Good topic. I definitely think the name matters sometimes more than might be fair, in a lot of things, even unto global politics. For example, I don't see Adolph Schicklegruber getting to the same place in life that Adolph Hitler did, even though they're the same person.
I def tend to gravitate toward names that appeal or at least reach me in some way, and in strain names I care less than in breeder names. Some of both strike me as downright silly, but might speak to someone else. Kind of like Gwyneth Paltrow naming one of her Goop candles This Smells Like My Vagina. I gravitate away from things that make me think someone thinks their stuff is fancier than it probably is, or was just high as hell and thought they hit on a good name. I like ducks that quack like a duck, not an owl.
This thread here at AFN
https://www.autoflower.org/threads/racoon-puke-should-i-transplant.83768/#post-2483334
had me thinking for sure someone had named a strain Racoon Puke. And for whatever reason, had that been the case and if the appeal of the strain was evidenced in some way, that name wouldn't put me off any, in fact I would get a kick out of seeing peoples faces when I tell them.
I'll likely never get as far as chucking any pollen, but I do have a dream of naming a strain Wayne The F**kmore. And when asked why it has that name I'd say because now that I grow my own I have Wayne The F**kmore bud racked off than I ever did when I was buying it.
I usually buy based on breeder but I'm definitely a sucker for a good name or a good origin story or description. I kinda don't like the ones that are overly sexual or have a ton of words in the name. Also hate it when they have a food or fruit name and taste nothing like it
