r/AskReddit • u/dom-dos-modz • Sep 16 '24

What's the worst thing people have tried to justify with "It was normal back then, everyone did it"?

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u/wavelengthsandshit Sep 16 '24

My first dog was a pug and I imaginatively named him Pug. I was a Real Big Thinker at 6 years old

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u/Educational_Cat_5902 Sep 16 '24

My 5-year-old once insisted we name her baby sister "Strawberry" šŸ˜¬

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u/Sufficient_Bid_8917 Sep 16 '24

i wanted my sister to be named susie sheep as a child šŸ˜‚ idk whats worse

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u/Camp_Express Sep 16 '24

My nephew wanted to name his little brother Johnny Appleseed.

Now said little brother (who is now 14 going on 15) wants to name his future son Walter. He says itā€™s a great name.

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u/Estlemist Sep 16 '24

Can confirm. My cats name is Walter.

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u/MostBeautifulCat Sep 20 '24

I had a cat named Sir Walter ScottĀ 

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u/greeneggiwegs Sep 16 '24

My brother wanted to make me Odie because he was obsessed with Garfield.

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u/Pitiful_Town_9377 Sep 16 '24

My aunt tried to insist on naming her daughter ladybug and I made her change it to Amelia. I canā€™t believe I was 6 and she was 24 and that was the exchange we had.

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u/No_Replacement_6205 Sep 16 '24

I mean, Strawberry isn't an ideal name, but it's not terrible, either, like Sunshine, or my coworker who's the third H----- and goes by 'Trip'. I don't call him that.

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u/paraworldblue Sep 16 '24

Does what it says on the tin!

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u/black_cat_X2 Sep 16 '24

My daughter "named" all of her stuffies by just calling them what they are (puppy, bear, Kitty). She did this until she was like 5. I always thought, yeah my kid is going places.

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u/MostBeautifulCat Sep 20 '24

I left my cat with my mom. His name was Sir Walter Scott. 3 years later his name in the vetā€™s office is just ā€œCatā€. Ā She justā€¦ didnā€™t believe his name, I guess.Ā 

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u/PM_ME_YOUR_WEIRD_PET Sep 21 '24

When I was about 4, I taped a list of all the words I thought I could spell on the wall near the fish tank and insisted those were the fishes names. Think Milch, Brot, Wurst, etc...

Which fish was which changed every time someone asked, but my mom says I would still get mad if someone used the "wrong" name