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Choice of Username and people's perception
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knowngunman
on 22/09/2022, 13:58:19 UTC
⭐ Merited by LogitechMouse (5) ,LoyceV (4) ,Welsh (3) ,Cookdata (3) ,Issa56 (3) ,Huppercase (3) ,Crypt0S0ul (1) ,DireWolfM14 (1) ,Awwal08 (1) ,DdmrDdmr (1)
It's worrisome that people use one's name to judge and conclude that one is a bad character. In my continent; Africa, most parents give names to their children in memories of their great parents depending on their traditions and culture. As such, the behavior of the child has nothing to do with the name he/she answered. Children are mostly influenced by the behavior of their parents and not the name they bear.
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Ephesians 6:4
Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
This verse clearly proved that children are influenced by the character their parents taught them and not by the name given to them. I have heard stories about children bearing good names such as John, Moses, David, Jacob, Joseph etc involving in robbery and rape cases and all sorts of vices. On the contrary, some children with funny and ridiculous names partaking in community development. In my own case, I used this name (Knowngunman) in memory of the activities and atrocities they've committed against me and my beloved ones. Although, government address them as unknown gun men but I use the opposite because they are well known in one way or another. So, Having joined the forum newly and made a post in my country local thread, the kind of perception people had based on my username triggered me to make this post.
Welcome Knowngunman, thankGod you know say your name get k-leg. There are plenty name wey jakpa where you go chose from answer but na gunman you see to pick.
Having said that, if me i wan talk the truth as e suppose be ehn, your username no they send the right message wey you wan portray for your mind, any user wey see this username fit come get the wrong impression about you, and even if users no go openly tell you, for their mind them fit no wan associate with you in any way possible on the forum, but as you don choose am so nothing much, everything fit still go well, Good Luck in the forum.
Make I no lie you brother, your name scared me too as I see am but hearing your explanation I understand your point now.
The above quotes made me to understand that people still believe that your name has connection with your attitude and also made me to wonder whether I will have a chance to prove myself and be comfortable in this forum. Having bad name doesn't mean one is bad.