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[–] No_Eponym@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 week ago

If Saylor and Baylor get together, do you think their relation-ship is gonna sink? Or will it be smooth sailing?

[–] ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 week ago (3 children)

It's odd to see very Jewish names at the top of both the blue and the red lists of boy names.

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 4 points 1 week ago

I don't think the reds know that Cohen is a Jewish name.

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[–] moakley@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Ugh. Fucking Oakleys. The worst.

As a parent in a red state, I've noticed way more last names as first names than what I grew up with. This seems to match that trend.

[–] SilverFlame@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

What gets me is that Cohen shows up twice for republican boys (that last name is like Smith for Jewish people)

[–] roguelazer@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

So this is just binary red/blue? Seems iffy given how diverse states are (eg there are about as many Republican voters in "blue" California or in "red" Florida because California is way larger). I wonder what this would look like at the county level...

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Comparing states without county-level resolution is mostly useless. Had several people a few threads ago say Illinois is progressive. No, Chicagoland is progressive, rest of the state is almost all red.

This is how to view red vs. blue America.

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[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Some weird names there. Gunner and Baylor?

[–] viking@infosec.pub 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

And isn't Stetson a fucking hat?

[–] y0kai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 week ago

Oaklee is a brand of sunglasses, and they've got it there 3 times for a girl's name lmao

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