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Tommy Carcetti

(44,475 posts)
Fri Mar 6, 2026, 08:52 AM 17 hrs ago

I know it's silly and superficial, but the name "Markwayne Mullin"...

...sounds like the name of a serial killer from the 1970s.

Sorry about that, just had to get that off my chest.

Happy Friday. Carry on.

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I know it's silly and superficial, but the name "Markwayne Mullin"... (Original Post) Tommy Carcetti 17 hrs ago OP
Sounds rather judgemental based on a name. True Dough 17 hrs ago #1
I hear ya. 3_Limes 17 hrs ago #3
I was thinking of a meth-addicted, backwoods hillbilly, but yeah. 3_Limes 17 hrs ago #2
Kinda like Jim Bob Cooter. I think he was actually a big time college football coach. chicoescuela 17 hrs ago #6
If Markwayne Mullen was driving around in a white van, no one would get in. Swede 17 hrs ago #4
That his parents chose to combine two first names is bad enough but that he didn't hlthe2b 17 hrs ago #5
That's the best they could do for a compromise William Seger 14 hrs ago #22
;-{).... Goonch 17 hrs ago #7
Funny you should say that. "Wayne" seems to be serial killers' favorite middle name. Ocelot II 17 hrs ago #8
Truth, and then on top of it there's Mr. Bobbitt of the thingie fame. carpetbagger 14 hrs ago #23
THANK YOU for this.... bleedingulcers 14 hrs ago #24
Maybe Moskowitz will mistakenly call him MarkWayne Gacy during hearings. Probatim 14 hrs ago #30
'The Number of Murderers and Murder Suspects With the Middle Name 'Wayne' Is Insane' sop 17 hrs ago #9
Is it just killers from 70's and 80's? MustLoveBeagles 16 hrs ago #13
Wayne Mark McMuffin Johonny 17 hrs ago #10
a Bluesky poster said it sounded like the name of a cocktail Quiet Em 16 hrs ago #11
The fake tuff guy who hid behind a row of seats johnnyfins 16 hrs ago #12
All he needs is a mullet... kentuck 16 hrs ago #14
And if he liked getting breakfast at McDonalds... Tommy Carcetti 16 hrs ago #15
it's the classic "Wayne" serial killer middle name. nt Javaman 15 hrs ago #16
Is he SSS... lame54 15 hrs ago #17
Sounds like a character in a James Joyce novel. Martin68 15 hrs ago #18
Stately, markodochartaigh 14 hrs ago #29
Exactly! Martin68 13 hrs ago #34
Corey will just call him Kristi... Ol Janx Spirit 15 hrs ago #19
LOL - it really does. Maybe because it triggers the thought of John Wayne Gacy. Vinca 15 hrs ago #20
His parents obviously couldn't agree on anything nuxvomica 15 hrs ago #21
The character "Richard Wayne Gary-Wayne" from the TV show LeftinOH 14 hrs ago #25
You beat me to it. Arrgh 14 hrs ago #31
He will kill or maim more people than any serial killer Whyisthisstillclose 14 hrs ago #26
Since he is a plumber, he is used to shoveling crap so he should fit right in this administration. appleannie1 14 hrs ago #27
My mentor mocked him years ago jfz9580m 14 hrs ago #28
Don't really Tom Cotton to Markwayne either! czarjak 14 hrs ago #32
We are locked in what might be mortal combat with an enemy that absolutely EMBODIES silly and superficial. BobTheSubgenius 14 hrs ago #33
Bobby Joe Long, serial killer in Tampa Fla in the mid eighties ms liberty 4 hrs ago #35

True Dough

(26,359 posts)
1. Sounds rather judgemental based on a name.
Fri Mar 6, 2026, 08:55 AM
17 hrs ago

Please, judge him on his lack of logic and grammar...


RAJU: You'll concede this is war?

MARKWAYNE MULLIN: We haven't declared war. They declared war on us

RAJU: The president called it war and Secretary Hegseth called it war

REPORTER: When you walked up just now, you called it war

MULLIN: Okay. That was a misspoke.

hlthe2b

(113,605 posts)
5. That his parents chose to combine two first names is bad enough but that he didn't
Fri Mar 6, 2026, 09:06 AM
17 hrs ago

at least separate the two legally (making one a middle name)--even if he chose to still use them both--well, hardly the sharpest "tool" in the box, but a "tool" nonetheless.

William Seger

(12,382 posts)
22. That's the best they could do for a compromise
Fri Mar 6, 2026, 11:22 AM
14 hrs ago

Probably played rock-paper-scissors to see if it was Markwayne or Waynemark.

Ocelot II

(130,187 posts)
8. Funny you should say that. "Wayne" seems to be serial killers' favorite middle name.
Fri Mar 6, 2026, 09:12 AM
17 hrs ago

John Wayne Gacy
Elmer Wayne Henley
Monty Wayne Lamb
Alexander Wayne Watson, Jr.,

And many more: https://freakonomics.com/2006/09/the-next-time-your-daughter-brings-home-a-new-boyfriend-be-sure-to-ask-his-middle-name/

bleedingulcers

(82 posts)
24. THANK YOU for this....
Fri Mar 6, 2026, 11:27 AM
14 hrs ago

I was just sitting here trying to remember some of the serial killers with Wayne as their middle name; I noticed years ago that it seemed to be a weirdly frequent thing. Sure way beyond what any random distribution of names would produce!

sop

(18,316 posts)
9. 'The Number of Murderers and Murder Suspects With the Middle Name 'Wayne' Is Insane'
Fri Mar 6, 2026, 09:13 AM
17 hrs ago

"On the topic of infamous murders, few are wider known than serial killer John Wayne Gacy, the 'killer clown,' who murdered almost three dozen boys and young men during the 1970s. Then, of course, there’s Elmer Wayne Henley—quite a bit lesser known than Gacy—who was sent to prison in 1974 for the spree of murders he committed alongside Dean Allen Corll. Then there’s Monty Wayne Lamb, serving a life sentence for a triple homicide in Dallas. And Alexander Wayne Watson, Jr., convicted of killing multiple victims."

"We think you see the pattern: They all have the middle name 'Wayne.' It seems coincidental, but 'Wayne' turns out to be a really common middle name for both convicted (and alleged) murderers. So much so, in fact, that News of the Weird‘s Chuck Shepherd kept a running tally of them through 2008; and as of now, his list of killer Waynes has 223 people on it."

More at link:

https://www.insidehook.com/culture/amount-murderers-murder-suspects-middle-name-wayne-insane

(I saw this information about "Wayne" on another thread, but can't recall the name of the original poster...sorry.)

MustLoveBeagles

(15,814 posts)
13. Is it just killers from 70's and 80's?
Fri Mar 6, 2026, 09:53 AM
16 hrs ago

I just assumed that a lot of parents named their sons after John Wayne.

Quiet Em

(2,812 posts)
11. a Bluesky poster said it sounded like the name of a cocktail
Fri Mar 6, 2026, 09:21 AM
16 hrs ago

and I can't get that out of my head now.

markodochartaigh

(5,403 posts)
29. Stately,
Fri Mar 6, 2026, 11:39 AM
14 hrs ago

plump Mark Wayne Mullen came from the stairhead, bearing a bowl of lather on which a mirror and a razor lay crossed.

nuxvomica

(14,028 posts)
21. His parents obviously couldn't agree on anything
Fri Mar 6, 2026, 11:19 AM
15 hrs ago

It must have been a very dysfunctional upbringing.

LeftinOH

(5,641 posts)
25. The character "Richard Wayne Gary-Wayne" from the TV show
Fri Mar 6, 2026, 11:28 AM
14 hrs ago

"The Unbreakeable Kimmy Schmidt" was a parody of the many serial killers/assassins who have had "Wayne," or "Lee" in their names.

Arrgh

(26 posts)
31. You beat me to it.
Fri Mar 6, 2026, 11:52 AM
14 hrs ago

I think of John Hamm's character every time I hear that yahoo's name.

appleannie1

(5,446 posts)
27. Since he is a plumber, he is used to shoveling crap so he should fit right in this administration.
Fri Mar 6, 2026, 11:36 AM
14 hrs ago

jfz9580m

(16,840 posts)
28. My mentor mocked him years ago
Fri Mar 6, 2026, 11:37 AM
14 hrs ago

I have a mentor I consider family (obviously I rarely contact him), but he joked about this guy in the context of him challenging a pro-union organizer to hand to hand combat or some such thing.

One thing I do like about guys like these is they are all the way over there. I am more irked by these Indian creeps with one foot there and one here (e.g.: that creepy Jan 6 loser Vincent Palathingal, this super sleazy guy Ragy Thomas, this nightmarish creep Shalab Kumar).

You can have them btw..a gift from India. But they should stay over there. We don’t them here. We have our own, indigenous creeps..thank you very much..

BobTheSubgenius

(12,198 posts)
33. We are locked in what might be mortal combat with an enemy that absolutely EMBODIES silly and superficial.
Fri Mar 6, 2026, 12:08 PM
14 hrs ago

Don't even worry about seeming a little bit the same. If only their horrible traits and instincts began and ended at silly and superficial.

ms liberty

(11,160 posts)
35. Bobby Joe Long, serial killer in Tampa Fla in the mid eighties
Fri Mar 6, 2026, 09:45 PM
4 hrs ago

He was why I kept an axe by my bed.

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