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Randomly_Cromulent t1_ivtqzl4 wrote

Reply to comment by Landlubber77 in TIL in 1996, surveyor Mike Tate got a side street in NC renamed for the band Anthrax. After the 2001 Anthrax attacks, town residents were suddenly uncomfortable with the name and petitioned to have it changed. by aaj617

Many years ago I was getting a new phone. Verizon was pushing a predecessor to Apple Pay or Google Pay from American Express. The name of the app was Isis. I know they changed the name of the app when the other ISIS showed up but I think it just completely went away after that.

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Landlubber77 t1_ivtvkk7 wrote

Yep, and Archer (the FX animated spy show) named their spy agency Isis and had to change it once the other Isis came along.

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BasketballButt t1_ivu1dll wrote

Hell, there’s been a post metal band named Isis for a long time…to say nothing of my Cousin Isis!

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Evolving_Dore t1_ivutam4 wrote

I hope the name doesn't die totally. It's a great name an reference to Egyptian mythology.

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BasketballButt t1_ivuuerj wrote

Yeah, it was sad how it went from a point of pride for her (“I’m named after a goddess!”) to “please call me “Icy” now. I always thought it was a beautiful name.

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locks_are_paranoid t1_ivv5q8r wrote

They named it ISIS, but your post said they named it Archer. Also, a far funnier way to resolve it would've been Malory being bad that ISIS is giving them a bad reputation and suing them for trademark infringement.

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Airp0w t1_ivvguhu wrote

I always thought they should have just kept the name and had the characters bitch about the new ISIS fucking up their shit.

A storyline with ISIS vs ISIS could have been hilarious.

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Snuffin_McGuffin t1_ivvn9xl wrote

If I remember correctly the writers just rolled with UT and actually made icis terrorism jokes in the actual show

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