Egyptian Father Names His Daughter "Facebook"

but...... by Anonymous Coward · 2011-02-22 03:26 · Score: 5, Funny

In Egyptian, Facebook means Precious Little Poop Machine.

Re:but...... by Dunbal · 2011-02-22 04:03 · Score: 5, Funny

Funny, that's what it means in English, too.

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Re:but...... by Sobieski · 2011-02-22 04:25 · Score: 1

FYI, they speak Arabic in Egypt.

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Re:but...... by Anonymous Coward · 2011-02-22 04:26 · Score: 0

I find it hilarious how us hackers imagine anti-regime rebels equipped with Freenet, GPG, trusted rings and other crypto tools when the reality is that people use facebook over plaintext http and public twitter.
Re:but...... by Anonymous Coward · 2011-02-22 04:27 · Score: 0

In India, there was a movie named 'Golmaal 3' where a pet dog was named Facebook. (Link: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/news-interviews/Facebook-in-Golmaal-3/articleshow/6835339.cms )
Re:but...... by Anonymous Coward · 2011-02-22 04:33 · Score: 3, Informative

Actually no, they speak "Egyptian Arabic", or "Egyptian" for short, a dialect that is very different from "Literary Arabic"
Re:but...... by GooberToo · 2011-02-22 04:40 · Score: 2

I find it hilarious how us hackers imagine anti-regime rebels equipped with Freenet, GPG, trusted rings and other crypto tools when the reality is that people use facebook over plaintext http and public twitter.
Tell that to the people of Iran who are still in jail.
Re:but...... by MachDelta · 2011-02-22 04:52 · Score: 3, Insightful

Yeah, well the movies imagine that James Bond drives a gadget laden supercar and basejumps off skyscrapers while having a gunfights with akimbo pistols. Yet the most excitement reality sees is writing Stuxnet...
Re:but...... by Anonymous Coward · 2011-02-22 05:21 · Score: 0

Oh snap diggity G! He just got toldizzled!
Re:but...... by Anonymous Coward · 2011-02-22 06:26 · Score: 0

I am Egyptian and it does not mean that, or it is in s3eedy or something :D
Re:but...... by Nidi62 · 2011-02-22 06:37 · Score: 2

Actually no, they speak "Egyptian Arabic", or "Egyptian" for short, a dialect that is very different from "Literary Arabic"
So, do you also differentiate between English, American English, and Australian English? How about South African English, or Indian English? They are very different, but they are still the same language.
They might speak a dialect that is very different than the Maghreb or Levant or Gulf dialects, but it is still Arabic. The literary Arabic or "Fus'ha" would be easily intelligible to those that understand colloquial Egyptian, as that is the standard form of Arabic most commonly found in writing. With an average literacy rate of over 70% (83% of males)(according to World Factbook) most Egyptians would understand Fus'ha. However, the Egyptian dialect is becoming one of the most widespread and easily understood because of the popularity of Egyptian television and movies in the Arabic speaking world.

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Re:but...... by similar_name · 2011-02-22 07:56 · Score: 1

So, do you also differentiate between English, American English, and Australian English? How about South African English, or Indian English? They are very different, but they are still the same language.
How 'bout Scots English, or Jamacian Creole? There are no universally accepted criteria for what distinguishes a language and a dialect. There are Chinese dialects that differ more from each other than Italian does from Spanish. I is my personal opinion that this argument is basically argumentum ad populum.
Re:but...... by darkshadow88 · 2011-02-22 08:15 · Score: 1

Scottish English is English; Scots is not (it branched off from Middle English, and is related to English much like Norwegian and Swedish are related to each other). Jamaican Creole is (obviously) a Creole, meaning it borrows elements of other languages, and is not to be confused with Jamaican English, which is just a dialect of English.
In short, Scottish English, British English, American English, and Jamaican English should be mutually intelligible (aside from a few possibly confusing differences in accent or in use of certain words). Jamaican Creole should be mostly mutually intelligible, since it's an English-based creole. Scots is not really mutually intelligible, though you could probably understand a Scots speaker to some reasonable degree if you tried really hard (much like Norwegian, Swedish, and Danish have a degree of mutual intelligibility).
Re:but...... by similar_name · 2011-02-22 08:42 · Score: 1

Scottish English is English; Scots is not

My point is that there is no consensus as to what constitutes a distinct language and what constitutes a dialect and it boils down to popular opinion of whether the words spoken by two groups are separate dialects of the same language or are two languages.

From Wikipedia:

Although a number of paradigms for distinguishing between languages and dialects do exist, these often render contradictory results. Focused broad Scots is at one end of a bipolar linguistic continuum, with Scottish Standard English at the other.[3] Consequently, Scots is often regarded as one of the ancient varieties of English, but with its own distinct dialects.[2] Alternatively Scots is sometimes treated as a distinct Germanic language, in the way Norwegian is closely linked to, yet distinct from, Danish.[2]
Then continues:

Those positions also being reflected in the 2010 Scottish Government study of "public attitudes towards the Scots language" in which 64% of respondents (around 1,000 individuals being a representative sample of Scotland's adult population) "don't really think of Scots as a language" but where "the most frequent speakers are least likely to agree that it is not a language (58%) and those never speaking Scots most likely to do so (72%)".
Re:but...... by darkshadow88 · 2011-02-22 08:53 · Score: 1

Well, for Scots, much of the confusion is that people think "Scots" means "Scottish English". Of course, linguists don't always agree on what constitutes a language, either. What prompted my response was that you referred to "Scots English", which means that you clearly conflated Scots and Scottish English.
Anyhow, it's true that in many cases, the old adage applies: "A language is a dialect with an army and navy."
Re:but...... by RobertLTux · 2011-02-22 08:57 · Score: 1

actually you would need to specify which "English" you are referring to since there is at least the big break of US and UK spellings not to mention that different words are used for some things. even if you limit yourself to UK subdialects i think right now NOBODY actually speaks "Anglo-Saxon" without some tweaks due to foreign influence and other effects.

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Re:but...... by similar_name · 2011-02-22 09:15 · Score: 1

Really I was just using it like this, which may very well be wrong. At any rate I probably should have said Scottish English to avoid ambiguity.
Re:but...... by Anonymous Coward · 2011-02-22 10:09 · Score: 0

Should have called her LinkedIn ... that way the name would have still been valid after she turned 13.
Re:but...... by CapOblivious2010 · 2011-02-22 13:23 · Score: 2

I find it hilarious how us hackers imagine anti-regime rebels equipped with Freenet, GPG, trusted rings and other crypto tools when the reality is that people use facebook over plaintext http and public twitter.
Tell that to the people of Iran who are still in jail.
But doesn't that prove the GP's point? People used facebook & twitter, and now they're in jail!

I don't think the GP was saying people SHOULD use plaintext communications - clearly they shouldn't - but the objective fact is that they DO use them, despite the fact that there are semi-comprehensible alternatives readily available.
Re:but...... by Kvasio · 2011-02-22 13:56 · Score: 2

anyway, some guy in future may claim that he spent all evening "on Facebook"
Re:but...... by Meski · 2011-02-22 16:21 · Score: 1

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Re:but...... by Anonymous Coward · 2011-02-22 23:25 · Score: 0

I laughed, but... "Egyptian"... are you serious? They speak Arabic in Egypt. Oh wait, this is an American site so I guess not knowing basic facts about other countries is normal here.
Re:but...... by AmiMoJo · 2011-02-23 02:17 · Score: 1

Could you really organise a revolution with those tools though? For a revolution to work a large part of the population has to join in and physically get out on the streets, making secrecy kind of pointless. Better to rally as many people as possible and go for an "I'm Spartacus" level of anonymity, hoping that the police/army are not willing to murder tens or hundreds of thousands of civilians.
Facebook and Twitter work so well as revolutionary tools precisely because they are open to everyone.

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Re:but...... by GooberToo · 2011-02-23 02:49 · Score: 1

Could you really organise a revolution with those tools though?
Yes. That's one of their primary intents. In fact, had others used them, they likely would not be in jail today. Tools such as Tor allow for encrypted access to the Internet such that, in theory, it can't be tracked back to the originator.
The other tools are intended to allow secret and/or anonymous communication. It really boils down to the structure and sophistication of the parties involved and how successful their revolution will be. If you're not very sure of victory and you're non-anonymously posting revolutionary statements in a totalitarian country, you should not be the least bit surprised when you're murdered and/or imprisoned.
Re:but...... by AmiMoJo · 2011-02-23 03:16 · Score: 1

No, Tor is for resistance and privacy. My point is that until you take it public and put yourself in the spotlight you are not going to start a revolution. It has to begin with someone and while you can prepare in secret when it comes to bringing the masses on board you can't remain anonymous or hidden.

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Re:but...... by GooberToo · 2011-02-23 03:33 · Score: 1

No, Tor is for resistance and privacy
That's my point!

My point is that until you take it public
The technologies in question allow you to take it public - but do so in a safe manner. That's entirely the point. That's entirely why people in Iran are in prison right now.

I guess the newly perceived freedoms by Manfre · 2011-02-22 03:29 · Score: 2

I guess high on the newly perceived freedoms the father wanted to make sure his daughter will be able to experience some of the hardships he faced throughout his life.

Re:I guess the newly perceived freedoms by Anonymous Coward · 2011-02-22 03:31 · Score: 1

His son will be named Sue.
Re:I guess the newly perceived freedoms by Intrepid+imaginaut · 2011-02-22 04:01 · Score: 4, Informative

Ah that's nothing, if you want some really dodgy names go to the Philippines. Dildo, Lolita, Thumper, Flipper, Ding Dong and Hitler are a few that spring to mind. I love Filipinos but seriously.
Re:I guess the newly perceived freedoms by alta · 2011-02-22 04:08 · Score: 3, Funny

How Ironic though, since having a child is generally viewed as the second biggest destroyer of freedom, (after marriage.)
(Just Kidding honey, don't really mean it!)

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Re:I guess the newly perceived freedoms by theguyfromsaturn · 2011-02-22 05:28 · Score: 4, Insightful

Lolita is not a dodgy name. It's a perfectly acceptable short form of Dolores in Spanish. That English people have decided to turn it into a bad word is your thing. But it's not dodgy.

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Re:I guess the newly perceived freedoms by tgeller · 2011-02-22 05:38 · Score: 1

For the record: It was a Russian, Vladimir Nabokov, who turned Lolita into a "bad word". (He admittedly did it in English, though.)

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Re:I guess the newly perceived freedoms by jcoy42 · 2011-02-22 05:45 · Score: 1

My aunt named her kids Snap, Crackle, and Pop.

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Re:I guess the newly perceived freedoms by Pseudonym+Authority · 2011-02-22 05:57 · Score: 1

No, English readers of Nabokov turned it into a "bad word".
Re:I guess the newly perceived freedoms by PinchDuck · 2011-02-22 06:44 · Score: 1

lol awesome.
Re:I guess the newly perceived freedoms by Anonymous Coward · 2011-02-22 08:32 · Score: 0

Yeah! Same with Hitler. It's a perfectly acceptable name. That you allowed some German dude's actions to sully it is your thing.
Re:I guess the newly perceived freedoms by Darinbob · 2011-02-22 08:54 · Score: 1

And the Japanese turned it into a creepy word.
Re:I guess the newly perceived freedoms by Anonymous Coward · 2011-02-22 09:13 · Score: 0

your aunt is a jerk
Re:I guess the newly perceived freedoms by martin-boundary · 2011-02-22 09:14 · Score: 1

And the Japanese turned it into a creepy word

That was only for .... play.
Re:I guess the newly perceived freedoms by Pseudonym+Authority · 2011-02-22 10:49 · Score: 1

Lolicon isn't creepy it's an expression of my love!
Re:I guess the newly perceived freedoms by Anonymous Coward · 2011-02-22 13:44 · Score: 0

Now I'm imagining Johnny Cash singing that Bangles song 'Walk Like An Egyptian'. It's like a short acid trip without the expense or risk!
Re:I guess the newly perceived freedoms by owlman17 · 2011-02-22 17:42 · Score: 1

I live in the Philippines. While we do have a knack for coming up with smart-ass names, I have yet to meet someone here named Dildo, Thumper, or Flipper. Those are most probably names of pets. No Hitler either but we do have a lot of Adolfs. Lolita is pretty common, and we hardly think of it as dodgy. You'd hear Ding-dong a lot. A popular actor here goes by that as his screen name. A senator goes by "Ping". A former church head went by Cardinal Sin. Of course, except for Adolf, Lolita, etc, those are all nicknames, the way you'd use Slim, Spike or Mac. Repeating names are another novelty here.
Re:I guess the newly perceived freedoms by Anonymous Coward · 2011-02-22 18:05 · Score: 0

All Filipinos have (sometimes odd) nicknames/house names for informal usage. Real names are probably used only on paper works etc..
ex. Manny Pacquiao is Emmanuel P.
I do myself have "Otoy" (kid ) as nickname . So it fits when strangers say , "Hey Kid!" to me.
Re:I guess the newly perceived freedoms by Intrepid+imaginaut · 2011-02-22 20:54 · Score: 1

Hitler, Himmler, and Hess: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/4609892.stm I remember Jaime Sin alright, best name/job combination ever! :D

Nice by grub · 2011-02-22 03:31 · Score: 5, Funny

Goatse and Tubgirl changed my life, but I won't be naming offspring after them.

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Re:Nice by dmmiller2k · 2011-02-22 03:58 · Score: 1, Insightful

If you're into Goatse and Tubgirl, you may not have to worry about naming any offspring.

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Re:Nice by alta · 2011-02-22 04:09 · Score: 0, Offtopic

can someone describe tubgirl with as little detail, and certainly no link please.
No need to describe goatse...

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Re:Nice by alta · 2011-02-22 04:11 · Score: 1, Offtopic

nevermind, I got a sufficiently descriptive answer at yahoo answers. ugh

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Re:Nice by Anonymous Coward · 2011-02-22 04:36 · Score: 1

Its staged. The explosion is orange juice made to look like diarrhea.
Re:Nice by SilentStaid · 2011-02-22 05:40 · Score: 2

... our hearts are extended to the 17 recent victims of internet fraud.

http://bash.org/?434593
Re:Nice by syousef · 2011-02-22 06:31 · Score: 1

Goatse and Tubgirl changed my life, but I won't be naming offspring after them.
But Goatse Tubgirl Grub has such a lovely ring to it!

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Re:Nice by laejoh · 2011-02-22 07:43 · Score: 1

That's no ring!

lol by XPeter · 2011-02-22 03:32 · Score: 1

lol.

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Poor girl by Dyinobal · 2011-02-22 03:33 · Score: 1

I guess if the dominate language isn't English, she won't be teased that much. Still I can think of some pretty terrible jokes.

Re:Poor girl by Shark · 2011-02-22 07:37 · Score: 1

Well, assuming she's just born, chances are Facebook will go belly up before she's 10.

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The real question by Drakkenmensch · 2011-02-22 03:35 · Score: 2

Will she accept my friend request?

Re:The real question by dontmakemethink · 2011-02-22 06:18 · Score: 1

Will she let me 'poke' her?

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No. by Essequemodeia · 2011-02-22 03:36 · Score: 1

Someone tell New York Times Johnson he ain't trending no more.

I smell... by gearsmithy · 2011-02-22 03:37 · Score: 1

a lawsuit.

Re:I smell... by fuzzyfuzzyfungus · 2011-02-22 03:38 · Score: 5, Funny

Being sued by Facebook is referred to as "Getting Zuckerpunched"...
Re:I smell... by allo · 2011-02-22 03:58 · Score: 1

can facebook be sued by facebook?
Re:I smell... by wickedskaman · 2011-02-22 04:56 · Score: 1

The recursive possibility is delicious.

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Huh? by slart42 · 2011-02-22 03:38 · Score: 5, Funny

Facebook has been credited for helping organize regime-ending protests in the country.

How could she have helped organize protests when she has just been born?

Re:Huh? by scarface71795 · 2011-02-22 03:49 · Score: 0

I see what you did there. Now stop it.
Re:Huh? by beadfulthings · 2011-02-22 04:02 · Score: 4, Informative

You must not be a parent. Babies are born knowing how to protest, and they do it very well. Their protests usually center around food, overloaded diapers, and sleep. It's only a short step from there to political demonstrations.

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Re:Huh? by imadork · 2011-02-22 04:19 · Score: 4, Insightful

I've heard it said many times before that politicians and diapers should be changed frequently, and often for the same reasons.
Re:Huh? by Anonymous Coward · 2011-02-22 11:24 · Score: 0

Thank you for improving the joke by explaining it.

No better reason by dragonhunter21 · 2011-02-22 03:38 · Score: 1

I suppose there's few reasons better to name your daughter Facebook.

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Punish the children... by kyrio · 2011-02-22 03:38 · Score: 1

for the stupidity of the adults.

Account Creation Request DENIED by jpapon · 2011-02-22 03:40 · Score: 4, Funny

Ironically, little Facebook was never able to sign up for an account due to the website's automatic filters.

This had the unfortunate effect of further handicapping her already struggling social life

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Re:Account Creation Request DENIED by Pvt_Ryan · 2011-02-22 03:55 · Score: 2

Does creating an account called Facebook not cause facebook to crash?
Re:Account Creation Request DENIED by Anonymous Coward · 2011-02-22 03:59 · Score: 1

If, by the time, Facebook (the website) still exists. Remember eternal MySpace ?
Re:Account Creation Request DENIED by Anonymous Coward · 2011-02-22 05:02 · Score: 0

F**k facebook... we all had social life before facebook... when did facebook become such an important part of having a so called "social life" ?
Social life is about going out with real friends and doing stuff with other people... not having hundreds of virtual friends and staring at a screen 24x7.
Get a life!
Re:Account Creation Request DENIED by SilentStaid · 2011-02-22 05:43 · Score: 1

I have it on good authority that entering 'Google' as a search term breaks the internet.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrQUWUfmR_I
Re:Account Creation Request DENIED by NoZart · 2011-02-22 06:14 · Score: 1

Do NOT type "Google" into Google! It breaks the Internet!!!!
Re:Account Creation Request DENIED by Anonymous Coward · 2011-02-22 06:24 · Score: 0

But how will I get to Google if I can't put it into Google??
Re:Account Creation Request DENIED by Anonymous Coward · 2011-02-22 17:16 · Score: 0

Please, Facebook doeesn't weigh anything.

Strange names aren't always bad by dkleinsc · 2011-02-22 03:40 · Score: 2

Just ask Dweezil or Moon Unit Zappa.

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Re:Strange names aren't always bad by Anonymous Coward · 2011-02-22 03:47 · Score: 0

Strange names can be overcome easily with a rich/celebrity parent.
Re:Strange names aren't always bad by Abstrackt · 2011-02-22 03:49 · Score: 1

Strange names can be overcome easily with a rich/celebrity parent.
I wonder if naming your firstborn Facebook is enough to make you a celebrity.

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Re:Strange names aren't always bad by wafflze · 2011-02-22 04:36 · Score: 0

How's this for names? My girl is pregnant, if its a boy; "I banged your mom" and if its a girl "Daddy didnt pull out" Do you think they will be socially acceptable?
Re:Strange names aren't always bad by elrous0 · 2011-02-22 06:27 · Score: 1

Do you think they will be socially acceptable?
Only one way to find out.

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Re:Strange names aren't always bad by Anonymous Coward · 2011-02-22 08:19 · Score: 0

Or Moxie Crimefighter Jilette...
That said, though, names like "Moon Unit" or "Moxie Crimefighter" are neat: they have a certain right to it ("Dweezil" does not, but then it doesn't sound all that unusual to me in the first place). The same can't be said about "Facebook"; but maybe Facebook has a vastly different reputation in Egypt after these protests than it does in the USA.
Re:Strange names aren't always bad by thePowerOfGrayskull · 2011-03-06 14:47 · Score: 1

You can also pronounce your name however you want. "My name is Elizabeth. Spelled F - A - C - E - B - O - O K. Yes, Elizabeth. "

At least he went with the market leader... by CaseM · 2011-02-22 03:50 · Score: 1

Can you imagine if your 8 year old was named Myspace?

Re:At least he went with the market leader... by grub · 2011-02-22 03:52 · Score: 1

or a 3 year old named Zune. I guess that's not as bad as a 30 year old named TRS-80.

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Re:At least he went with the market leader... by Sulphur · 2011-02-22 06:09 · Score: 1

or a 3 year old named Zune. I guess that's not as bad as a 30 year old named TRS-80.
or little PS3
Re:At least he went with the market leader... by Anonymous Coward · 2011-02-22 08:16 · Score: 0

good one - haha
Re:At least he went with the market leader... by Anonymous Coward · 2011-02-22 14:00 · Score: 0

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Zuckerberg et al by Apple+Acolyte · 2011-02-22 03:52 · Score: 3, Interesting

I wonder if this father and other Egyptians who used Facebook in their revolt know that Zuckerberg and many of the other founders of the service are Jews. Or that the Intel processors they use to access the site are designed by Jews in the Jewish state of Israel.

For those of you who don't know, when female reporter Lara Logan was attacked and sexually molested by an Egyptian mob, the attackers were shouting at "Jew, Jew, Jew!" at her. She isn't even Jewish, but there's a pathological hatred for Jews in much of the Middle East.

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Re:Zuckerberg et al by Pvt_Ryan · 2011-02-22 03:58 · Score: 1

To be fair if your ancestors had been struck with the Plagues of Egypt just because they refused to give up their slaves you might be a tad annoyed as well.
Re:Zuckerberg et al by Anonymous Coward · 2011-02-22 04:02 · Score: 0

Just like there is one for arabs/muslims where you live, it seems.
Re:Zuckerberg et al by Anonymous Coward · 2011-02-22 04:32 · Score: 1

Just like there is one for arabs/muslims where you live, it seems.
Wow, that's funny. GP complains about anti-Semitism in Egypt, cites an example, and you make that out to be an attack on all "Arabs/Muslims".
I guess the GP hit a little too close to home for comfort.
Truth hurts, eh?
Re:Zuckerberg et al by eln · 2011-02-22 04:56 · Score: 2

It wasn't just because they wouldn't let their slaves go, it was because they wouldn't give up all their gods and worship the God of Israel. Throughout that section of Exodus, God "hardens the heart" of Pharaoh repeatedly specifically so Pharaoh wouldn't give up so easily and God could therefore plague them some more. The idea, apparently, was to try to convince the Egyptians of his (God's) power so they would worship him. Since they still didn't end up worshiping him after all that, God told his people to steal as much gold, silver, and jewelry as they could from their masters and get out of town. If the Bible is to be believed, they ended up stealing so much that much of Egypt ended up impoverished as a result.

So, if you take the Bible as the literal truth, it was less about freeing the Hebrews and more about trying to get the Egyptians to worship God, and then trying to break their backs when they didn't cooperate.
Re:Zuckerberg et al by CannonballHead · 2011-02-22 05:51 · Score: 2

I believe it states that Pharaoh first hardens his own heart. After about the 5th plague, it talks about God hardening his heart.
Re:Zuckerberg et al by Anonymous Coward · 2011-02-22 06:02 · Score: 0

Steal? Perhaps you need to read it again, the word "plundered" is used metaphorically. The Israelites asked for and received treasure from the Egyptians, and they gave it to them because they wanted them to leave. Exodus 12:

The people of Israel had also done as Moses told them, for they had asked the Egyptians for silver and gold jewelry and for clothing. And the LORD had given the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they let them have what they asked. Thus they plundered the Egyptians.
As compensation for generations of forced slave labor, not unreasonable.

As to your other points, there was no invitation to the Egyptians to worship God that I am aware of, there was one request, let my people go. The plagues were done to let the Egyptians know that the Lord was the only god, and also to impress upon the Israelites that the Lord was their God. The back was broken by the plagues, not after (unless you are speaking of the crushing of Pharaoh's military at the sea). Yes, the teaching that God hardened Pharaoh's heart is hard to accept, but then how many good authors also harden the hearts of their stories' villains?
Re:Zuckerberg et al by Anonymous Coward · 2011-02-22 06:08 · Score: 0

So, if you take the Bible as the literal truth, it was less about freeing the Hebrews and more about trying to get the Egyptians to worship God, and then trying to break their backs when they didn't cooperate.
If you take the bible as the literal truth, it was fulfilling God's promise to Abraham "I will bless those that bless you and curse those that curse you". According to that promise, when Pharaoh had the first born of the Israelites killed God was required to take revenge on their behalf as Abraham's descendants inherited the promise. In theory, the Egyptians could have been blessed by God without worship simply by being good to the Israelites. Additionally, the Egyptians had already been headed for impoverishment before the Israelites turned up, specifically Joseph, so that the curses returned them to the state they would have been in without the blessing brought by the Israelites which had been rewarded by enslavement.
Re:Zuckerberg et al by Locke2005 · 2011-02-22 06:09 · Score: 1

No evidence has ever been found that any tribes of Israel were ever enslaved by Egyptians. The Jews are descended from the Canaanites that always lived in the area around Israel. They are closely related to the Palestinians. Unfortunately, that whole "Exodus" story appears to be entirely fictional. On the other hand, the tribe in East Africa claiming to be one of the lost tribes of Israel has been proven by DNA analysis to actually be descended from the original Jews.

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Re:Zuckerberg et al by Smekarn · 2011-02-22 06:44 · Score: 1

A tad annoyed, yes. But not so annoyed that it'd carry with my genes for thousands of years.
Re:Zuckerberg et al by Pvt_Ryan · 2011-02-23 04:10 · Score: 1

I probably should have added "Assuming for a moment that the bible isn't a work of fiction" and "I never read the story, I just heard bits and pieces on the rare occasions I listened."

fancy but old... by Anonymous Coward · 2011-02-22 03:52 · Score: 0

Big deal, there are many Usnavy in Cuba !!!

Doesn't matter by lymond01 · 2011-02-22 03:56 · Score: 1

It'll probably come out as Razeel Cassid Fassbuk el Dar-min or something. She'll be fine.

From another perspective by GodfatherofSoul · 2011-02-22 03:57 · Score: 2

The name Facebook probably sounds a bit exotic and interesting to a foreign tongue. We English speakers do the same thing with foreign words as names; especially using foreign cities. Now, imagine meeting a German kid named Chicago or Macho. Probably the same to a European meeting an American girl named Paris or Allegra.

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Re:From another perspective by Anonymous Coward · 2011-02-22 04:17 · Score: 1

To be honest, to us Europeans, one of the weirdest things about Paris Hilton is that she has a boys name...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_%28mythology%29
Re:From another perspective by Anonymous Coward · 2011-02-22 08:00 · Score: 0

Now, imagine meeting a German kid named Chicago or Macho. Probably the same to a European meeting an American girl named Paris...
You're implying that the name needs to come from a location in a different country? Dakota Fanning, Georgia Hale, Tennessee Williams...
Names are only weird until they catch on.
Re:From another perspective by Anonymous Coward · 2011-02-22 18:41 · Score: 0

It's not uncommon for Americans to name their kids after cities, although many cities were named after people to begin with. I went to high school with girls named Dallas and Austin; Brooklyn and Savannah are both in the top 100 baby girl names list. See http://baby-names.familyeducation.com/lists/named-for-cities/?detoured=1 for more cities that are also popular baby names.
Re:From another perspective by Anonymous Coward · 2011-02-22 23:42 · Score: 0

An English girls name that confused me at first as a Scandinavian is Madison. Most English speakers are probably familiar with the Scandinavian "son of .." names, nowadays usually used as family names, (they where also popular to use as surnames in Britain until recent changes of the English language): Andersson, Persson, Jonsson, Johansson, Jansson et.c. (usually spelled with a possessive marker in Swedish (the extra 's'), that is usually shortened out in Danish, Norwegian and Old English family names: Andersen, Pedersen, Jensen et.c.). Madison means "son of Maud" (a surname or family name) in Norwegian. Maud (with a lot of different spellings) was a rare Scandinavian male name, until it become a popular female name after Maud Queen of Norway (born Princess Maud of Wales).
So it is an English female first name, probably of Scandinavian or Norman (Scandinavian descendants in Britain and France) origin, that is:
* Masculine as a first name, but that kind of first name have always been rare and is almost never given in Scandinavia today.
* Follow the, mostly outdated, Scandinavian tradition of surnames for males (female forms could be Maud(s)dotter, Madidottír et.c. (the English word "daughter" is from Old Norse, hence the similarity, "son" is of proto-germanic origin))
* Follow the the modern (unisex) use of Scandinavian family names, that become popular and made the use of surnames rare in the 19th century.
Re:From another perspective by GodfatherofSoul · 2011-02-23 04:30 · Score: 1

I see a lot of similar responses I'd like to address. My point isn't that Americans NEVER use city names for children. It's that people often use words and names from other cultures based on phonetic (maybe even a literal translation) appeal. Sometimes, those names might not make much sense to use for children for native speakers or might just sound awkward.

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First name Facebook, Last name: Sucks? by Anonymous Coward · 2011-02-22 04:01 · Score: 0

First name Facebook, Last name: Sucks?

I won't feel so bad... by Anonymous Coward · 2011-02-22 04:04 · Score: 1

when I have 2 daughters, naming the oldest "One" and the youngest "Cup". Cause I'm anonymous and that's what I do!

Not that bad by should_be_linear · 2011-02-22 04:04 · Score: 2

Thank god they didn't use Yahoo! to organize themselves.

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Re:Not that bad by squidflakes · 2011-02-22 05:24 · Score: 1

Serious?
Re:Not that bad by NovaSupreme · 2011-02-22 05:38 · Score: 1

Your signature is the best one ever. Too bad, I know your RSA private key now.
Re:Not that bad by BlackSmithNZ · 2011-02-22 15:42 · Score: 1

yeah, might have ended up with a name like Yahoo Serious.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahoo_Serious
Re:Not that bad by Anonymous Coward · 2011-02-22 16:33 · Score: 0

looking at the social network sites listed at Wikipedia, she is damn lucky it wasnt some cheesy dating network like flirtomatic. however, it would have been sooooo cool if it had been Diaspora, which is a beautiful name and evocative of many cultures experiences today. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diaspora_%28software%29

My daddy hates me! by airfoobar · 2011-02-22 04:05 · Score: 1

Now all the other kids are making fun of me!

When he realizes his error... by x0 · 2011-02-22 04:13 · Score: 2

When he realizes his error, will he name is newborn son 'Facepalm'?

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Re:When he realizes his error... by Anonymous Coward · 2011-02-22 08:48 · Score: 0

He'll probably name him "Viagra".

Ehm by SmallFurryCreature · 2011-02-22 04:17 · Score: 5, Insightful

Egypt is a popular holiday destination for Israeli's. Remember that haters will always exist but most normal people are normal people. If Germans can visit Israel, Japanese can visit Korea/China, Americans can visit pretty much anywhere, Canadians can visit the US, Belgians can visit Holland etc etc then Jews can visit Egypt.

The real feelings in the middle east are far more complex then fits in a Fox news flash. In fact it is YOU that cares what religion a founder of a website is or even what the religion might be of a guy who worked on a cpu. YOU noticed this, not some random Egyptian whose own believes ain't even known.

Those protests you might have seen burning American/Israeli flags? Well, we know now what they really were. Staged protests not supported by the masses. We SAW what happened when the masses think something and gosh, no signs of hatred for the Zionists or the great Satan but for their own corrupt MUSLIM leaders.

Al Queda failed. They tried to install hatred and accomplished nothing. Peaceful protests without hate for other races/religions changed the region in a matter of weeks.

Do you judge the US by the KKK?

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Re:Ehm by elrous0 · 2011-02-22 06:33 · Score: 3, Informative

Do you judge the US by the KKK?
I'm pretty sure 98% of Americans don't agree with the ideals of the KKK. If Pew is to be believed, Egyptians do tend to take a rather harsher view.

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Re:Ehm by EdIII · 2011-02-22 08:05 · Score: 1

Canadians can visit the US
In the context of your post that would seem to indicate that there is some bad blood between Canada and the US. What on Earth for?
Sure they speak weird, and keep using those two words "hoser" and "eh" all over the damn place. However, those lovely bastards have strong beer, Tim Hortons, and hockey. They're alright with me.
Not to mention they also gave us Dark Helmet (Rick Moranis). Shit... that alone almost makes them blood brothers in my book. "Nobody gives me the Raspberry".
Re:Ehm by Anonymous Coward · 2011-02-22 09:23 · Score: 0

They're just still miffed about British from Canada burning down part of the white house in 1812, and that somehow the border on the west coast is magically well below fifty-four forty.
Actually, i'm wrong. Most Americans wouldn't have the foggiest clue what I'm rambling about.
Re:Ehm by Anonymous Coward · 2011-02-22 09:29 · Score: 0

"Egypt is a popular holiday destination for Israeli's."
Not quite. Sinai coastal areas are a popular destination for Israelis. Tourism is the main industry there, there is a large Bedouin population there and the whole area is very different from the rest of the Egypt. Even there I got two nails hammered in the tires on the last day of my stay there (the car had Israeli plates).

inspiration! by uncanny · 2011-02-22 04:19 · Score: 1

I'm going to name my firstborn filtydirtybackdoorsluts.com for all the help it gave me through my single years!

Incoming lawsuit by space_jake · 2011-02-22 04:25 · Score: 2

Facebook is still suing anything with "book" in its name right?

Re:Incoming lawsuit by Anonymous Coward · 2011-02-22 05:54 · Score: 0

Well there does exist a "Farcebook.com" a "Fatbook.com", also a "4facebook.com".... none are valid/serious websites, but the domains are still up. I also see a "Facebooksucks.com" whose purpose is to let people post complaints about FB....so IDK if FB sues everyone. Maybe there are so many on the To-Sue list that it takes a while to get shut down (Facebooksucks.com looks like a very new site, so they prob haven't received their cease-and-desist letter yet).

Poor girl by Anonymous Coward · 2011-02-22 04:28 · Score: 0

Cue the "Log into Facebook" jokes... well, not until she's legal I guess, but still.

They have idiots in Eygpt too! by cstanley8899 · 2011-02-22 04:28 · Score: 0

Don't worry "westerners"! Egyptians can be just as dumb and moronic as all of us!

There are worse names than "Facebook" by ciaran.mchale · 2011-02-22 04:34 · Score: 1

Like this one.

Second born will be named... by TheStatsMan · 2011-02-22 04:35 · Score: 1

Facepalm.

Re:Second born will be named... by TheStatsMan · 2011-02-22 04:43 · Score: 0

Curse you redundancy, curse you.

Cruel Joke by Anonymous Coward · 2011-02-22 04:40 · Score: 0

So what does the couple that conceives thanks to watching a YouPorn video do? Just askin.

Re:Cruel Joke by PPH · 2011-02-22 06:19 · Score: 1

Kid: Mom, how did you choose my name?
Mom: Well, Redtube, its like this ....

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That's not right by Anonymous Coward · 2011-02-22 04:41 · Score: 0

Isn't "Facebook" more of a boy's name?

Re:That's not right by a+whoabot · 2011-02-22 08:08 · Score: 1

Isn't "Facebook" more of a boy's name?
Well "book" is traditionally a feminine noun, so, no.

tech company reputations change fast by peter303 · 2011-02-22 05:08 · Score: 1

Yahoo and MicroSoft are considered has beens. Another Slashdot thread today questions if Google is that category. I wonder would it would like to like t be entering engineering school 20 years in future and be called FORTRAN or AOL.

Could be worse by shutdown+-p+now · 2011-02-22 05:19 · Score: 1

I think that, all things considered, such an arrangement is preferable to having sons named "Kalash" (from Avtomat Kalashnikova), which is a common practice in some African countries.

Fine with me, but... by kaizendojo · 2011-02-22 05:23 · Score: 1

no complaints when she starts getting poked...

Didn't someone... by Halifax+Samuels · 2011-02-22 05:26 · Score: 1

Didn't someone in America try to name their kid ESPN (pronounced ehs-pin) and get sued over it, or was that just a rumor?

At least . . . by bedouin · 2011-02-22 05:44 · Score: 1

He didn't name her Porsche or Houston.

A conversation 15 years in the future... by tool462 · 2011-02-22 05:53 · Score: 1

A: Hey, I heard you Facebooked Facebook.
B: Yeah, I did. I looked at Facebook's Facebook and sure enough Facebook says her name is Facebook.
A: Haha. I wonder if she has a brother named Twitter.
B: What's Twitter?

Pill disfunction punish by NoZart · 2011-02-22 06:12 · Score: 1

Way to get your kid beaten up at school on a regular basis....

Re:Pill disfunction punish by Anonymous Coward · 2011-02-22 08:31 · Score: 0

I'm sure not every country is as uncivilised as US television makes its own schools out to be.

Could be worse. by Anonymous Coward · 2011-02-22 06:22 · Score: 0

Make fun of him, but at least that name isn't some sort of made up, unspellable, illiterate appellation like two I recently saw. "Antwuyan" and "Dianjelos".

already torn? by ideaz · 2011-02-22 06:30 · Score: 1

There goes her privacy...!

he doesn't stop here by Anonymous Coward · 2011-02-22 08:04 · Score: 0

I heard he is planning about having two girls and one cup

Makes sense now but by fyoder · 2011-02-22 09:30 · Score: 1

What if a parent had named their kid Myspace some years ago. I wonder if the kid will be perpetually explaining internet history when she's older. "When I was born, social networking was controlled by private companies. One in particular was very influential."

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+1 by Anonymous Coward · 2011-02-22 09:44 · Score: 0

she's gonna kill her dad the first time her boyfriend puts up his thumb and says "I like this"

Anyone remember the IUMA babies? by Anonymous Coward · 2011-02-22 09:44 · Score: 0

Way back in 2000 a few people named their babies after IUMA.com. It was a PR stunt, so at least they got paid for it.

How many people today know what IUMA was? When they hear your name is Iuma, they probably think it's some fancy African or native American name your esoteric parents gave you to make them feel special. You probably can live with it pretty well.

Fast forward eleven years from now. In 2022, people probably will think Facebook is some variant of face job and that it was picked as your name by your stoned prostitute mother when visiting your crack dealer father in prison. Or something the like.

Just F*cking dumb by Anonymous Coward · 2011-02-22 09:56 · Score: 0

I'm going to name my daughter Santa, because she was born on Xmas.

Excuse me, sir by Anonymous Coward · 2011-02-22 10:35 · Score: 0

Keep in mind that this is his newborn daughter.

Now, can you please take a seat over there?

More common than you think... by warkior · 2011-02-22 10:42 · Score: 1

It's actually quite common for children (especially more rural villages) to be named after significant events. Used to have a person named helikopter.

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16 years later somewhere in the desert by santax · 2011-02-22 12:33 · Score: 1

Abdul: "Yow Mohad, why are you crying?" Mohad:"Ah Abdul, I had this girl, for over 9000 days. She left me. Gone... vanished. Noone heared of her since months". Abdul" Aye mate, that sucks sandstorms. What's her name, I will keep an eye out?" Mohad "facebook" Abdul: *palm/face, gives business-card of lawyer, assuming he bought stocks.*

Drop the 'the' by Anonymous Coward · 2011-02-22 15:04 · Score: 0

Glad he took the advice and went with Facebook and not The Facebook.

Think twice by islisis · 2011-02-22 20:26 · Score: 1

Oh, so now I have to apologise everytime I say

Fuck Facebook

Proud daddies by rgviza · 2011-02-23 03:06 · Score: 1

I'm sure Mark Zuckerberg is proud that someone named their baby after his.

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Obama Does a Gaddafi on DOMA by Anonymous Coward · 2011-02-23 18:02 · Score: 0

DOMA may be wrong.

Yet, Barak Hussain Obama, aka Barak-O-Vision, is unqualified to rule on any point of Law, unqualified to Govern.

Such a Benedict Arnold for our time will meet the same fate.

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