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Landlubber77 t1_ivt5tn4 wrote

In 2002 the name change finally went into place and all the residents on the new Isis Avenue were thrilled.

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Randomly_Cromulent t1_ivtqzl4 wrote

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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[deleted] t1_ivt7iv9 wrote

They're still among the living, aren't they? Mike Tate's gonna be mad. I mean, he's seeing, he's calling -- his legacy is spawning. He's coming, corrupting, among the living.

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Alantsu t1_ivuswmo wrote

Well Ill be friggin’ in the rigggin’ with not man. After all, I’m the man!

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onairmastering t1_ivwevep wrote

I'm sure all the kings are committed!

But seriously, why spread that disease when you could be in the madhouse, witnessing the persistence of time, keeping it all in the family, not a state of euphoria at all?

Don't be an antisocial, lemme know if you're caught in a mosh, I can deliver an attack of the killer BEEEES!!! \m/

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Ulgeguug t1_ivtfd5w wrote

I'm sorry there was a fucking ANTHRAX STREET?

Brutal

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Real-Werner-Herzog t1_ivu2wbe wrote

There used to be a town in Canada called Asbestos.

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dishonourableaccount t1_ivuwfbn wrote

Asbestos mining town. Even though we've known asbestos mining could harm miners longterm since the Romans, it really is a wonder material that was appreciated until a few decades ago. I mean, it's a freaking rock/mineral that can be woven into fiber. Medieval kings would make asbestos cloth that could be cleaned by tossing it in a fire.

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technicalityNDBO t1_ivurkjf wrote

Shoulda named the street after the band Skid Row

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Canyoubackupjustabit t1_ivuuyzi wrote

I hear that Los Angeles named a whole 50 square block section after them!

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aaj617 OP t1_ivvbgqk wrote

*90 actually (and counting tbh)

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Canyoubackupjustabit t1_ivvbwsb wrote

Oh dear...

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aaj617 OP t1_ivvejba wrote

Apparently the (official) boundaries are in the 50s, so I’m gonna do the un redditor thing and say that you’ve corrected an LA native haha. I swear I remember seeing 90 somewhere.

Oh and the official name is actually the Toy District. Though you’ll never hear anyone call it that lmao. Skid row.

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TheKingCrimsonWorld t1_ivw1svk wrote

You should avoid Anthrax Street. They say the people there are armed and dangerous.

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AdPristine1685 t1_ivxnkj6 wrote

This is over towards Eastover on the outskirts of Fayetteville. Anthrax would probably be healthier than all of the GENX chemical that the DuPont plant has been dumping into the river and water table for at least the last 10 years.

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aaj617 OP t1_ivxyusl wrote

Yikes :/. Is it a superfund site?

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Tectronix t1_ivtvalc wrote

The Flaming Lips have an alley named after them in Oklahoma City

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aaj617 OP t1_ivtzdx1 wrote

It’s actually the first entry in the article haha. I’ll have to go sometime!

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bolanrox t1_ivultu0 wrote

arent they all from NY anyways. Why name a street after them down there?

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littleblacktruck t1_ivwg8m7 wrote

Anthrax said they were going to change their name to Basket of Puppies. Google it.

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NoesHowe2Spel t1_ivwqm9a wrote

Jokingly, it needs to be said.

There was a band which did change their name after 9/11, though. New Zealand rock band Shihad changed their name to Pacifier because they thought their old name sounded too much like "Jihad". They eventually did change it back after a few years, though.

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GhettoChemist t1_ivt97w9 wrote

But they were fine with all the streets named after civil war generals?

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PeachSnappleOhYeah t1_ivudn7l wrote

you do know that the civil war contained generals from both the winning and losing side, right?

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backstage13 t1_ivtvz0p wrote

The love of bridge directed them to the idea of trump st.

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