Disclaimer: In no way do I endorse walking up to people and calling them things. ASK how they want to be addressed first, FFS.
I’ve had friends with ironic nicknames, including disabled folks. Sometimes, the situation just sucks and they seek dark humor in many things, including watching people squirm with a cringe inducing nickname.
I certainly don’t. Honestly, it’s so deliciously underhanded and creative. It’s rare to witness and I love it.
To avoid doxing myself, let me concoct an example. Imagine meeting a blind person who introduces themselves as X-ray (or Cyclops, or Odin). Yikes. You dance around it at first, but they just smell blood in the water: “why are you avoiding my name?” I mean, you have to laugh, but that just gets you in more “trouble.”
And then theres people like me. I genuinely don’t remember new peoples names.
So I’m just like “Hey, uhhhhh, whats yer name…shit, what is it again?”
“Cyclops”
“Really? I forgot CYCLOPS for a one eyed midget??? How’d I mess THAT up?”
And they’re just giving me this bewildered stare…except with an eyepatch.
