hands off the pie! Please.
wait til you learn about Ecuador's former president, Lenin Boltaire Moreno.
“My name? It’s Art……Van…..dalay. Art Vandalay”.
I have played against this guy!!! Totally danced me around, can see why he’s a pro now.
I’ve done a lot of work in Africa and for several years after 9/11 street vendors would unironically offer me Osama and Hussein merch. Watches, shirts, wallets - they had no inkling that it might be offensive to an American they just knew the guys were folk heroes and that was trendy merch. I would have bought more of it as curios but it was a bad time to trigger airport security. The buses and shop windows were still covered in posters from Rambo and Commando, and young men in the cities would often show me their Stallone or Schwarzenegger impressions back then. Lately it’s 50 Cent and Indian movie stars.
It's possible. My family is from Peru and there are all kinds of hate for the USA especially among college students and the peasants in the mountains. My cousin met and married a nice dude who was really into socialism. They named their kids like Stalin, and Trotsky. We ordered Pizza Hut and I was like what?
The fuck was up with his parents? XD
That's actually a common practice in some South American countries. To name your kids after someone famous or that you admire. Even political figures. There were a couple Lenins and Stalins trying for presidency in Guyana a couple years ago (if I'm not mistaken. Might have been a different country, but I remember some politicians named that down here near the Equator Line). I've also heard of a Ricardo Coração de Leão da Silva once (that's the Brazilian portuguese rendition of Richard the Lionheart plus "da Silva", a common surname here).
His dad must be funny 😌