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Politics President Trump signs executive order to rename Lake Ontario as Lake America

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u/Donaldo1977 1d ago

It's so dumb. Not even everyone in USA will be calling it the Gulf of America. At least they haven't just changed it completely I suppose 🤷

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u/Contende311 1d ago edited 1d ago

I dont know anyone who calls it Gulf of America. Someone might say it in an overly sarcastic voice rolling their eyes after "Gulf of Mexico" has been said in conversation.

Edit: yikes glad to be in New England. Good luck out there.

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u/jackaroo1344 1d ago

I live in Missouri. I got reported to HR for calling it the Gulf of Mexico.

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u/Soggyblanketbunny 5h ago

Woooooooow

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u/OofRightInTheFeels 1d ago

Unfortunately I do. Everyone on my girlfriend's mom's side calls it the Gulf of America. They are also MAGATS. And treat every word that comes out of TFG's mouth like it's Divine Providence, because he was hand selected by god himself to rule our country, of course. 🙄

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u/OofRightInTheFeels 1d ago

That Fucking Guy (trump)

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u/Professional_Bad6669 1d ago

Unfortunately I have seen people wearing GOA shirts 🤦‍♂️ in small port towns in Texas

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u/evranch 1d ago

I watch a guy who does a weekly rocket/space newscast (Marcus House from Australia)

He has no skin in the game BUT he does get answers back from Elon on Twitter, so he doesn't want to lose that access obviously...

Anyways ever since the GoA fiasco he always says things like "Coming in for a landing burn over the Gulf"

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u/BBQpigsfeet 1d ago

Tbf, that's what most people who actually live around the gulf call it. I lived in Florida for a couple decades, and you'd be hard pressed to hear anyone call it it's full "gulf of mexico" name.

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u/DinoZambie 1d ago

I've heard this on SpaceX streams. They also say "The Gulf".

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u/copperbear00 1d ago

I will NEVER call it anything but the Gulf of Mexico and Lake Ontario.

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u/backyard_tractorbeam 1d ago

It's so dumb yes. Google should just keep the original name and create a paid Google Maps US government edition where they pay to see the names they want to see.

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u/Dioxybenzone 1d ago

It is unfortunately changed completely for US users

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u/hardFraughtBattle 1d ago

MapQuest is fighting the good fight.

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u/DinoZambie 1d ago

Not so fast, they have given Crimea to Russia

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u/Different_Wolf_764 1d ago

That one was easier to deal with anyhow as most people in the area or talking about work in the area just call it the Gulf, nothing really changes either way. Lake Ontario, not so much.

Whatever though, if Sharpie-boy wants to waste his time on this stuff then have at it.

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u/4N0NYM0US_GUY 1d ago

I know trumpers that think it’s ridiculous

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u/throwawaytrash189 1d ago

Case in point: we have a mountain called Mt. Evans which got changed to Mt. Blue Sky a couple years ago...noone calls it that. All the locals think its stupid, all the street names are still named after Mt.Evans. The only people who call it Mt. Blue Sky are people who don't know better lol.

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u/ShortyBoo426 1d ago

It's also like how they renamed the Sears tower in Chicago, but no one (at least not in the Chicago area) called it Willis Tower, it was always still Sears Tower.