But only people with the same names as famous criminals can join. The conversations on a group like this would be incredible.

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    My white friend from the SE US shares the name of a black guy from SW US that murdered a bunch of people. He still fails every background check they do and needs “further investigation” every time to ensure they aren’t the same person.

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    I share the name of a child murderer. They aren’t super duper famous, but when you look up my first and last name in a search, they are the only thing to pop up unless you really get specific to me. I have had people that were strangers to me hear my name on a roll call do a thorough look at me, then bring it up when they are relieved to see I am not that person. I think providing more details here would doxx me.

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    I almost have the same first and last name as a known and jailed killer. A few letters off, but pronounced the same. Close enough that people make mistakes. When the thing happened, I got a ton of angry hatemail on various social media from people who couldn’t tell the difference. I started using my middle name more everywhere to distinguish myself. It was years ago now, but I still need to pull out my ID every now and then when someone thinks I’m trying to be funny. Interestingly enough, I also got messages from people that were like “Damn, sucks to have that name right now. I’m sorry you must be getting so much hate from idiots. Don’t let them get to you.” which actually helped a lot. I’m used to it now after all this time, but a support group like that could have been really helpful at the time.

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    A similar group would be people with the same names as not bad people but just famous people. That’s what Michael Bolton needed in office space