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Did a Twitter user really get tricked into naming baby ‘Jack Ingof’?

‘You should name him Jack.’

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Rachel Kiley

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In the age of social media, it’s easy to turn to our many online friends and followers when we need help coming up with options for something like naming a pet, or maybe even a new baby. But if you do, it’s important to pay extra close attention to make sure the person so kindly giving you advice doesn’t have a hidden agenda.

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A Twitter user by the handle of @endeylol certainly had something other than benevolence in mind when he suggested another user name his newborn child “Jack” earlier this year.

According to screenshots, @endeylol got his wish and the proud new father did just that.

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“Me and my wife are expecting our first born child in 2 months and we still don’t have a name LOL!” a Twitter user by the name of Greg Ingof wrote, per screenshots.

And there it is. Greg and Hila Ingof’s first son: Jack Ingof.

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The post blew up on Twitter, with many shocked and amazed at how easily a stranger, like, totally ruined this kid’s life.

“You just ended his life he just got here,” Twitter user @ImBuzzBunny bemoaned.

Another joked that while Jack will hate his full name in high school, he may come to “love it in his edgy 20s.”

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As for the guy who suggested it all, he was sitting in his corner of the internet, cackling over the fact that he definitely destroyed any chance little Jack had at a normal life before he even opened his eyes.

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Both the good news and the sad news is that the whole thing is most likely fake. Endey seems to run a satire account, and there’s no @GregIngof registered on Twitter nor are there any tweets directed at him prior to the date of Endey’s tweet featuring the screenshots.

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There is, however, a @Greglngof account (that is, “Ingof” stylized with a lowercase “L” instead of an “I”) created this month for the clear purpose of playing along with the joke, and we’re loving the commitment.

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The moral of the story remains the same: Name your kid yourself, and ask many to vet the name before you commit it to a birth certificate. Please, think of the children.

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