Topic: Dr Marijuana Pepsi: "I refuse to change my name to make other people happy"
tteh !MemesToDNA started this discussion 6 years ago #88,179
A woman who refused to change her name has defied her bullies by earning a PhD and becoming a doctor.
Marijuana Pepsi Vandyck says she spent her life being made fun of because of her distinctive name.
But instead of changing it she decided to be proud of the name she was given and refuse to let it hold her back.
The 46-year-old has used her experience to research black names and how they affect the education of children in the United States.
Recalling that first conversation as a child with her mum about why she had been named Marijauna Pepsi, she says: "My mother told me that your name will take you around the world.
"At the time I thought, 'come on', but I know my mum, she's smart, she's a genius and I trusted she really believed that."
Marijuana was nine years old when she first realised she had an unconventional name. At school in Wisconsin she says it wasn't just the other children who commented on it but the teachers, too. "Tell them your name honey," they'd say.
"Marijuana is unusual and then you add Pepsi to it and the comments just didn't stop and they still don't stop" she told the BBC.
"They would ask to call me Mary, and at first that was fine until I won a school spelling bee. I came home with my certificate, and my mum hit the roof when she saw the name on it read Mary Jackson.
"She told me never to let them call me Mary ever again and then she went up to the school and demanded they change it. She wasn't playing."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-48616759Marijuana Pepsi Vandyck says she spent her life being made fun of because of her distinctive name.
But instead of changing it she decided to be proud of the name she was given and refuse to let it hold her back.
The 46-year-old has used her experience to research black names and how they affect the education of children in the United States.
Recalling that first conversation as a child with her mum about why she had been named Marijauna Pepsi, she says: "My mother told me that your name will take you around the world.
"At the time I thought, 'come on', but I know my mum, she's smart, she's a genius and I trusted she really believed that."
Marijuana was nine years old when she first realised she had an unconventional name. At school in Wisconsin she says it wasn't just the other children who commented on it but the teachers, too. "Tell them your name honey," they'd say.
"Marijuana is unusual and then you add Pepsi to it and the comments just didn't stop and they still don't stop" she told the BBC.
"They would ask to call me Mary, and at first that was fine until I won a school spelling bee. I came home with my certificate, and my mum hit the roof when she saw the name on it read Mary Jackson.
"She told me never to let them call me Mary ever again and then she went up to the school and demanded they change it. She wasn't playing."
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Anonymous B joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 6 minutes later[^] [v] #1,008,693
Wonder if a kid ever been named Crack Pipe Jones?
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Anonymous C joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 6 minutes later, 12 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,008,696
Parents with last name of Fuch, could name a son
Jackingoffforjesus.
Jackingoffforjesus.
Sheila LaBoof joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 41 minutes later, 53 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,008,707
Dr. Oxycontin Dr. Pepper Van Jones
Anonymous E joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 49 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #1,008,715
A quality name.
Meta !Sober//iZs joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 24 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,008,726
> A woman who refused to change her name has defied her bullies by earning a PhD and becoming a doctor.
I have to take issue with this. It's totally fucking redundant. A PhD is a doctorate degree. Everyone who has a PhD is a doctor. If she earned a PhD, her being a doctor of something is implied. You don't need to explain that people who have PhDs are doctors. We get it.
Also I'm actually surprised it's even legal to name a kid with a company's trademark. What's next? People naming their kids Microsoft Cocaine Miller? Toyota Heroin Goldstein?
I read once Germany has a law against names which might embarrass/cause difficulty for the child and I think they're onto something.
I have to take issue with this. It's totally fucking redundant. A PhD is a doctorate degree. Everyone who has a PhD is a doctor. If she earned a PhD, her being a doctor of something is implied. You don't need to explain that people who have PhDs are doctors. We get it.
Also I'm actually surprised it's even legal to name a kid with a company's trademark. What's next? People naming their kids Microsoft Cocaine Miller? Toyota Heroin Goldstein?
I read once Germany has a law against names which might embarrass/cause difficulty for the child and I think they're onto something.
Anonymous G joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 1 hour later, 3 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,008,790
Lol black people
Anonymous G double-posted this 6 years ago, 3 minutes later, 3 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,008,793
A nine-year-old girl whose parents named her "Talula Does the Hula From Hawaii" was put into court guardianship in New Zealand so that her name could be changed.
tteh !MemesToDNA (OP) replied with this 6 years ago, 9 minutes later, 3 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,008,800
Anonymous H joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 9 minutes later, 3 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,008,815
Best black names: La-a (Ladasha) and Ma~ (Matilda)
Sheila LaBoof replied with this 6 years ago, 5 hours later, 9 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,008,898
@1,008,793 (G)
> A nine-year-old girl whose parents named her "Talula Does the Hula From Hawaii" was put into court guardianship in New Zealand so that her name could be changed.
sounds like that Star Trek TNG episode with Picard and that guy who had a retarded language
> A nine-year-old girl whose parents named her "Talula Does the Hula From Hawaii" was put into court guardianship in New Zealand so that her name could be changed.
sounds like that Star Trek TNG episode with Picard and that guy who had a retarded language
Meta !Sober//iZs replied with this 6 years ago, 7 minutes later, 9 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,008,902
terri !RwordOooFE joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 23 minutes later, 10 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,008,904
Marijuana Pepsi is a really good name fuck you guys
fuckin pricks
u wish u had the balls
fuckin pricks
u wish u had the balls
Anonymous B replied with this 6 years ago, 13 hours later, 23 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,009,095
Two ugly ones colored women with wigs..
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Meta !Sober//iZs replied with this 6 years ago, 50 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #1,009,118
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@1,008,902 (Meta !Sober//iZs)
We joke at work that pregnant coworkers should name their kids Super Target
We joke at work that pregnant coworkers should name their kids Super Target