I stole it from R*ddit

  • fmstratA
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    161 month ago

    Interesting. Assuming real, in a war-torn country, I could imagine this is to combat accidental exclamations of a name that could lead people to act rashly.

    • @OttoVonNoob@lemmy.caM
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      131 month ago

      With Russia kidnapping children, it’s they much harder to get them back without conventional names… We demand the return of John Smith! we demand the return of 67AutumnLeaves! Russian: We have no one in our system with that name we must not of took him.

      • verity_kindleM
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        71 month ago

        And then, when 67AutumnLeaves grows up, he can be offered a chance to be injected with super soldier formula and chase Shoigu to the gates of Hell.