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ki4jgt feddit.org ki4jgt@feddit.org
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Multiplexer discuss.tchncs.de Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de
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What do Americans gain by changing the name of Lake Ontario?

International ridicule.

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Freakazoid! feddit.org Boppel@feddit.org
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a distracting debate

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mannycalavera feddit.uk mannycalavera@feddit.uk
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A reputation for being untrustworthy, and pushing economic activity away from their economy.

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erusuoyera sh.itjust.works erusuoyera@sh.itjust.works
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What do Americans gain by changing the name of Lake Ontario? International ridicule.

SHAME

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Trebuchet europe.pub Trebuchet@europe.pub
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He's only doing it to elicit anger. He's just a petty little bully. While it might distract from the Epstein files or the domestic policy dumpster fire, i don't think he's doing it for any other reason than it amuses him to piss people off.

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notsosure sh.itjust.works notsosure@sh.itjust.works
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For instance, when they come over as tourists to Europe, they will find out that fewer people will be willing to answer them in English.

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TallonMetroid lemmy.world TallonMetroid@lemmy.world
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It's not about Americans at all. This is entirely about the rapist-in-chief's pwecious fee-fees.

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gandalfthewhite lemmy.ml gandalfthewhite@lemmy.ml
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a distracting debate

Yeah too many people are talking about things like data centers, flock cameras, digital id, central bank digital currency, so starting meaningless fights about what a lakes name is serves to get people off the important topics.

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plyth feddit.org plyth@feddit.org
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flood_the_zone

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Diddlydee feddit.uk Diddlydee@feddit.uk
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Nothing. Trump, however, thinks he's winning bigly.

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FudgyMcTubbs lemmy.world FudgyMcTubbs@lemmy.world
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We don't get anything. DJT signed this executive order on about the same day that a report came out saying the USA's defense missiles in Europe are critically low and unable to repel a serious Russian attack because the missiles have been moved to the middle east and/or used against Iran.

Now we're talking about Lake Ontario instead of our inability to defend our European interests and positions.

It was always intended to wag the dog.

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FudgyMcTubbs lemmy.world FudgyMcTubbs@lemmy.world
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SHAME

Oooo I know this one.... Superior, Huron, America, Michigan, and Erie.

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Soulphite reddthat.com Soulphite@reddthat.com
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He's only doing it to elicit anger. He's just a petty little bully. While it might distract from the Epstein files or the domestic policy dumpster fire, i don't think he's doing it for any other reason than it amuses him to piss people off.

And its base of idiots LOVE it... they think it is a strong capable leader that gets shit done... meanwhile they're paying a considerable amount more for everything than they were mearly 2.5 years ago and do not see any correlation about WHO caused this mess. They say "ah we gotta take the hit for a little while till he makes things better!"

They don't understand their lives were better economically before the pedophile, but they couldn't be openly racist and misogynistic. That's the part they love.

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dustycups aussie.zone prex@aussie.zone
Joined: 2023-06-27
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For instance, when they come over as tourists to Europe, they will find out that fewer people will be willing to answer them in English.

Hopefully including the UK

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notsosure sh.itjust.works notsosure@sh.itjust.works
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Hopefully including the UK

Although I’m still pissed off with the British for voting in favor of Brexit, I have in the meantime forgiven them to a certain extent. So if somebody with a British accent addresses me in the street, I am somewhat willing to give them an answer in English. Scots I will always help, naturally, them dressed in wee skirts and with their quaint musical instruments. As to how the British should react to visiting Yanks; just answer in your local dialect, nobody can understand that.
Be warned, though, some yanks put Canadian flags on their backpacks and clothing. In case of uncertainty, ask them from which Canadian province they come (yankees will not know what a β€œprovince” is), or speak French with them.

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weps lemmy.world weps@lemmy.world
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The American people don't gain anything.

The American regime is "flooding the zone".

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you_are_dust lemmy.world you_are_dust@lemmy.world
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We get nothing which is what we get from most of the things happening currently.

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Gordon Calhoun lemmy.world My_IFAKs___gone@lemmy.world
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It's just another loyalty test thing so the wannabe emperor can quickly and easily determine who's openly on his side.

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Balldowern lemmy.world Balldowern@lemmy.world
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Noting at all.

Government =/= people

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Jimmycrackcrack lemmy.ml Jimmycrackcrack@lemmy.ml
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#21 · (edited) Quote Reply

A sense of pride and accomplishment?

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JiveTurkey lemmy.world JiveTurkey@lemmy.world
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#22 · Quote Reply

Embarassment, shame.

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MummifiedClient5000 feddit.dk MummifiedClient5000@feddit.dk
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#23 · Quote Reply

Actual virtue signaling. Unlike you know... whenever the right tries to call something out as virtue signaling.

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boaratio lemmy.world boaratio@lemmy.world
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#24 · Quote Reply

Nothing.

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yeehaw lemmy.ca cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca
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#25 · (edited) Quote Reply

They didn't change it. Only usa recognizes it as such. That's like me saying your name is now Tony. Doesn't make it true. Unless your name actually is Tony, I suppose...

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OBJECTION! lemmy.ml Objection@lemmy.ml
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It's just culture war bullshit. Trump gets to distinguish himself from other politicians and pretend he's doing something for the nationalists without actually spending any money or improving their lives in any way. It also means people talk about this instead of the Iran War or the Epstein files or the masked thugs raiding workplaces and hunting down minorities.

Keep an eye out for the other side of this which will be establishment politicians running on "restoring sanity" by changing it back to Lake Ontario, because they don't want to run on abolishing ICE or anything that actually matters.

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BassTurd lemmy.world BassTurd@lemmy.world
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They didn't change it. Only usa recognizes it as such. That's like me saying your name is now Tony. Doesn't make it true. Unless your name actually is Tony, I suppose...

That's like me saying your name is now Tony. Doesn't make it true. Unless your name actually is Tommy, I suppose...

What I expect to be an ironic auto correct error has really highlighted Trump's opinion on renaming things.

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Mouselemming sh.itjust.works Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works
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#28 · Quote Reply

They didn't change it. Only usa recognizes it as such. That's like me saying your name is now Tony. Doesn't make it true. Unless your name actually is Tony, I suppose...

Not even most of US accept it as such.

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Jerkface (any/all) lemmy.ca jerkface@lemmy.ca
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#29 · (edited) Quote Reply

They didn't change it. Only usa recognizes it as such. That's like me saying your name is now Tony. Doesn't make it true. Unless your name actually is Tony, I suppose...

That's so backwards. Your name is whatever you say your name is. What is written in a government database isn't your name, it's an opaque identifier.

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ChicoSuave lemmy.world ChicoSuave@lemmy.world
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#30 · Quote Reply

We don't get anything. DJT signed this executive order on about the same day that a report came out saying the USA's defense missiles in Europe are critically low and unable to repel a serious Russian attack because the missiles have been moved to the middle east and/or used against Iran. Now we're talking about Lake Ontario instead of our inability to defend our European interests and position...

Canada should invade and claim Lake Ontario. The US can't defend against it.

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yeehaw lemmy.ca cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca
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That's like me saying your name is now Tony. Doesn't make it true. Unless your name actually is Tommy, I suppose... What I expect to be an ironic auto correct error has really highlighted Trump's opinion on renaming things.

Yes autocorrect and half asleep πŸ˜…. Thanks for pointing it out.

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Elvith Ma'for feddit.org elvith@feddit.org
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#32 · Quote Reply

SHAME

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πŸ”πŸ¦˜πŸ›Ž lemmy.world Zoomboingding@lemmy.world
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#33 · Quote Reply

Embarassment, shame.

Superior
Huron
Aontario
Michigan
Erie

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Captain Aggravated sh.itjust.works captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works
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#34 · Quote Reply

10 minutes of nothing important being destroyed.

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Helix 🧬 feddit.org helix@feddit.org
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#35 · Quote Reply

Superior Huron Aontario Michigan Erie

Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho?

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Marthirial lemmy.world Marthirial@lemmy.world
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#36 · Quote Reply

SHAME

And desensitize. The Gulf of Mexico bullshit lasted months, this lake idiocy maybe a solid week. Not the effect PEDOPOTUS had in mind.

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Scrubbles poptalk.scrubbles.tech scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech
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#37 · Quote Reply

We get nothing which is what we get from most of the things happening currently.

Hell that's better than we get right now.

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downvote_hunter midwest.social derry@midwest.social
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#38 · Quote Reply

Distraction. From what, I couldn't say exactly. Actually, yes I can. High prices, family members being killed in foreign conflicts, political grifting, Epstein files...

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Ziusudra r.nf Ziusudra@r.nf
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#39 · Quote Reply

Besides the distraction, it's a weak claim to the water within for the inevitable water wars.

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shai_hulud lemmy.world shai_hulud@lemmy.world
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#40 · Quote Reply

Americans didn't. Just one douche bag

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el_pinguino lemmy.ml el_pinguino@lemmy.ml
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#41 · Quote Reply

I'm into it.

If he can throw symbolic red meat to his base without actually hurting anyone, he should do more of that. Rename the whole damn country dumbfuckistan. I don't care.

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PetteriPano lemmy.world PetteriPano@lemmy.world
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Distraction. From what, I couldn't say exactly. Actually, yes I can. High prices, family members being killed in foreign conflicts, political grifting, Epstein files...

I heard that there's a picture of Orange man's willie in the Epstein files, but it wasn't released because it was labelled as CP. Because it was so tiny.

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MonkderVierte lemmy.zip MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip
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#43 · Quote Reply

It's just Trump trying to assert domince.

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chillpanzee lemmy.ml chillpanzee@lemmy.ml
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#44 · Quote Reply

Americans get nothing. The president gets another distraction from whatever batch of crimes he's committing today.

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chillpanzee lemmy.ml chillpanzee@lemmy.ml
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Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho?

His state of the union was more intelligible and inspiring.

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UltraGiGaGigantic lemmy.ml UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml
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#46 · Quote Reply

A bunch of stupid headlines to block the stupider headlines from view

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Lettuce eat lettuce lemmy.ml Lettuceeatlettuce@lemmy.ml
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#47 · Quote Reply

The same thing they gain from investing in Leprechaun gold mining companies.

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UroFighter sh.itjust.works Sirius006@sh.itjust.works
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#48 · Quote Reply

It's just Trump trying to assert domince.

He can't T-pose because he would lose balance, so he tries to assert dominance by other means.

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daivika_sareeram lemmy.ml daivika_sareeram@lemmy.ml
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#49 · Quote Reply

A sense of pride and accomplishment?

πŸ’” For renaming something? This is the worst "pride and accomplishment" I've heard of. This doesn't make me happy at all. My school is not getting enough funding because it's not white enough and the money is going to war criminals and pedos trying to cover their crimes.

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Jimmycrackcrack lemmy.ml Jimmycrackcrack@lemmy.ml
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πŸ’” For renaming something? This is the worst "pride and accomplishment" I've heard of. This doesn't make me happy at all. My school is not getting enough funding because it's not white enough and the money is going to war criminals and pedos trying to cover their crimes.

It's a reference to an infamous moment of internet history where someone similarly misapplied this concept. Give it a google, at least the 1 second mild chuckle can be your consolation prize while the world burns.

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anon_8675309 lemmy.world anon_8675309@lemmy.world
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#51 · Quote Reply

Bunch of bots on twitter circle jerking themselves into a frothing fury guffawing how great Trump is.

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