Only slightly more ludicrous than hearing his staccato pronunciation of “Dwight Schrute,” the name of his most famous fictional character, comic actor Rainn Wilson reintroduced himself today under his new full name: Rainnfall Heat Wave Extreme Winter Wilson. The hard rebrand is a self-professed “cheap little stunt to help save Planet Earth” as the COP27 United Nations Climate Change Conference kicks off in Egypt.
“This is not a joke,” Wilson (or Extreme Winter Wilson? There was no clarification on where the surname begins) shared. “I’m as serious as the melting Arctic, which amplifies global risks including extreme weather events around the globe.” The actor’s name has been updated across social media after Wilson generated, you know, that lengthy middle passage of it through the official ArcticRisk Name Generator, encouraging his followers to follow suit. “I’m hoping this name change brings attention to this growing, er, melting issue. We need world leaders at COP27 to take notice and take action. The Arctic is melting at millions of liters per second, yet this problem can’t seem to make a name for itself. So it’s up to us to make a name for it.”
See his post below.
