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Comment on Mexico asks Google to reject U.S. renaming of the Gulf of Mexico.

Google already did it right? But only for the US. Here in the UK it still shows as Gulf of Mexico.

Google is pretty well known for displaying certain ‘contended’ things with different names in different countries.

That this should even be contended is a joke, but Google just views this Trump-pandering as the price of their seat at the top table for this administration and they’re quite happy to do it.

If we have to rename it my vote is for “Gulf of CUM” (Cuba, USA and Mexico)

That’s fair isnt it? 💦

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spankmonkey@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
As a US citizen I want it left as the Gulf of Mexico.

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- possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  I’d be down for gulf of cum
  
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  - atx_aquarian@lemmy.world ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    No no, we’re still talking about the map.
    
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    possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    1000019578
    
    I know
    
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  - idunnololz@lemmy.world ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    While we’re renaming things can we also rename NAFTA to CUMFTA
    
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    possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    I’m down
    
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- nexguy@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  So then in 4 years if a dem gets elected everything gets changed back… then a few years later if a rep gets elected…flipflop forever?
  
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  - RainBlast@startrek.website ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    Reread what you replied to. He wants it to be called the same thing it has always been called and what the rest of the world calls it. No president should be able to arbitrarily rename shit every 4 years. It dissolves the utility of giving things names.
    
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    nexguy@lemmy.world ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    I agree and it wasn’t a reply, just a thought that it could technically flip back and forth…ridiculously. which is very sad. It will always be gulf of Mexico and denali to me.
    
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  - state_electrician@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    Do you still think there will be an election in four years?
    
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    DiaDeLosMuertos@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago
    Well hopefully there won’t be a trump in four years.
    
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    bitchkat@lemmy.world ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    There will be concepts of an election. Just like in Russia.
    
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sik0fewl@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
It sounds like their is only one English language version of Maps, so Canada, UK, etc. will also change.

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