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There has also been no word on if the state of Indiana was consulted.
Glad to see the reporter having some fun with this.
No mention of Ohio. Like it should be.
To the people reporting this: Yes, it's a prank by the governor. But he really did so it, even as a prank, and the news covered it. So the story can stay.
The proclamation has been forwarded to Google to ensure the world’s maps reflect this momentous change
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This is great. Maybe officials from all over will rename places had make google add all the different names as per their policy. Imagine taking an interstate road trip and having place names keep changing on google maps as you cross state lines.
I can’t wait to hear UK announce some changes to their official maps.
Does New England sound better than Virginia? How about New Albion?
I'll take New Albion. It's time for a change. England had their turn.
If Canada renames Lake Michigan/Illinois to Lake Ontario 2: Electric Boogaloo, would Google label it as Lake Michigan (Lake Illinois (Lake Ontario 2: Electric Boogaloo))? What if Québec wants to spread some French to it too?
Edit: updated Lake Manitoba to Lake Ontario 2 because it's funnier
In all seriousness, language and word choice are a very big part of propaganda and influence. It's not an accident that we are discussing "death tax" instead of "inheritance tax", or that you see reports of "looters" vs "survivors/scavengers".
So true. We're manipulated daily through the power of words... what to buy/where to buy it, what to wear or eat, who to vote and not vote for, what to think and believe, how to live, now how to die even, etc. We need to open our ears more and really listen to what's being told to us.
Something I found very eye-opening was the Wikipedia editing guidelines/style guide. Specifically, they had (have?) section on weasel words.
Once you see these types of manipulations laid out, you start to see them everywhere.
Sorry, what are weasel words? Never heard that term. One I find fascinating is the way music and lyrics are paired together... people will happily ingest and dance and sing along to some of the most destructive lyrics, as long as the music is pleasurable to them.
UK declares US to be called "United Colonies"
"The Sort of United Colonies Kingdom" or The SUCK
The "Revolting Colonies".
In other news, Lake Erie is still haunted by ghost pirates that nobody cares about.
As a Michigander, I'm going to guess it's just all the meth Ohio does and not actual pirates.
I'm sorry, I can't hear you over the sound of this Ohio Buckeyes championship!!!
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As a Michigander I declare Illinois is now South Michigan
As a fellow statesman, I would like to propose that we ready ourselves for war. Surely we can take Illinois of all places, right? Maybe we can get a Lower peninsula to go with our upper, seems like that's what happens when we get really pissed up here.
California should declare Lake Tahoe to be called Tahoe Tahoe.
Well the same logic that makes it the golf of America makes it the Californian Ocean.
All faulty logic, but from their perspective, it should be the same
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Its actually Lake 44.027354,-87.049900
Use the full name, y'all lazy motherfuckers
Are you using the center point by surface area instead of the center point by mass!?! 🤮🤮🤮
Wait, we can just declare shit? This changes everything.
The World looking at the US: .... HWUATTTTT??!!!
The Atlantic ocean is now "the moat".
"The Pacific" is now "NordVPN Presents: The Pacific"
Interesting, the lake's name was changed from Illinois to Michigan around 1720. Time to take it back! https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-ee8c-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99
I declare AOC to be Queen AOC.
No, just no..
Too late, they declared it.
Lake Erie will become Lake LeBron.
For the record, I do delare, that the Best Lake be named for the Best State. So now, hence forth and forever, Lake Superior shall be known as Lake Minnesota.
And Canadians, if you have a problem with that, shoulda renamed it faster.
We already did — it’s named after Canada. Why did you think it was called Lake Superior?
Careful, we won't have burn units here in the US for much longer.
you can't just un-rename something I just renamed like that! that's not allowed- it's against the rules I just made up!
(also... Canada isn't a state/province... do you really want BC getting in on this?)
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West Virginia has just declared itself Virginia, Mountain High.
Do you think if the major cities started calling the interstates the blue lines it could fight congestion?
If you want to find a blue city, follow an interstate, a red one, hop off.
I swear there was an episode with a similar argument in The Twilight Zone.
If you want to name the lake after a great state from America
You should call it
Lake Of Insanity
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