Baby Names And Other Superficial Stuff

What is it with baby names these days?

Parent deludedly give their children names which are made up, stupid, and practically unheard of in the vain belief it will make them special, superior, and destined for stardom, when really, the best little Shiloh, Destiny or Chardonnay can hope for is a spot of Narcissistic Personality Disorder.

What are they hoping to achieve? To show that they have the ability to name something differently? Is that such an achievement badge to wear that it justifies someone having to have a stupid name their whole life?

What’s weirder is the fact that everyone judges someone by their name before they meet them. The baby names they were given as a baby. Have you ever made assumptions or even cast aspersions on a person based on their name?

For example, now I’m thinking about it, I probably could never date a Simon. The only reason, I think, is because when I was growing up I knew a boy called Simon, roughly the name age as me, and his nose was always running. Not only this, but he was really disgusting, more so than little boys are in general to little girls. Yuck. And so now ‘yuck’ is associated in my head with ‘Simon’. Ridiculous.

But it all goes to show just how superficial we are as a species. We judge people completely on how they look; another thing which they have absolutely no control over.

It’s a shame, and it’s a shame for love. How much does true love really have to do with how each lover looks? Do the souls even matter?

People only ever tend to date within their ‘leagues’ of looks, which means there is potentially a myriad of mismatched souls out there, their only crime being that they look how they do.