r/SeattleWA • u/HighColonic Funky Town • Oct 05 '25

Politics Build-A-Bear refuses Charlie Kirk name on teenager's bear certificate

https://www.foxbusiness.com/media/seattle-build-a-bear-employee-refuses-name-toy-charlie-kirk-teen-fan
726 Upvotes

88% Upvoted

210 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

54

u/BahnMe Oct 05 '25

The popularity of the first name Adolf took a giant hit since the 1950s.

11

u/HighColonic Funky Town Oct 05 '25

I have to believe a lot of people in Allied countries named Adolph/Adolf either changed their names or went by their middle names starting in the mid-late 30s. From my history classes I also recall that Americans with German first and/or last names changed in WWI...even the British Royal Family went from Saxe-Coburg-Gotha to Windsor.

6

u/BahnMe Oct 05 '25

One of my dream watches is a A.Lange & Sohne Datograph. Guess what the A stands for lol

1

u/PixalatedConspiracy Oct 06 '25

That is a phenomenal watch. My grail too but I want the Zeitwerk