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Mushroom picker, Louise Gather

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Mushroom picker, Louise Gather

Zip2@feddit.uk to Nominative Determinism@feddit.ukEnglish · 4 days ago

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I heard her boyfriend’s name was Louis Fungi.
- Zip2@feddit.ukOP
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  I think you’re talking a lot of shiitake.
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    Amanita you two to calm the fuck down!

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Nominative determinism is the hypothesis that people tend to gravitate towards areas of work that fit their names. The term was first used in the magazine New Scientist in 1994, after the magazine’s humorous “Feedback” column noted several studies carried out by researchers with remarkably fitting surnames. These included a book on polar explorations by Daniel Snowman and an article on urology by researchers named Splatt and Weedon. These and other examples led to light-hearted speculation that some sort of psychological effect was at work.

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