To be honest "Koba" is so much easier to remember than "Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili" or Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili" if you're talking about a distant clandestine acquaintance.

Still funny though. Double so that they had to go down the comm line just to ask "dude what was your name again?"

[–] CTHlurker@hexbear.net 10 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Also, wasn't Koba a georgian folk-character? Like it's a name that was associated with Georgia, so at most not knowing his lastname would have gotten "Ioseb from Georgia" in trouble.

[–] Alaskaball@hexbear.net 7 points 2 days ago

Also, wasn't Koba a georgian folk-character?

A book character I believe. A knight of righteous vengeance I think if I remember the book summary correctly

[–] thetaT@hexbear.net 7 points 2 days ago

it's also a common nickname here for anyone named "Iakob", the Georgian version of "Jacob".

[–] MaoTheLawn@hexbear.net 20 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Isn't koba the name of the bad ape in planet of the apes

[–] Alaskaball@hexbear.net 23 points 2 days ago (1 children)

apparently there's also a character that's named bad ape in the series, what a fun coincidence.

also yes, koba is a character in one of those films

[–] newacctidk@hexbear.net 15 points 2 days ago

That was intentional. i looked it up when I found out the character had that name and it is meant to reflect the "revolutionary who goes too far". because of course