President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday shortly after his inauguration calling for the Gulf of Mexico to be renamed the Gulf of America and Denali, the tallest peak in the United States, to revert to the name Mount McKinley.
Who cares? Just because multi-trillion dollar corporation Google has to deal with it doesn’t mean we have to play along.
The politicians and corporations can do whatever bullshit they do, but average people can also choose to ignore that crap.
At least when it comes to changing well established names. There’s other stuff that has real world consequences and that sucks, but we can at least hold the line in this case.
Yeah I mean she obviously wasn’t black or biracial in any sense of the word. Even if you simply take the speculation about her ancestry at face value, you’re talking about 15 generations removed, which equates to one of 32,768 ancestors at the same genetic distance, contributing 0.00305% of DNA apiece.
This is a seriously stupid issue.
Why can’t we deal with this like twitters name change where everyone basically ignores it and just keeps calling it the same name as before?
That’s my plan. Unless I wish to mock it with a silly voice.
Because places like Google Maps have to deal with Trump’s, in my opinion, NAZI fueled legal and financial revenge pursuits.
Who cares? Just because multi-trillion dollar corporation Google has to deal with it doesn’t mean we have to play along.
The politicians and corporations can do whatever bullshit they do, but average people can also choose to ignore that crap.
At least when it comes to changing well established names. There’s other stuff that has real world consequences and that sucks, but we can at least hold the line in this case.
Denali.
Gulf of Mexico.
From now until the end of time.
Please get the Queen Charlottes to check in?
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You’re referring to this Queen Charlotte?
Yeah I mean she obviously wasn’t black or biracial in any sense of the word. Even if you simply take the speculation about her ancestry at face value, you’re talking about 15 generations removed, which equates to one of 32,768 ancestors at the same genetic distance, contributing 0.00305% of DNA apiece.
What an absurd topic of discussion.
Like the bean, sears tower, and Comiskey Park