There has also been no word on if the state of Indiana was consulted.
Glad to see the reporter having some fun with this.
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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.
Absolutely top notch bit of trolling.
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?
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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
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We the Australians shall invade the USA and reclaim it for the crown. Hencforth it shall be known as "New Australia".
You could just call it New Australia anyway. Double up and change your maps. Apparently nothing stops you
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I'm okay with this.
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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.
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And South Dakota has declared North Dakota to be North South Dakota
In response, North Dakota has challenged South Dakota to a duel. If North Dakota wins, both states will be combined into The state of 'Dakota'.
If North Dakota wins, both states will be combined into The state of ‘North Dakota’.
And Nebraska will be renamed South Dakota. Then the process repeats. Until the entire earth is Dakota.
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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.
Shut up, ~~Thteven~~ Thefartographer II! I declare "shit"
SHIT!
The World looking at the US: .... HWUATTTTT??!!!
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
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.
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West Virginia has just declared itself Virginia, Mountain High.
honestly as a non-American, this would unironically make things less confusing: the largest city on that lake is Chicago and I always have to consciously remember "that city is in Illinois, but the lake it is on is called Lake Michigan".
Illinois has a pretty small coastline with it though. Michigan and Wisconsin completely dwarf Illinois's coast on the lake (and Michigan by a lot)
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