Why do people think they're the first ones to come uo with this

I'm 21, living in a country where casual bullying is often overlooked, do they think it's some mind blowing discovery that my name is one letter away from being food? It's honestly worse than pick up lines, at least the latter makes you laugh, I am just ranting, and i know that to some it may not be too big of a deal, but living in an areah where people struggled/didn't care enough to pronounce my name correctly, it's honestly feels so annoying and ignorant when people make fun of my name instead of just asking about it's pronunciation