CB
@badnewsbarrett.bsky.social
Professional namer. Amateur dabbler.
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Wow I can’t believe they have a flar in the Macy’s Parade
November 27, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Wow I can’t believe they have a flar in the Macy’s Parade
They make beer for dogs and wine for cats now.
August 21, 2025 at 5:49 PM
They make beer for dogs and wine for cats now.
I wrote about naming things and AI but it's also about problem solving and AI, and what I think we're losing (fast!) by handing over the messy joy of wondering about stuff to da computer.
If you can "Press Here for a Name," what is lost?
Taking the time to make a name is often worth more than the name alone
open.substack.com
August 19, 2025 at 1:25 PM
I wrote about naming things and AI but it's also about problem solving and AI, and what I think we're losing (fast!) by handing over the messy joy of wondering about stuff to da computer.
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In the future you will be able to eliminate back pain by replacing your back with a cyber back that experiences cyber pain
August 9, 2025 at 10:55 PM
In the future you will be able to eliminate back pain by replacing your back with a cyber back that experiences cyber pain
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Taking aimless walks is an essential aspect of the process of intellectual labor and people who have never had Truths revealed to them during a walk cannot understand this
August 6, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Taking aimless walks is an essential aspect of the process of intellectual labor and people who have never had Truths revealed to them during a walk cannot understand this
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They REALLY should have workshopped this name.
August 1, 2025 at 2:53 PM
They REALLY should have workshopped this name.
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When you throw a dead fly in the trash you’re laying it to rest amongst a great fortune like a pharaoh
July 19, 2025 at 3:30 AM
When you throw a dead fly in the trash you’re laying it to rest amongst a great fortune like a pharaoh
I had a dream that I was talking about the Akkadian language to a crowd and a man stood up and corrected me that Akkadian is pronounced AH-kuh-DEE-uhn and the crowd turned on me.
July 8, 2025 at 8:07 PM
I had a dream that I was talking about the Akkadian language to a crowd and a man stood up and corrected me that Akkadian is pronounced AH-kuh-DEE-uhn and the crowd turned on me.
Here is a self-driving lawnmower playing “Take This Job and Shove It” (why does it have a speaker???)
July 5, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Here is a self-driving lawnmower playing “Take This Job and Shove It” (why does it have a speaker???)
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Days like today you do have to hand it to The Shade, and the tall/large objects that provide it
June 29, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Days like today you do have to hand it to The Shade, and the tall/large objects that provide it
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yes i’m at the gym at 7:30 in the morning omg stop asking. what’s that? do i consider myself an icon of fitness? look that’s really not for me to decide. you guys seriously this is embarrassing stop telling me i’m your hero
June 17, 2025 at 11:20 AM
yes i’m at the gym at 7:30 in the morning omg stop asking. what’s that? do i consider myself an icon of fitness? look that’s really not for me to decide. you guys seriously this is embarrassing stop telling me i’m your hero
I open my phone, I say “Jesus fucking Christ” in a bunch of different ways, I put down my phone, I open my phone again…
June 15, 2025 at 7:39 PM
I open my phone, I say “Jesus fucking Christ” in a bunch of different ways, I put down my phone, I open my phone again…
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Just walkmogged some waitcucks at a traffic light’s pedestrian crossing. Enjoy the cold, dears - I’ll be over here, fifteen steps ahead of you and in touch with my city’s heartbeat
June 13, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Just walkmogged some waitcucks at a traffic light’s pedestrian crossing. Enjoy the cold, dears - I’ll be over here, fifteen steps ahead of you and in touch with my city’s heartbeat
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Careful now.. and even later
May 26, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Careful now.. and even later
All of my favorite childhood memories are of drinking Dimetapp
March 28, 2025 at 1:29 AM
All of my favorite childhood memories are of drinking Dimetapp
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When ups sends me an email telling me to get ready for my package I nod like a hero. I will be ready
February 20, 2025 at 8:32 AM
When ups sends me an email telling me to get ready for my package I nod like a hero. I will be ready
I collected a bunch of trademark registrations from the intersection of poop and butts. Please enjoy.
Naming swipe pile: Butt stuff edition
A new series where I share screenshots I've amassed on a naming topic or theme
namingforeveryone.substack.com
February 11, 2025 at 2:23 PM
I collected a bunch of trademark registrations from the intersection of poop and butts. Please enjoy.
The variations-on-a-bad-idea trio
February 3, 2025 at 5:21 PM
The variations-on-a-bad-idea trio
There's a specific jail for this kind of behavior.
January 30, 2025 at 4:04 PM
There's a specific jail for this kind of behavior.
I love portmanteaus. I don't love this one.
January 29, 2025 at 1:36 PM
I love portmanteaus. I don't love this one.
I've been collecting Doinks
January 29, 2025 at 12:55 AM
I've been collecting Doinks
Cut from an upcoming Naming for Everyone Substack:
January 29, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Cut from an upcoming Naming for Everyone Substack:
A treat from the trademark gods:
January 28, 2025 at 10:29 PM
A treat from the trademark gods: