@oconnell yeah I basically refuse to "verify" myself on LinkedIn even though my legal name has been updated, just on principle

the idea that the government is the true source of truth for someone's identity is gross, I hate it, and should be rejected at every opportunity

I also use a different last name in general than my legal one so it wouldn't match anyway

I already paid way too much money to change my legal name once, so, I'm not doing it again. but that doesn't change what my name actually is, which is whatever I want it to be