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[–] 55 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Make a note on which maps companies comply in the US and boycott them.

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  • [–] -2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    That's my knee-jerk reaction too, but on further reflection I'm not sure.

    Sure, Google making sure it's Lake Ontario and the Gulf of Mexico in Google Maps is a nice thought, but that would be a strong political stand. Simply passing through the "official" names isn't political, and I can't judge too harshly companies not making specific political stands.

    Ultimately, we have to all know that the names of these bodies of water will revert to their real names as soon as 'ol Donny kicks the bucket, right?

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  • [–] 6 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    We have no assurances of that, and Google and Apple have no legal obligation to do this.

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  • [–] -2 points 2 months ago

    We have no assurances of anything in this life, but if I'm a betting man I put money on these stupid names being reverted when/if an adult is in the White House again.

    And unless you work for Google/Apple/Microsoft in the GIS departments, you really have no idea if they do or don't have legal obligation to pass through GNIS data.

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  • [–] 30 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    BREAKING NEWS: Province of Quebec renames Mar-a-Lago to Merde-a-Lago

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  • [–] 28 points 2 months ago (5 children)

    So if the US can just randomly rename stuff that doesn't belong to them, Canada can too. I want to see them rename the entire United States to "Trump is a Pedophile". That'll look great on Google maps!

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  • [–] 4 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    The US has a long history of changing the names of things because β€œfuck you”, Mt McKinley is actually Denali for instance.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago

    Obama reverted it's name to Denali, but of course Trump undid that.

    Ultimately I think the solution is to call the mountain itself Denali (because of course that's its name), and if you have to placate all the idiots in Ohio, rename the national park (because the park is a federally administered thing) to "McKinley."

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  • [–] 27 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    Canada - πŸ₯±. We and everyone else in the world still call it Lake Ontario. πŸ–•

    🍁True North Strong and Free 🍁

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  • [–] 24 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    He seems to think Canadians will care what they choose to call that body of water.

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  • [–] 21 points 2 months ago

    Oh no, a rapist is calling to rename a lake in a country where 1/2 the population can barely read.

    I am quite happy that Canada is diverting away from this dumpster fire of a country.

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  • [–] 18 points 2 months ago

    Trump cannot force Canada to follow his preferred naming convention, however.

    Trump cannot force anyone outside of the USA to respect his childish renaming bullshit.

    He can't even force Americans to play his stupid game, though I'm sure a bunch if them will happily play along.

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    The child rapist pressy throwing yet another tantrum... maybe the latest babysitter can be more diligent with diaper duties?

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  • [–] 16 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    He can call it what he will, but Canadians still call the Rogers Centre the SkyDome over 20 years later.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 months ago

    They could have just called it the Rogers Skydome, and nobody would have cared. I'm more mad about that than I am with the orange pedo having another tantrum with Lake Ontario.

    It's all just an attempted distraction from the Republicans' ruinous economic and social policy. And hoping we forget about the Epstein files. Release the full Epstein files, with only victims images and PIA redacted.

    But Rogers was just being senselessly stupid. They weren't trying to cover up being pedophiles, afaik, so why did they do it?

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  • [–] 10 points 2 months ago (4 children)

    This is like trying to make β€œfetch” happen. No one is going to call it that.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    I haven't met a single person who is even willing to acknowledge the name change of the SkyDome. There's no way anyone pays any sort of attention to him trying to rename a lake.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 months ago

    In response, the City of Toronto can propose renaming the Green Lane Landfill to the Donald J. Trump Memorial Landfill, or Donald Dump for short.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    Open Street Map will likely ignore Donnie's foolishness like they did with the Gulf of Mexico.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    Lake Epstein, it even has islands.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 months ago

    No Lake Michigan is Lake Epstein. Don't need to rename Canada's great lakes and Lake Michigan is all in their borders. Also that is the one the FBI complaint alleges Trump witnessed the newborn of a 13 yr old Epstein victim murdered and dumped. If people want to get under his deathly orange skin run with that one.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    It would make me proud to be a canadian if the person that takes him out is one of ours. Wipe out the whole lot of them.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 months ago

    Please everyone, just ignore this shit. Better yet laugh at them and call them morons then ignore it.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    We should rename the entire US "South Canada" or "Lesser Canada".

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  • I like the AP news article that points out Trump doesn't have the power or authority to do this and it is an entirely meaningless change except to cause US schools to update books four times.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 months ago

    I just signed a piece of toilet paper directing my ass to rename Donald Trump to "Donald Duck".

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  • Lake Superior is named that because Obama was a better president.

    But don't let trump or the magat cult know.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 months ago

    Oh no! Anyways…..

    How about them Epstein files?

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  • [–] 4 points 2 months ago* (1 child)

    I worry this might be more than just him throwing a tantrum.

    When the water wars start, they'll start going, Canada is stealing water from LAKE AMERICA, OUR LAKE, OUR WATER!

    setting the stage for a future war

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago

    I have a feeling Vance is gonna wait until after the midterms and pull the 25th amendment card. If he does it before the midterms he can only serve 1.5 terms (if he were to win a general election), vs 2.5 terms if he waits until after.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago

    I pissed my name into a bunch of fences as a kid. Didn't make them my fences.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago

    Boy it would be nice if trump walked off a short bridge

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    Look, as an American in pretty disappointed in my president. I don't care much about renaming the lake, but I do care he came up with such a dogshit name. I propose the name "Lake Democracy Manifest"

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago

    I was going to post something witty but the neighbors dog just took a trump on my lawn and I gotta go clean it. Every day some dog or another is taking a trump on my lawn. trumps are disgusting and smelly!

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago

    Jfc whats the acronym for remembering the lake names supposed to be now? HAMES?

    ... oh, wait, no. Its SHAME. Maybe this ain't such a bad shift in that light.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago

    Lets rename Lake Michigan to Lake Ontario Jr.

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    And in this house hold we have decreed that the USA will, from now on, be known as Lala-land.

    I used a sharpie and everything so very official. We will be persecuting everyone who does not use this name going forward.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago*

    Should have went with Lake Retarded or Lake Epstein to stay coherent

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  • [–] 4 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    Time for a bullet. Or a fucking poisoning maybe Something painful. Really painful. Then death.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago

    Alternative, more accurate, headline: "World's Oldest Toddler Throws Tantrum".

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    Hey look, everyone! It's Captain Ontario!

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    Hot rickety, sweet Jesus!

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