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[โ€“] Klear@quokk.au 43 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (3 children)

Imagine your name is Cathy Lou and the barrista reads that as a blasphemous gurgle that is impossible to produce with human vocal cords.

[โ€“] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 25 points 4 days ago (1 children)

the barrista reads that as a blasphemous gurgle that is impossible to produce with human vocal cords

I mean, isn't that how they already read ALL names? ๐Ÿคท

[โ€“] VicksVaporBBQrub@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

I bet sitting in any Starbucks on the Klingon homeworld is a laugh riot.

"She calls you Payless! The Great House of Payless shoe discount Emperor, is honored!!"

[โ€“] Avicenna@programming.dev 7 points 4 days ago (2 children)

names (beyond my comprehension) of horrors (that are also beyond my comprehension)

๐Ÿ™‚ <-- me after witnessing otherworldly horrors that are beyond my comprehension (I couldn't comprehend them)

[โ€“] Klear@quokk.au 6 points 4 days ago

(nothing sinister, I'm just very bad at comprehending)

That's how them mofuks always speak to me. WHAT AM I, A GNOLL?!