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[–] 10 points 10 months ago* (2 children)

I'm happy to use it to memorialize someone who is long dead (like, at least a century; long enough that we can be pretty sure what kind of person they were in life), or to mark a notable feature or plant or animal in the region. Even an institution (College Park, Museum Way, High School Rd). Not everything has to be purely functional. And if the local government has to pay for the signs to be printed anyway...

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  • [–] 13 points 10 months ago

    We knew about them while they were still walking the earth. That was a willful choice, and the change represented a change in values.

    Yes, signage costs money. But it also has to be replaced from time to time anyway. I don't think there are any schools changing their name annually; they probably print new signs up memorializing tournament wins often enough that they can just get it added to an existing print run.

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 10 months ago

    Ah yes, Stalin elementary school, right down the street from Pol Pot high school, next door to Idi Amin College.

    Maybe they shouldn't have named places after enemies of state in the first place.

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