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One time, I got a job at a large, chain electronics store as a warehouse associate. They already had a guy there named Tim, but they immediately decided that they liked me more than him, and renamed that Tim (that worked there for 2 years) to “Other Tim.”
“Other Tim.”
OT
Actually a badass nickname though, I would have leaned into that. But Other Tim doesn’t seem cool enough for that
Worked at a place with a guy named Todd. Then we got another Todd who was less than bright. He got nicknamed Re-Todd.
Damn that’s rough on Other Tim
Literally othered
Using Maxwell as the pic breaks the illusion of the story.
The stories and information posted here are artistic works of fiction and falsehood.
Only a fool would take anything posted here as fact.I don’t see that in the screenshot anywhere
TIL I’m a fool.
On the other hand we get to look at Maxwell
I would be honored to be called Human Sanctus if there was already a cat with my name.
the cat in the picture is named Maxwell. he’s a lad.
Human Connor should know his place
And i think we know about as much as we need to about Human Conner.
My name is Connor, I am the
AndroidCat sent byCyberlifethe Cat Distribution System 😼at least I’m not the only one whose mind went there
As a Connor myself I would be totally cool with being called human Connor
Jokes aside, it’s probably easier for the cat to learn to ignore “Human Connor” than it is to learn a new name for themselves, right?
It’s probably easier for the human to recognise “Human Connor” than it is for the cat to learn a new name, right?
The cat isn’t going to understand ‘human’ either, so it’s just <human noises> CONNER <more human noises, where are the treats?>
Cats can definitely recognize phrases made up of multiple words, as words themselves don’t have a meaning for them.
I’m not sure, maybe we underrate them. I knew of a dog that also answered to being called by two different names, it was so amusing when I saw it.
I mean, who DOESN’T have a pet that responds to both “[real name]” and some variant of “Shithead”?
they don’t respond to shithead, but they get called shithead
I don’t doubt that they can learn it, but it will probably take the cat longer than the human. Sounds totally fair to keep that in mind.
Mine responds to: her name, bitch, dog, and puppy.
I dunno, I changed my cat’s name after my ex left (she named him Tiny Rick and I thought that was fucking stupid) and he bounced right back. He was maybe 3 at the time. It’s been nearly 8 years and he comes when called by his “new” name just fine.
Sure, I’m not saying it doesn’t work. But it’s probably gonna be pretty confusing for the cat to hear its name for no reason. I’m assuming you didn’t run around saying “Tiny Rick” every day for those 8 years?
The cat been responded to “connor” for so long, adding a “human” or “cat” at the front mean nothing to them.
I think they can learn to ignore “human Connor” fairly quickly when they don’t get the response they know/want.
I would love to have that nickname
Fake. You telling me people on that board have office job?
“Just Call me human John Smith!”
Day 163 they still dont know im a kitten with legal license.
I just want people to be called by their preferred names and pronouns
Honorifics work well in cases like this. Call the cat Connor-sama and the human Connor-kun.
