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6-year-old girl denied passport because she’s named after ‘Game of Thrones’ character(nypost.com)

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The only issue here is that it means no one would ever be able to come up with new names. Like not even respectable sounding ones. Even odd sounding family names would be out. The price of freedom is that occasionally some poor kid gets named Optimus Prime von Hammerpants

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That’s Senator Optimus Prime von Hammerpants

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BoxOfFeet@lemmy.world
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Yeah, I’m ok with that sacrifice to avoid an Optimus Prime von Hammerpants.

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