This is the original article entitled : People with the first initial "D" have the shortest life expectancy.
And I was like s*** what the hell? I mean how can someone's name determine whether they're gonna live long or the other way round? I don't think it makes sense at all. (But I think it does at some points). Anyway, here are the reasons (which I simplified from the text) why it does makes sense a bit.
Having a name beginning with "D" contributes to poor self-esteem
- Ds constitute a poor achievement based on school grading system
- "A" symbolizes the best whereas "D" is regarded as almost a failure
- Poor self-esteem lowers a person's defense against diseases
- Those with name beginning with E to Z were described as 'grade irrelevant'
- Those whose first name began with 'D' lived, on average, shorter lives than those whose names begin with E to Z
Briefly speaking, those with initial A name are the one who live the longest just because their name is A and according to American School Grading System, A symbolizes the best. Sounds not bad uh... What claptrap!!
Well, maybe I indeed have a poor self-esteem but so what, it doesn't have anything to do with my initial name. Which are 'D' both for my first and second name, for God's sake! And guess what, sooner I'll graduate and extra 'D' will be added to my name. And that will make me a 'triple D'. Does that mean that my life will be shorten by 3 fold?
Anyway, good job to the psychologists or the researchers or what-so-ever that had succeed to come out with such a great research that I don't even care about (actually I do). Enough with this gibberish post, I'm going to take bath ^_^
P/S: One thing I couldn't agree more is that names can influence major life decisions. For example, people with the name Lawrence are more likely to be lawyer while Denisses are over-represented among dentists. So no wonder I choose to be a MD. Daphne is 'D' and Doctor is 'D' too. They're matching, no?
Dear the soon-to-be-triple-D!
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Maybe you should initiate a research that those who have a longer name live longer?
But indeed in some career name does affect a lot. Like example, artist - people wont like Justin Bieber if his name is Kasut Bieber=D