Forum Overview :: Jay Schilling's Edge of Chaos :: in the future anonymity will be desirable, pick a traditional name

[quote name="last, from a phone"]Scenario 1: Your son's boss googles (space googles I mean) your son, finds an embarrassing arrest record for Morely Von Blisterton Shabbadoo III. Your kid says "that's not me". His boss says "yeah right, duckfucker" Scenario 2: same thing, except the name is John Smith. Your kid denies he's the duckfucking John Smith, that must be some other guy. He gets the job and goes on to marry the President of the Galaxy. It's true that there will be many more misbehaving John Smiths than Morely Shabbadoos out there, but as long as the name is common enough your kid can plausibly claim innocence. My advice is to pick a traditional name that's slightly uncommon. Pick a name that was popular 40-50 years ago. Hank, Jerry, Roger, Alan, Paul, Clark, Wesley.[/quote]