Names

US ratification of the Convention on the Rights of the Child:

name laws:

[DarthSass]

I lost it at "Number 16 bus Shelter" you poor child.

[jordanr.]

Number 16 Bus Shelter is gonna be watching this in a few years like "HEEEYYYY"

[prithvibm]

"Mom, why is Paris named Paris?"
"because we conceived your sister there"
"thank you mom"
"you're welcome number 16 bus shelter"

[Normee]

Imagine dying, and then your opps convince everyone to use your name as a word for 'stupid person' for hundreds of years

[Trollmannnnn]

Teacher: “Albin, the exam is over, stop writing!”
Albin: “Over? I’m still writing my name on the front page”

[OlliOtter]

“Alright, we’re taking attendance class. Uhh michael?”
“Here”
“Johnothan?”
“Here”
“Number 16 bus shelter?”
“Here”

[MusicDecomposer]

3:37 But you could name it “Aretwodeetwo”.

[bredinacanbusses]

Imagine this guy named "Violence" is a polite and kind-hearted guy but people avoid him because of his name

[romeo-begf]

He could've named that video "CALLING YOUR CHILD ADOLF HITLER???" but he didn't because that's not all the video is about. That's something I like about michael.

[_GatoradeMeBitch]

"911, what is your emergency?"
"An armed man is chasing me, help!"
"Okay, what is your name?"
"Number 16 Bus shelter"
"No, not your location: Your name."
"No, actually, ill just die."

[DaekoTan]

Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words are merely the smallest element of language capable of containing meaning in isolation and as such could never directly produce the 4000 Newtons of Force per square centimeter required to break bones.

[HENRY-whin]

In my country Vietnam, the chance of you meeting 100 persons with Nguyen on their last names in a day is higher than finding a retail store within an hour

[MM-upkb]

Number 16, Bus Shelter. The last thing you’d want in your bus is someone’s shelter inside it, but that might be what you gæt.

[Shikabambi]

"Hey, Number 16 Bus Shelter, wanna play soccer?"

[Vivi-mpnn]

Violence is actually a really pretty words and would make a good name if it didn’t mean what it does

[leiladekwatro]

6:56
In chinese, the phrase 百姓, which refers to everybody, or all people in general, literally means "the hundred surnames."

[ANDHISNAMEISJOHNCENA]

"Dad, why is Teresa named Teresa?"
"Because Teresa is an anagram of 'Easter' and your mom likes Easter."
"Thanks Dad!"
"No problem, Alan."

[sweetsunia]

7:25
“Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words are merely the smallest element of language capable of containing meaning and isolation and, as such, could never directly produce the 4000 Newtons of force per square centimetre required to break bones.” —Vsauce, 2013

[justbecca]

“Here is your new baby”
“Awww”
“What is the name you would like to be on the birth certificate”
“Hmmm he looks like a sex fruit”

[nuclearprivat]

The funniest thing about the "longest-name-dude" is that a lot of the German words make up sentences, talking about exploring space and living together with alien intelligences. Senior