We gave our kids old-fashioned names. Our little boy is Hunter, and our little girl is Gatherer.

Brian Kiley’s joke hinges on a bait-and-switch in the phrase “old-fashioned names.” The setup invites expectations of antique human names (e.g., Edith, Walter), but the punchline redefines “old-fashioned” as prehistoric: “Hunter” and “Gatherer” echo the anthropological shorthand “hunter-gatherer.” The humor comes from treating a descriptive social category as if it were a conventional naming tradition, and from the absurdity of naming a child “Gatherer” to complete the pair. It also lightly satirizes modern naming trends—especially the popularity of “Hunter”—by implying that such choices are less timeless than they sound.