They Named Their Companies Lumon. Then 'Severance' Aired

[impish9208]

https://www.wsj.com/articles/they-named-their-companies-lumon-then-severance-aired-ca805442

[6stringmerc]

Reminds me of Integrated Solutions In Signaling over in the railroad industry…ISIS for short. It became quite the accidental liability. Their name changed via acquisition.

https://rgpc.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/News-Release-Rio...

[sillywalk → 6stringmerc]

Or ISIS from the TV Show Archer.

[impish9208]

Gift link: https://www.wsj.com/articles/they-named-their-companies-lumo...

[gabrielsroka]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayds vs AIDS

[rsynnott → gabrielsroka]

There are/were also a number of companies and organisations called Isis/ISIS.

[rsynnott]

Huh. I just assumed that they’d have chosen a name that no-one else had…

(There’s an office building called Lumen round the corner from my house; it contains an aircraft leasing company, which is about the most boring possible thing that macrodata refinement could be.)

[jfengel]

“My husband was like, ‘We need to capitalize on this now,’” said Dr. Monisha Chadda, the owner of Lumon Dental, a dentist outside of Detroit.

That could be fraught. [Spoiler follows]:

Dentistry is an element of Severance -- as a form of torture.