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minus-squareGrabtharsHammer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down2·11 months agoAs absolutely stupid as this is, it’s no different than changing the maps to show Denali rather than Mount McKinley. I don’t think you’re missing anything.
minus-squaremodifier@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·11 months agoIs it no different, or is it different in a kind of huge obvious way? Denali is US property. The gulf ain’t.
minus-squarethe_crotch@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoAnglophones call Deutschland “Germany”, and we don’t even share a border with them.
As absolutely stupid as this is, it’s no different than changing the maps to show Denali rather than Mount McKinley. I don’t think you’re missing anything.
Is it no different, or is it different in a kind of huge obvious way? Denali is US property. The gulf ain’t.
Anglophones call Deutschland “Germany”, and we don’t even share a border with them.