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HelpRe: How much difference do you think there is between your tastes and current trends?
in reply to a message by Francisinfp5w4
Current trends are outdated in terms of my naming taste. They match up extremely well with my taste from 25 years ago. I still like those names, but they aren't that interesting to me anymore.
My naming taste always seems a bit eccentric. The names I was obsessed with in 1999 are now having their moment to shine. In the 90s, I was DEEP into the surname-names, neo-Virtue names, excessive vowels and frills, unexpected nature names, gender-bending ideas, Pioneer names, cozy "puppy dog" type names - ALL that. And a lot of "normal" people (non name nerds) thought my taste was pretty bizarre.
I don't think that means I'm better or more fashion-forward or anything, I just burn through names very quickly. My attention inevitably wanders and I move on to something that feels new and different. I'm especially fond of any kind of name that most people dismiss or despise - and these names can change over time. The names people balked at 25 years ago, I loved. Now they love those, so I need to start sorting through the new junk-names nobody wants, to see what I can adopt.
So I don't know if I'd say my taste is "the exact opposite" of the trends, but it can seem that way sometimes.
My naming taste always seems a bit eccentric. The names I was obsessed with in 1999 are now having their moment to shine. In the 90s, I was DEEP into the surname-names, neo-Virtue names, excessive vowels and frills, unexpected nature names, gender-bending ideas, Pioneer names, cozy "puppy dog" type names - ALL that. And a lot of "normal" people (non name nerds) thought my taste was pretty bizarre.
I don't think that means I'm better or more fashion-forward or anything, I just burn through names very quickly. My attention inevitably wanders and I move on to something that feels new and different. I'm especially fond of any kind of name that most people dismiss or despise - and these names can change over time. The names people balked at 25 years ago, I loved. Now they love those, so I need to start sorting through the new junk-names nobody wants, to see what I can adopt.
So I don't know if I'd say my taste is "the exact opposite" of the trends, but it can seem that way sometimes.
