what is it with people choosing evil corpo names

Indeed. The name was well established in the popular Fallout game series before this company was founded.

I mean Microsoft somehow stole Cortana of all things from Halo of all places so…

	▲	tastyfreeze 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Microsoft owned Bungie when they named their assistant Cortana. Microsoft acquired Bungie in 2000 and released the Cortana assistant in 2014. It wasn't a stolen name. It was purchased and part of their portfolio for over a decade.

pjc50 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Reminded of how someone took "Universal Robotics" from the Asimov novels and used it to sell .. modems.

SillyUsername 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

The fact a defence company is also called Stark is quite amusing, if not for the deadly weapons.

fluxflexer 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I guess in this category, those guys are unbeatable: https://www.mordorintelligence.com/

	▲	internet_points 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Hahah that's hilarious. It doesn't quite feel like they chose to be explicitly evil like Palantir or Anduril though: > Why Mordor Intelligence Private Limited is a Great Place To Work https://www.greatplacetowork.in/great/company/mordor-intelli... > Pottery Workshop. Roleplays in Entrepreneurship Training https://www.mordorintelligence.com/about-us/csr Feels a bit more like some Doctor Who-ish happy-sounding evilcorp than Omni Consumer Products

napkid 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Reminds me of the first time I heard about the "Palantir" company...

Edit : typo

someonebaggy 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Evil often wins and makes a lot of money. Also effective if your target audience is evil billionaires with brain rot.

this one doesn't sound that evil though? Just a simple portmanteau that may not sound as stupid in German?

	▲	ajmurmann 5 hours ago \| parent [-]
		It doesn't sound evil but is a evil company in the Fallout video games and tv show

ahoka 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I'm waiting for someone to actually name something "Torment Nexus", which is the name of this phenomena.

ngruhn 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I will name my company BlackApex Inc

airstrike 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Effective in this attention economy.

Eyerolling to anyone with half a brain.

But maybe most people don't have half a brain.

	▲	rbanffy 6 hours ago \| parent [-]
		A couple decades ago, in Brazil, the parking lot used next to a popular Microsoft training center was called South Park. The contact e-mail was "cartman@southpark.com.br".