WHITE NAMES?

It's funny how this topic eventually did devolve from the April fool's thing to white names or names in general

Black people names are just as if not more hilariously made up and bad though lol maybe not more but equal at least.

Of course it's taught behavior, but to a degree. Some kids are just dicks and while that can be mimicked and learned sometimes that is really just in there DNA. it's not like we are all made from the same template. People are different and some people are just assholes even if they had good parents/role models/peers

author=Liberty
Behaviour is learned, not part of the DNA equation. They might be more likely, genetically, to have a sour disposition or be more prone to having outbursts (due to excess energy, usually) but actual behaviour is taught. A child who has too much energy can be taught to channel it in constructive ways. A child who is more quiet or dour-seeming can be taught to be a bit more open. It's not a case of 'Kid was born an asshole', it's more 'Kid was born with a contrary nature but his parents did nothing to teach him to not be a little twat about it and now he's bullying some kid because her name's Shanea.'

^^^^ This.
Also, I was a dick when I was younger in school. (well, first I was sweet, then I was a dick apparantly, but I don't have memories of the first part).
As for teasing .. it can also be not so much about the actual thing, but just the want to make fun of something - and names are readily available for that.

There are disposition to certain things, but it's all in how you do it. We have our DNA, but our memories are ingrained in it, too, and it's quite an active changing thing in how it's used. Some parts remain inactive, too.

We learn unconscious behaviour patterns in reaction to certain situations whether we want to or not - whether they have been misunderstood or not, regardless of whether they are good or not - and these carry on unless we actively challenge and stop them.
Many people will be dicks and some may not ever get to stopping that, that's life. Some find certain things easier than others (say, speaking in public vs. being kind to strangers, two challenges), and some find them harder to change than others, and that is life, too.
It can seem like an "inevitable" thing, but that's a cheap excuse and only blocks the way to actually understanding and changing such things for yourself.
But then it's also not your responsibility to do anything about other peoples' problems, of course.

Kids making fun of names happens even in places like Japan where there are only, like, 60 total names in the entire country that everyone has to use. It's gonna happen no matter what, so just put up with it since it doesn't actually matter.

What's actually wrong with some names being better than others, anyway? Tacolord is a fuckin' badass name and if that's your name then everyone else around you deserves to be told their name is subpar.

author=Feldschlacht IV

author=Liberty
Behaviour is learned, not part of the DNA equation. It's not a case of 'Kid was born an asshole', it's more 'Kid was born with a contrary nature but his parents did nothing to teach him to not be a little twat about it and now he's bullying some kid because her name's Shanea.'

People make their own choices as well; one of my brothers and I are a year and a half apart, with a very similar upbringing, but all of his life, yes, even as a little kid, he chose to be an asshole, and he just kept choosing to do so well into adulthood.

Shitty parents are culpable for their children's behavior usually, of course, but even kids make their own choices and should be held accountable for it, and sometimes never change.

Again, though, that's not genetics and usually has a lot to do with upbringing as well - mainly by letting the kid know that they have the power to make those choices. Being a parent is hard - too much one way and you end up with ungrateful little shits, too much the other and the kids can become complete pushovers with no backbone or ability to cope on their own. It's a helluva balancing job, that's for sure.

author=Yellow Magic
If your original name is made fun of, can't you just go by a different one?

So that's why you changed to Celestia Ludenberg?

Gotcha. All good with that.
There's many folks who blame the parents for everything .. and that's a mean thing to do.

Yeah a person's innate nature can have an effect in addition to their parents teaching them. A quiet child who is taught to be rowdy is still going to be quieter in nature than a rowdy child who is taught to be rowdy - because that's part of their nature, even if they were pushed to be more rowdy by their parents.

I just have an issue with everything being pushed on one aspect as the 'blame' when it's usually a combination of things, parenting -and the people surrounding them from a young age- being a large part of the equation. It's not just parents kids will pick stuff up from - the friends of their parents, other people who they are brought into contact with, the things they watch (yes, tv does have an effect on an immature mind)... they're all part of the 'nurture' equation. So even with great parents, if the kid is seeing a lot of other people who aren't quite so good about not being bad influences, they'll still pick things up.

...just ask my sister-in-law how her son learned to swear. I thought he was in the loungeroom at the time, not in the kitchen where Aunty Becky was swearing up a storm. ;.;

It also doesn't take much for them to pick stuff up. One time in some cases. But yeah, it's what they're taught, even if they don't realise they're being taught, that dictates a lot as to whether they're going to be judgemental little fuckwits or not. If your kid sees their grandma (or aunt) calling someone names (or swearing their head off) that one time they stay over, they're going to think it's okay to do that when they don't like someone too (...like the kindergarden teacher >.<; ).