I share a name with a very famous professional athlete. I don’t even think about it usually but as soon as I have to give my name to someone I can pretty much count on some remark about the athlete by the same name.

I’ve dealt with this in many ways over the years but my most recent method is to pretend to have never heard of that famous person by the same name. That makes the conversation awkward and they usually move on.

Also, if you meet someone who shares a name with a celebrity, keep these things in mind:

  • There is nothing you can say about it that is funny or clever. We have heard it all before. Just don’t.
  • If you do have something to say about it that is truly original and absolutely hilarious, see the previous rule.
  • CrabAndBroom@lemmy.ml
    2·
    1 year ago

    Not exactly a famous person, but I have a somewhat unusual name that happens to be exactly the same as a fairly prolific music executive in my country.

    It’s kind of a win-win, because it’s not someone most people have heard of so I don’t get the remarks, but also I’m basically un-Googleable lol

  • Margot Robbie@lemm.ee
    2·
    1 year ago

    It’s terrible. I’m the one who have to deal with the consequences every time that woman makes a bad decision.

    She is a great actress though.

    • SBJ@sh.itjust.worksOPEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      Yeah, it could be worse. I used to work with a guy who shared a name with some random executive that went on a racist tirade that went public. He had to lock down his social media because of all of the death threats.

  • blackluster117@possumpat.ioEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    Easy, just write a program that takes the fractions of a cent that are rounded off during bank transactions and deposits them in an account you control. It’s foolproof.

  • Rozz@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    I have the same name as a barely famous YouTuber, not famous enough for people to know the name in real life. The only thing that happens is that I occasionally get emails meant for him. I do own the name’s website, so I’m hoping he gets really famous and tries to buy it off of me for a lot of money.

  • iamhangry@programming.dev
    1·
    1 year ago

    I have two middle names, and they are exactly the same names from a porn star turned politician in my country. Plenty of jokes about it.

    The weirdest moment was when a teacher was correcting one of my essays and asked about the origin of my name, after I explained, he mentioned that he liked one of the movies that my name doppelgänger made, I had no answer and just said “ah…” and after some awkward silence he gave me back my essay.

  • DagonPie@kbin.social
    1·
    1 year ago

    My tattoo guy shares a name with a very famous author and theres a sign outside his station that says “No not the author and if you ask you will be charged extra”