This is why I have all my friends call me Gene and not Eugene.
Eugene comes from the word
eugenics. BAD!
And when associated with
nazi eugenics, it's even worse.
Basically, Eugenics is basically "racial hygiene" - only allowing people with desirable traits to pass on their genes in order to breed a better race.
It is the ultimate discrimination, because it discriminated agains almost everything: race, intelligence, sexual orientation, physical appearance, personality, age, and more.
So in a nutshell, I thought I'd request people call me Gene and not Eugene so I can avoid the Nazi connotations.