A new study has found that people tend to alter their appearance to suit their names. The researchers sought to determine whether parents choose a baby name based on what seems fitting for the baby's appearance, or if individuals' facial appearances change over the years to align with the social stereotypes associated with their names.
  • ChexMax@lemmy.world
    20·
    2 years ago

    Ugh I read this article a few days ago but it doesn’t tell you the names of the two pictured. Is her name Dana or not!? Is he Noam??

    • netvor@lemmy.world
      2·
      2 years ago

      I usually just click the UI button which gives (a bit confusing) template like this:

      ::: spoiler spoiler
___
:::

      then I replace second spoiler with the always-visible text and the ___ with the hidden content, ending up with Markdown like this:

      ::: spoiler star wars secret
this is an example so i won't actually include the spoiler
:::

      (ie. the ::: spoiler part is fixed, then the title which will appear prior to revelation, then the “secret”, then :::)

      …which renders like this:

      just a normal text

      star wars secret

      this is an example so i won’t actually include the spoiler

  • Technotica@lemmy.world
    4·
    2 years ago

    How the heck do they know what people with their names look like?

    I mean, sure they will meet some people who share their name, but, unless you have a very very common name you mostly will meet people with other names. And wouldn’t your fashion be determined by your in group and social and work culture? Same with your hair, isn’t that a trend most people follow? Aka ‘Oh undercuts are in, everyone is having them… they look quite nice, I should get one’

    or ‘Oh mullets are ugly…’ but everyone named Karl is sporting one?