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Nominative Determinism

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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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https://gastronorth.com.au/team/dr-joshua-butt/

I'm sure he's sick of being the butt of this joke

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

It was a million-to-one shot, doc! Million-to-one!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

"I thought I was Dr. Butt!"

-- proctologist

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

You can take that up with Dr. Butt

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

I suppository we can sort it, if it's not a pile of work.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

he has a broad range of general gastroenterological interests

what does that entail exactly? what possible "interests" are there that involve the digestive system? Unless they mean eating or assfucking, in which case that hardly seems relevant lol.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

He likes butt stuff.