This has been happening for centuries though. Cao Cao mandated that first and last names needed to be at least 3 characters in all government forms. This move upset Lu Bu, which decided that war was the only way to settle the issue.
"200 soldiers were killed in the war and an additional 500000 people starved in the ensuing famine."
Ha. iirc he did have some level of sovereignty. But for such stupid throwaway comment, I admit I didn't actually remember much about what stage of his career overlapped with Lu Bu's...
Wikipedia says that Cao Cao was Minister of Public Works and acting General of the Imperial army when he fought Lu Bu in 198. Of course, in reality the young emperor was under his protection, so he could get most things he wanted approved.
(Also I found your comment actually pretty funny.)
Racism doesn't require malice. Something can still be racist in effect, without intention.
But also the Tweet is probably tongue-in-cheek.
They clearly didn't test this rule with a variety of cultures. They probably only tested it against white names.
Sometimes "testing" is just "hmm, yeah I can't think of any problems this could cause". I like to call this thought experiment testing. All features get thought experiment tested, because everyone has at least some level of critical thinking. The thought experiment tester who allowed this wasn't thinking of Asian names.
I'm still wondering who came up with the idea in the first place. Why not allow last names with less than three characters?
I don't disagree with you, but I know someone with the last name Øe, and that's very much a white name.
Without knowing the person and how they post, it's hard to say if they're being serious or just joking
Hi, I actually happen to be that person in questions and I can assure you that everything I say online is either a lie or sarcasm
I really like this blog post and always read it.
But am always sad, that he didn't actually include examples yet.
Unless this is a governmental form, why would you give out your real name anyway?
Most instances have no need to know your actual name and only do so to be able to send you unwanted promotions.
I wonder if any non print characters would help
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-printing_character_in_word_processors
I imagine that any decent input checking library mark these as suspicious and block it.
He could try HughButActuallyYuFU
More like incompetence. Developers always put in the weirdest dumb requirements on forms.
