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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Not a real billboard. Get out of here with this stupid fake shit.

You have something to say? Then fucking say it. If your statement is too low effort to stand on its own without making people think it was plastered to a billboard, then maybe you should think of a better statement.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

aren't such huge and large audience ads kinda expensive

and maybe the ad agencies would check first if the content is "politically correct" (pleasing the daddies of the usa)

[–] [email protected] 8 points 22 hours ago

Photoshopping your statement onto a billboard to create a fake picture doesn't make it interesting or worthwhile.

[–] [email protected] 63 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Only the US calls it the Gulf of America. The rest of the world did not change the name. We still call it the Gulf of Mexico.

You could call the US the land of the free. It doesn't make it that though. The issue seems to be that the people living there seem to fall for it..

Now that we're at it, it's about time that we take the term "Americans" away form the citizens of thee US. Americans should be everyone from the continent of America.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 day ago (2 children)

You say that, but my European Google Maps shows a double name. Obviously Google is American but they are imposing this name on us in other parts of the world.

(Organic Maps shows it correctly)

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago (2 children)

My point is, that you still call it the Gulf of Mexico and you don't hear others around you calling it the Gulf of America. Most likely, people anywhere else than the USA, would be made fun of, if they called it that

Let google be google. I am sure they are doing it just to be bootlickers and please Trump or at least not get in trouble with him

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yeah. I'm an American and I'm never going to call it that, ffs. No more than I can still get "Freedom Fries" at McDonald's. (For you youngsters, look that term up from the early post 9/11 period and prepare to be stupified). It's idiotic.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

It was during the early Iraq invasion, 2 years after 9/11 when France had the balls to question evidence and support for Bush and Cheney’s war crimes.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

Here in the US, I also would make fun of people for calling it "Gulf of America". Its still the Gulf of Mexico.

The only people I've heard talk about, have only ever been making fun of it (to help ease the pain we are in, and will continue to be under this presidency).

Edit: Wtf phone? Hears tall? From heard talk? Eh, fixed.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I wish that were the case. The hordes of smarmy, self-satisfied toad brains around me happily giggle and grin as they say gulf of america. Being in an area where you're part of the minority of individuals able to look at more than a two month window of time before and after the present really sucks.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

I get it. I'm in a blue state, in a blue town, surrounded by purple rural - plenty of maga muppets about in the surrounding area, but none I've interacted with that I've heard anything about the gulf.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I am sad to tell, but this will last for generations. This is not just Trump. This is the the result of people ellecting Trump and letting him do whatever he wants. The world is losing faith on the American people, not just its leaders. It is after all (still) a democracy.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

Oh I'm well aware it will take generations to fix, as of now though this is the administration making things worse and the immediate concern.

It is, unfortunately, not a democracy when the rule of law is ignored, which is the case right now.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Just checked Uk Google me maps shows it like organic maps does

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 day ago

The US doesn't call it Gulf of America, only some in the US do. I certainly don't. I expect it to be reversed in 4 years.

[–] [email protected] 71 points 1 day ago
[–] [email protected] 35 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago

More reason to get off Google maps

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

"Houston", lol. What a strange name for a faraway, made-up place!

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Where do people say "in the dumper"? I've never heard that expression. In the dump or in the dumpster would work here. Or in the dumps?

I tried searching DDG, and the first six entries did say north America. Then it was pages and pages of porn. I did not have safe search on. Dumper was kinda gross in that context, but makes more sense to me...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 22 hours ago

My 401k is now apparently in my butt. Weird message to put on a billboard.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Please put an not search for search (NSFS) tag on this. I was searching for dumper, while on the train and when I saw this I had to start furiously masturbating. Everyone else gave me strange looks and were saying things like “what the fuck” and “call the police”. I dropped my phone and everyone around me saw this images. Now there is a whole train of men masturbating together at this one image. This is all your fault, you could have prevented this if you had just tagged this post NSFS

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (4 children)

No, look at any text outside of the sign. It's a generated image

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago

Then someone should make it.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I can't believe you'd say that, R. DlozaO is the best!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

This isn't but I saw a "tariffs are a tax at the gas pump. paid for by the Govt of Canada" billboard in the wild this week. It made me smile.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago
[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago

Speaking of gulf of America whatever ever happened to our freedom fries. We should leave tried distracting Trump with that before he took on the tariffs.

[–] [email protected] -5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Always fun to watch one of the 49% that always votes partisan celebrating other people's poverty, because that 49% is always part of our political culture no matter whose team wins.

When in reality food becoming cost-prohibitive is a huge issue and this messaging makes it very clear you don't give a shit.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Is this celebration in the room with us right now?