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submitted 10 months ago by cm0002@ttrpg.network to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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[–] anguo@piefed.ca 162 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (6 children)

The chinese name just says "~~Common~~ Generic Chinese name"

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[–] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 81 points 10 months ago

That just made this 1000x funnier. Thank you!

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[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 33 points 10 months ago (1 child)

That's because its name was stripped. Nobody knows who or what it is. Its gender? 1337.

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[–] Tja@programming.dev 7 points 10 months ago

In their pants? Doom

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[–] nialv7@lemmy.world 19 points 10 months ago (1 child)

通用 doesn't really mean "common", it's more like "all purpose" or something.

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[–] anguo@piefed.ca 16 points 10 months ago

Yes, "generic" would be the right translation here. But same difference!

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[–] velindora@lemmy.cafe 10 points 10 months ago

Nah. Name is White first name + easy to pronounce single syllable last name:

Jason Wu
Robert Su

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