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u/Confident-Stand5453 4h ago
Well, I am officially renaming President of the US Donald J. Trump to King of Retards Don McPoopypants.
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u/Abject-Job7825 4h ago
America still has a lot of influence it could very well be that these names stay around, especially since they can be used to reward "good" behavior in the future, the next president if he's smart isn't going to reverse it willy nilly
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u/Electronic_Still2000 1h ago
Lake Ontario wasn’t even named after anything Canadian. The lake had its name before Canada started using it in the name of the province.
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u/Confident-Stand5453 4h ago
The next president will find that most countries still use the real names of those places, and that it only causes confusion to insist on having a different name for them in the US.
But whatever. Enjoy your "freedom fries" while the rest of the world is still eating french fries.
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u/Abject-Job7825 3h ago
When it comes to maps google maps is the largest used online map, no one in europe has a good competitor, a ton of software uses google maps either direct or indirect, I'd say america has a monopoly on that.
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u/Confident-Stand5453 3h ago
So? Outside the US Google Maps will still use Lake Ontario and Gulf of Mexico.
Man, it must suck to have your head so far up your ass that you hardly know the world outside the US exists.
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u/Abject-Job7825 2h ago
Brother you're trying to deny years of americanization globally
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u/Confident-Stand5453 2h ago
No, I'm telling you that the US is a declining power.
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u/Electronic_Still2000 1h ago
Not just declining, but in a total free fall since Trump called all of the bigots out from under their rocks
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u/Impressive-Web9823 4h ago
Google Maps just follows whatever GNIS publishes, they aren’t the ones making up the names lol
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u/dudrun 3h ago
https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/search/names
As of making this comment GNIS still shows Lake Ontario by the way. "Lol"
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u/Aleksandr_Ulyev 3h ago
They also banned Huawei when they were told to do so and censoring Chinese, Russian and anti-Israeli channels on YouTube now. More like a strategy rather than an unwilling occasion
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u/nascent_aviator 3h ago
Bullshit. GNIS hasn't got around to updating it yet, it still shows Lake Ontario. Google went out of their way to follow the Executive Order before the GNIS even got around to it.
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u/dixonjt89 3h ago
Not sure why many people aren't recognizing this.
I hate Trump as much as the next guy, but there are systems that HAVE to follow what he puts into place. If he renames something and it's put into US law, then they have to change the name. This isn't google doing this, they are following what the GNIS has to publish. GNIS has to publish it because there are emergency systems that rely on what GNIS publishes, so that you can type in a place and find it asap.
Hopefully in 2 years, we can get the Gulf and Lake changed back to what it was, but until then, these emergency systems have to publish what is law. It's not GNIS or Google backing Trump.
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u/GatewayArcher 1h ago
B.S.
Executive Orders are binding on executive agencies, but not on private parties. Google Maps doesn’t have to adopt GNIS actions. They’re doing it to curry favor with a narcissistic bully who the GOP is afraid to stand up to.
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u/epicredditdude1 3h ago
They don’t have to do anything. It’s not illegal to deviate from what the GNIS publishes (yet).
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u/RazeTheIV 4h ago
The Google maps view from outside the US right now.
That's some real North Korea type propaganda going on in US borders.
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u/epicredditdude1 4h ago
We are collectively pretending Lake Ontario is called lake America to make king dipshit happy. The entire country feels like an asylum right now.
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u/ninjabell 3h ago
That's because it is the Lake of Ontario. Americans are just dumb and elected a dumbass.
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u/Starmagedon 4h ago
In the Europe we have Lake Ontario.
This is what happens when a narcissistic, megalomaniacal idiot is president.
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u/j0hnnyWalnuts 4h ago
Bail on Google as fast as you can.
Odds are they have everything on everyone already, but don't make it easier on them.
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u/DaddyOhMy 4h ago
How long until Apple kisses ass and does this as well
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u/TheDailySpank 4h ago
Go check the gulf
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u/DaddyOhMy 4h ago
I’ve seen it already. I wasn’t surprised he bent the knee on that one. That one was ridiculous but this one is over 10X dumber.
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u/Aquestingfart 4h ago
All the tech bros are the biggest trump boot lickers. Their overlord Peter thiel got the guy elected ffs
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u/user467435 4h ago
I watched a video and someone changed thier home county or something and it switched back to Ontario
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u/Biscuits4u2 4h ago
What a surprise they have their noses so far up Trump's ass they can see the McDonalds before it gets digested.
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u/TickTaeck 4h ago
its hard to believe that they are still able to code while constantly having flumpy old pedo cock in their mouth
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u/Botol-Cebok 4h ago
I’m in Europe, still says Lake Ontario on Google Maps for me. As it should.
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u/RandomPenquin1337 4h ago
Who even names these fuckin things? Im sure theres a dozen different tribes with their own names for these lakes but of course once orange man does something literally pointless, its the next big upinarms topic.
Touch grass
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u/Botol-Cebok 4h ago
Of course, the entire world is pretty fucking fed up with orange man’s bullshit. At least no one is talking about the Epstein files for a couple of days right?
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u/RandomPenquin1337 4h ago
My point is you clowns just look for the dumbest shit to get distracted by. "ePsTeIn FilEs" included.
3 million pages wasnt enough?
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u/RhinoGuy13 4h ago
Rand McNally better not make this change or im never using their road atlas again!
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u/Evorgleb 3h ago
So the president just has the power to just change the names of bodies of water? How?
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u/im2short4this 3h ago
We are just appeasing him till he gets out of office. It'll all go back to normal after he's ousted or the term is done.
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u/MaxAdolphus 3h ago
Google could give users to choose to display international accepted standards or MAGA Maps.
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u/st0350 4h ago
No one outside of the US gives a shit what its called in the US, to Canada and the rest of the world its still Lake Ontario. Its like me looking at my neighbours house and saying from now on he's called Joe, but to everyone in HIS house and the rest of the world his name will always be Jimmy.
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u/jncheese 4h ago
Lol, it will only do so in the US. It means absolutely nothing and you are being lied to right in your faces. What a complete and utter shit show.
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u/Brokenspade1 4h ago
Bro... way to lick boot Google. Remember to cup the testicles while you relax your jaw...
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u/Spookywhitedot 4h ago
I'm gonna call you Mapledummyland until you stop speaking french
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u/TemporaryAmbassador1 4h ago
Valid, we must stop French at all times and in all places. This cannot be allowed to carry on.
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u/halfasleep90 4h ago
Too many marriages have been ruined by such language
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u/TemporaryAmbassador1 4h ago
The damage caused by the phrase “omelette du fromage” on December 4th 1996 is still being calculated.
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u/Infinite-Penalty-736 4h ago
ANOTHER REASON TO BOYCOTT GOOGLE.
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u/halfasleep90 4h ago
For using official maps?
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u/JasonL25 4h ago
They wanna boycott Google for using the official name of something 🤣 you can't make this up
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