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

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• tiramichu@lemm.ee ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  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 ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    As a US citizen I want it left as the Gulf of Mexico.

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    • possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I’d be down for gulf of cum

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    • nexguy@lemmy.world ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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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  • sik0fewl@lemmy.ca ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    It sounds like their is only one English language version of Maps, so Canada, UK, etc. will also change.

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• JoMiran@lemmy.ml ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  The dumbest timeline…again.

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• ramble81@lemm.ee ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Huh, I’m in the US and noticed it’s still the Gulf of Mexico.

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  • CCMan1701A@startrek.website ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    They are likely waiting for the cartographers to finish their jobs… Unless they were asked to resign… Who knows how this government functions at this point.

    Waiting for the presidential cars to be replaced with cyber trucks.

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  • Brain@lemmy.zip ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    It’s not official until the Government enters it into the Geographic Names Information System. Once that happens Google will begin changing their maps.

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• AndrewZabar@lemmy.world ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Why did the name get changed? U.S.A. needed another ego stroke? Our public perception of nonstop ego-masturbation slowing down?

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  • samus12345@lemm.ee ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    The usual white nationalism bullshit.

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    • someacnt@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Reminds me of when I posted “Trump’s white nationalist America” to a place right wingers frequent. They freaked out pretty hard. Gee, I wonder why.

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    • Macallan@lemmy.world ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      aka the usual Trump bullshit…

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  • systemglitch@lemmy.world ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    He mad at mexico

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  • GrumpyDuckling@sh.itjust.works ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Other documents that mention “the gulf of Mexico” will become unenforceable.

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• CCMan1701A@startrek.website ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I think the plan is if your in the US the name will change. I think. Something about USA being classified as a sensitive nation when before names didn’t hurt us.

  Backbone lost.

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  • spankmonkey@lemmy.world ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    It is fucking freedom fries all pver again.

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  • FabledAepitaph@lemmy.world ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    It will always be the Gulf of Mexico to me

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  • Tronn4@lemmy.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Being run by snowflakes

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  • TacoButtPlug@sh.itjust.works ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Ahhh yes. The United States. A sensitive nation of white nationalist snowflakes. It’s honestly on brand.

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• JokeDeity@lemm.ee ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I’m legitimately saddened by the fact this even needs to happen because of this moronic cretin.

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  • rumba@lemmy.zip ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I’m more worried about Elon ruining around in the treasury department at the moment.

    Whatever they call the golf for the next 4 years is just whatever they call it for the next 4 years.

    Google does a lot of geolocation dependent map drawing where borders are shown for one location and one country and in another location in another country

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• esc27@lemmy.world ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  The people with the authority to officially change the name in the U.S. did so. The opportunity to do something about it was 3 months ago when only about a third of eligible voters voted against this crap. So here we are, and it is only going to get worse.

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• TacoButtPlug@sh.itjust.works ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  So far I’ve got MapQuest and something called Maps.ME ready to replace Google.

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