Trivia team name help?

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honestly you might wanna steer clear of current events. All your team names came off in poor taste to me. They aren't clever enough to warrant dragging us through the mud of current events. I'd rather have someone be genuinely funny about something unrelated to what's going on in the world. We could all use a distraction, and I know how I'd feel about a trivia team making a joke out of this year's current events, given the life-and-death nature of so many of them. It's just tone deaf if you ask me. Case in point: you're asking for topical names relating to Russia paying the Taliban to murder US troops (and it looks like they ended up going through with some hits).

I know, I know, I need to lighten up! You're just having fun.

LateLearnerPhil wrote:

honestly you might wanna steer clear of current events. All your team names came off in poor taste to me. They aren't clever enough to warrant dragging us through the mud of current events. I'd rather have someone be genuinely funny about something unrelated to what's going on in the world. We could all use a distraction, and I know how I'd feel about a trivia team making a joke out of this year's current events, given the life-and-death nature of so many of them. It's just tone deaf if you ask me. Case in point: you're asking for topical names relating to Russia paying the Taliban to murder US troops (and it looks like they ended up going through with some hits).

I know, I know, I need to lighten up! You're just having fun.

NIcely said, sir, and i was considering saying exactly the same, though you put it much more eloquently than i might. But the point is, the nature of the names struck me in the same way.

"GRU's Clues"

The majority of the teams have the exact same kind of joke names.

And I think its outrageous that it seems Trump is letting Putin get away with paying a bounty on our troops. But I like black humor.

President Joe Biden Telling Putin to Stop This Malarkey, You Pony-Faced Spit-Licker

runnerdnerd wrote:

The majority of the teams have the exact same kind of joke names.

That's kind of what I expected. When I took a breath to respond to you, it was with the knowledge that this type of thing is normalized for you. Does it excuse you from empathizing with those who will likely be upset with your choice? I guess you say it does.

[quote]And I think its outrageous that it seems Trump is letting Putin get away with paying a bounty on our troops. But I like black humor.

The world ends at the tip of your own nose, right? Nope. Let's hope everyone shares your commitment to "black humor". You're so edgy, you're at a loss for words, and you've asked an online community to crowdsource your edgy name.

Sorry, some trivia people just suck. I'd be worried about you coming up with a good response, if you hadn't already illuminated the bottom of your shallow pool of creativity by starting this thread in the first place.

Now, you get to come off indignant that I'm being mean to you. Be sure to throw in some scoffing. (That's the next logical refuge of an uncreative person).

Woops, messed up formatting. Brojos, can you delete that last post for me? And this one too, I guess, since you have no other recourse.

runnerdnerd wrote:

The majority of the teams have the exact same kind of joke names.

That's kind of what I expected. When I took a breath to respond to you, it was with the knowledge that this type of thing is normalized for you. Does it excuse you from empathizing with those who will likely be upset with your choice? I guess you say it does.

And I think its outrageous that it seems Trump is letting Putin get away with paying a bounty on our troops. But I like black humor.

The world ends at the tip of your own nose, right? Nope. Let's hope everyone shares your commitment to "black humor". You're so edgy, you're at a loss for words, and you've asked an online community to crowdsource your edgy name.

Sorry, some trivia people just suck. I'd be worried about you coming up with a good response, if you hadn't already illuminated the bottom of your shallow pool of creativity by starting this thread in the first place.

Now, you get to come off indignant that I'm being mean to you. Be sure to throw in some scoffing. (That's the next logical refuge of an uncreative person).

I wasnt scoffing at you.... I appreciate people responding. I was explaining that most people in this group use similar team names. This trivia isnt a public forum, it's a closed group.

Im not sure why you're so upset?

Anyway, you never suggesting any names, I guess you only came here to complain that you don't like my sense of humor?

Look at a lot of obscure rock band names, those guys are just killing it!

A few that come to mind, The "We were Promised Jet Packs", "The Dayglo Abortions". "Bad Brains", "The Good Listeners", and more than a few i can't even repeat in good conscience.

I mean, yeah, you can go for the obvious current event puns, but those don't really seem to satisfy for very long.

LEt us know what you come up with.

Dick Shawn Neri and the Wild Guessers

seattle prattle wrote:

Look at a lot of obscure rock band names, those guys are just killing it!

A few that come to mind, The "We were Promised Jet Packs", "The Dayglo Abortions". "Bad Brains", "The Good Listeners", and more than a few i can't even repeat in good conscience.

I mean, yeah, you can go for the obvious current event puns, but those don't really seem to satisfy for very long.

LEt us know what you come up with.

Thanks, I gotta check those out for next week!

Our trivia just started. My team member suggested "Mo' testing, mo' problems," so we went with that.

Knock 'em dead!

Thought of another: "Noah Stoppin and the Blind Coroners".

Good luck.

I’m with LRP on this one. Are you so uncomfortable with facing the harsh realities of current events that you have to make jokes out of them?

Not related to current events, and in fact pretty dated. But the best Trivia name I ever heard was Nine Inch Males.

Obviously I still find it funny.

I remember back in the day, maybe 10-15 years ago we commonly used some pretty offensive names, the main 2 I remember were:

Pork-sword Rabbis

Derka Derka Mohamed Jihad (from Team America - World Police)

They seemed funny at the time and people laughed. Certainly not something I look back on with pride. Nowadays I wouldn't think that the possibility of upsetting someone is worth the laugh.

I don't mind the last 2 on your list.

The Cunning Linguists

Interesting that you like "black humor" but avoid the biggest topic of the last two or three weeks...so it seems you realize some things are in poor taste.