"Now that I'm done being baffled by an ordinary name, it's about time for me to go vote in a major election!"
this post was submitted on 03 Nov 2025
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Right? Insane!
Gurpreet is your co-worker on the sister-team, over in India. He's hard-working, a family man, and takes care of his aging parents, all in their home village over the weekend. He spends nights in Bangalore, debugging and reviewing your code while you're asleep. His contributions to the project are pretty solid too, even though he's only been coding for four years. His management treats him and his team like garbage, but they don't let that stop them from showing up and doing a good job. If you ever came to visit, he'd roll out the red carpet along with his co-workers, and give you the kind of hospitality typically reserved for a minor god; doubly-so if it's a holiday.
Gurpreet is awesome.
All my bros and sisters love Gurpreet
He does the needful and never ever has to revert.
A fiver says OOP has never left their suburb
The naivety of the person is what made me laugh.
Damn, son. I grew up in a mostly white town, but there was still a couple of Sikh kids in my school. OOP must live in a zip code that's only been written down like four times.
Gurpreet is obviously normal enough to be on a bottle of Coke where OOP is so I don't know
Huh, so presumably, they send out groups of names by an area's demographics. I could see them ending up with some very strange seeming names in some areas, either by smaller towns being grouped in with nearby cities, or due to supply chain changes, and stock for one area getting rerouted or mixed up.
Like there might be plenty of Sikhs in NYC, but go upstate and its possible someone's never heard the name, or met a Sikh.
The names are definitely somewhat geographical. They're different here in Sweden. No Gurpreet here
For anyone as uneducated as me: the name is Indian.
No, the name is Gurpreet.
No this is Patrick.
Sir, this is a Wendy’s.
Hi is this the Krusty Krab?
This is Sparta!
Oh, I assumed they were introducing themselves.
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I don't get this post, is it just racist?
Well, my intent wasn't racism. Of course the meme contains a racist aspect but the joke, to me, is that the creator of this meme is insular enough to assume that no one could ever be named Gurpreet.
That's what I got too.
Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.
Or, in this context, probably ignorance*.
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Ignorance.
That's the word I was looking for!
I thought so. Too many people use it as a perjorative when it really is merely an absence of knowledge. Not a bad thing itself, but something to “cure” for sure. Thanks for the post!
I try not to judge ignorance as a moral failing, at least not of the ignorant person.
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I did assume stupidity. Racism and stupidity go hand in hand.
The word you are looking for is ignorance.
that's the sound one makes when drink it
They never have a bottle that says Luci :((((
Edit: did I get a down vote because Coke hates my name? Good lord!
Is that short for Lucifer?
Sure
Me neither. I did find one which said Ragnhild.
Ragnhild sounds like something from german folklore that sneaks into your house at night and torsions all your testicles
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Our goddaughter I'd called Lucie, its really hard to find anything with her name on
You gotta install OpenWRT on the bottle to access that.
Gurpreet might be the mentor
Is this...the legend of zelda timeline?
Insomuch as most heroic narratives follow a similar template, absolutely.
More context about the Hero's Journey narrative:
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I enjoyed working with Gurp.
I assume we'd all enjoy Gurp.
I'm pleased to report that in reality, I did work with a guy named Gurpreet many years ago, and yes, he was a pretty cool dude.
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My boi Ginny is who Gurpreet is!
Gurrie gur the man.
G'preet *tips fedora*
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