• I have a non-English name and I honestly don’t know what to say when they ask for my name so I just pause for like 3 second then think of a random English name to use lol, cuz I doubt they can read a Pinyin name lol and don’t wanna make it awkward.

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        9 hours ago

        I placed an order at a restaurant where you have a name for the order, but you also have names for particular food items. The main name was Mario Mario. The food items were various SMB characters. I went to pick up the food in a Boo shirt and Mario baseball cap. I heard them talking about Mario’s last name being Mario and Luigi’s last name being the same. Anyway, I went over to pick up the order, they noticed my clothes, and started laughing. Good times. Anyway, I like using character names.

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      14 hours ago

      Because people who have no real friends think it’s more “personal” to force a stranger to poorly read their name.