December 8, 2012 6:50 AM

Today's communique from our new idiocracy: In the '80s, were kids named "Betamax" or "8-track"??

It may be a joke or a hoax but one new mum has apparently announced on Facebook that her newborn baby girl is called Hashtag. This name, an apparent tribute to the ubiquitous # symbol in social media, has led to predictable outrage in the Twittersphere. The biggest objection is that the child will be lumbered with a name that will draw scorn in the playground. No one born in 1983 is called Amstrad or Pac-Man, after all. But fears of a life of cyberbullying for Hashtag are unfounded as she will be hanging out with Caligula and Boudicca if she lives in north London and Kaiden and Luca-Ky if she lives in Norwich. In a playground of weird names, Hashtag will fit right in.

Baby Hashtag: has the search for original names gone too far?: I know, “Bella” and “Miley” are so 2011….

Pull up to the window: Swiss city OK’s drive-in sex booths: Wouldja like fries with that??

Walmart Called, Your Family Christmas Photos are in….: Stay classy…or not….

Irate customer calls cops on prostitute for raising her rates: The 45-year-old male customer, perhaps one of the cheapest (and dumbest) johns in recorded history, was let go without consequence. The 19-year-old female prostitute was arrested. [Insert “WTF????” comment here.]

92-year-old woman crashes car in north suburban pool: She just succeeded in creating an alternate definition for “car pool.”

Spanish prostitutes tell bankers, ‘No loans, no love’: When you’re fighting for financial sector reform, you use the weapons at your disposal. Can you say, “Lysistrata?”

Whisky Saves Man’s Eyesight After Being Blinded by Vodka: To quote the immortal Homer Simpson: “Alcohol: The cause of, and solution to, all of mankind’s problems.”

More students are turning to prostitution to pay debt: Yep, working part time at the Subway near campus isn’t going to cut it anymore.

22 Disturbing Photos of ‘Elf On the Shelf’ to Ruin Your Holidays: I give because I care….

Local blogger surrenders to police after live broadcasting standoff: Worst blog post ever.

College sex: Berkeley edition: For those of you college students whose bucket lists includes “having sex in a campus building”: you’re welcome.

Zombies are among reasons for increased gun sales: To quote the immortal G. Gordon Liddy: “HEADS SHOTS, PEOPLE!! HEAD SHOTS!!”

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