Naming is HARD, but not impossible... No-promo to plug, but I just wanted to chime in on the WIP name game. As far as audience/clique names go, Tortoises is solid. (It even comes with an emoji. 🐢 Nice!) However, I would suggest resisting the urge to shorten with (seemingly innocent) nicknames. Tort, obviously, has a bad association in English with a whole category of law dedicate to torts. In modern French "tort" translates to "wrong, injustice, crime" and "torter" is also not great since it means "torture" en français. 🫣 With all the French (ML/AI) connections... I'd skip those nicknames. Sure... the etymology comes back round to retort by way of some Latin, but nuance is so often OBLITERATED in translation. But... if edgy, tortured, badassery = the vibes you seek to cultivate, then I guess, Torter away... Alchemists would be a logical choice. Alchemy one of Tom's favorite touch points and the Retort's logo is basically alchemical paraphernalia. As a clique name Alchemists isn't too bad... as long as it doesn't get shortened to "alchies". 🥴
Naming is HARD, but not impossible...
No-promo to plug, but I just wanted to chime in on the WIP name game.
As far as audience/clique names go, Tortoises is solid. (It even comes with an emoji. 🐢 Nice!) However, I would suggest resisting the urge to shorten with (seemingly innocent) nicknames.
Tort, obviously, has a bad association in English with a whole category of law dedicate to torts. In modern French "tort" translates to "wrong, injustice, crime" and "torter" is also not great since it means "torture" en français. 🫣
With all the French (ML/AI) connections... I'd skip those nicknames. Sure... the etymology comes back round to retort by way of some Latin, but nuance is so often OBLITERATED in translation. But... if edgy, tortured, badassery = the vibes you seek to cultivate, then I guess, Torter away...
Alchemists would be a logical choice. Alchemy one of Tom's favorite touch points and the Retort's logo is basically alchemical paraphernalia. As a clique name Alchemists isn't too bad... as long as it doesn't get shortened to "alchies". 🥴
Dang. Yeah we should discuss alchemists on the next pod.