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| It would be considerably weirder if we didn't have teeth. [[Special:Contributions/172.68.25.106|172.68.25.106]] 11:39, 3 February 2018 (UTC) | | It would be considerably weirder if we didn't have teeth. [[Special:Contributions/172.68.25.106|172.68.25.106]] 11:39, 3 February 2018 (UTC) |
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− | : I disagree. [[User:Trevor|Trevor]] ([[User talk:Trevor|talk]]) 00:37, 4 February 2018 (UTC)
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− | I thought the joke was that fewer people who have a rare name get chicken pox than those with a common name, therefore people with said rare name must be resistant. --[[Special:Contributions/172.69.33.167|172.69.33.167]] 12:41, 3 February 2018 (UTC)
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− | I'm 30 and looking at my high school yearbook there was 1 Logan, 2 Brians, and 5 Sarahs. None of the other names appear. That makes the 2nd graph pretty accurate. However, I managed to avoid the chicken pox, so I got the vaccine when I was 12.[[Special:Contributions/108.162.237.40|108.162.237.40]] 15:41, 3 February 2018 (UTC)
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− | There was an opportunity for 'old' names that have come back into common use, like, I dunno, 'Mabel', 'Eva', or 'Emmett', where you're likely to be either below 10 or over 70 years old. What percentage of Mabels remember polio, for example?[[Special:Contributions/162.158.74.63|162.158.74.63]] 20:59, 5 February 2018 (UTC)
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| Logan becomes less popular at age 30. Coincidence? --[[Special:Contributions/162.158.126.10|162.158.126.10]] 19:09, 2 February 2018 (UTC) | | Logan becomes less popular at age 30. Coincidence? --[[Special:Contributions/162.158.126.10|162.158.126.10]] 19:09, 2 February 2018 (UTC) |
| : That just means that Logan started getting popular as a name about 30 years ago. So maybe their parents grew up watching X-Men cartoons on TV in the late 1970's through the 1980's? [[User:Nutster|Nutster]] ([[User talk:Nutster|talk]]) 20:40, 2 February 2018 (UTC) | | : That just means that Logan started getting popular as a name about 30 years ago. So maybe their parents grew up watching X-Men cartoons on TV in the late 1970's through the 1980's? [[User:Nutster|Nutster]] ([[User talk:Nutster|talk]]) 20:40, 2 February 2018 (UTC) |
| :: I’m pretty sure the above was referencing the “Logan’s Run” and “Logan’s World” TV series and books, not X-men. It was meant as a joke.[[Special:Contributions/162.158.78.16|162.158.78.16]] 04:54, 3 February 2018 (UTC) | | :: I’m pretty sure the above was referencing the “Logan’s Run” and “Logan’s World” TV series and books, not X-men. It was meant as a joke.[[Special:Contributions/162.158.78.16|162.158.78.16]] 04:54, 3 February 2018 (UTC) |
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| OK. Grammar check now. How many people actually have all six of these names? Can't be too many of them. | | OK. Grammar check now. How many people actually have all six of these names? Can't be too many of them. |
| And is it only men who have this issue? | | And is it only men who have this issue? |
− | :Statistically... None. So there's your unique new baby name! [[User:ProphetZarquon|ProphetZarquon]] ([[User talk:ProphetZarquon|talk]]) 22:42, 3 February 2018 (UTC)
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− | If you were to compare the top 1000 'male' and 'female' given (first) names in the USA, you'd see a number of cross-overs (such as Mary on the male list, Robert on the female list). [http://names.mongabay.com Most Common First Names and Last Names in the U.S.] [[User:These Are Not The Comments You Are Looking For|These Are Not The Comments You Are Looking For]] ([[User talk:These Are Not The Comments You Are Looking For|talk]]) 02:32, 4 February 2018 (UTC)
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− | Another grammar check: I'm struggling to understand "fraction of kids my age". My age is 41; there are no kids my age, only adults.
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− | : But those people age 41 now where kids around 40 years ago. [[User:LordHorst|LordHorst]] ([[User talk:LordHorst|talk]]) 08:20, 5 February 2018 (UTC)
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− | : Isn't everybody someone's kid? Or is there a distinction between "kid" and "child" in such kind that the former addresses small humans of young age whereas the latter describes people who are descendants from someone else? I always assumed "kid" was just informal (or maybe an American English thing?). I don't know - I'm no native speaker and in German language both is "Kind" [[User:Elektrizikekswerk|Elektrizikekswerk]] ([[User talk:Elektrizikekswerk|talk]]) 11:56, 5 February 2018 (UTC)
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− | Another grammar check: the title of the graph is "Fraction of Kids" yet the y-axis intervals are percentages. [[Special:Contributions/141.101.77.152|141.101.77.152]] 08:55, 6 February 2018 (UTC)
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− | As a parent with five children born between 1980 and 1988 before the chickenpox vaccine was available, I recall a phenomena called ''Chickenpox Parties''. If you had a preschooler and heard about a neighbor's child who had the chickenpox, you would arrange a playdate with sick child so that your child would catch the disease young and then be ''inoculated'' against catching it later when it was believed to have worse prognosis. Apparently this is no longer in fashion. See this article [https://www.parents.com/health/vaccines/chicken-pox/chickenpox-parties/] So the joke could be rewritten, "People named 'Sarah' and 'Brian' are more likely to have been invited to a chickenpox party than people named 'Logan' and 'Harper'." P.S. one of my 5 is named Sarah and none are named Logan or Harper. [[User:Rtanenbaum|Rtanenbaum]] ([[User talk:Rtanenbaum|talk]]) 13:44, 4 February 2018 (UTC)
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− | I'm 30, and absolutely everyone I knew eventually caught chickenpox (and then I even caught shingles, as a statistically improbable teenager). I even have a small scar/blemish from it on my torso. The idea that it's been practically eliminated is fantastic. What diseases do parents worry about these days? --[[Special:Contributions/172.68.141.196|172.68.141.196]] 21:32, 4 February 2018 (UTC)
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− | : A.I.D.S., maybe? *wink* [[Special:Contributions/172.68.143.48|172.68.143.48]] 23:57, 4 February 2018 (UTC)
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− | : Unfortunately too many parents worry about autism from vaccines, despite there being no indication of any risk what so ever. So in some areas these diseases are making a come back. [[User:Torax|Torax]] ([[User talk:Torax|talk]]) 16:12, 5 February 2018 (UTC)
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− | : That's weird. I am 31 and I know litterally no one who had chickenpox. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.93.15|162.158.93.15]] 09:06, 7 February 2018 (UTC)
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− | The babe they called brian
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− | He grew
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− | A boy called brian
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− | A boy called 'Brian'.
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− | He had arms, and legs, and hands, and feet,
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− | This boy, whose name was 'Brian',
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− | And he grew,, grew, grew, and grew,
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− | Grew up to be,
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− | Yes, he grew up to be
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− | A teenager called 'Brian',
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− | A teenager called 'Brian',
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− | And his face became spotty.
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− | Yes, his face became spotty,
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− | And his voice dropped down low
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− | And things started to grow
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− | On young Brian and show
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− | He was certainly no,
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− | No girl named 'Brian',
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− | Not a girl named 'Brian'.
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− | And he started to shave
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− | And have one off the wrist
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− | And want to see girls
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− | And go out and get pissed,
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− | A man called 'Brian',
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− | This man called 'Brian',
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− | The man they called 'Brian',
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− | This man called 'Brian'! [[User:NanoMan2000|NanoMan2000]] ([[User talk:NanoMan2000|talk]]) 15:06, 22 December 2021 (UTC)
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