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Why is it timely?

by bigdict 2y ago

Why is it timely?

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onetokeoverthe 2y ago
because this is the time
fknorangesite 2y ago
Don't feign ignorance.
- UncleOxidant 2y ago
  I mean, I guess it's possible they've been really busy with other stuff and are just now looking at the internet after some kind of six-month death march at work. (but probably not likely)
  - ModernMech 2y ago
    lol it's like a reverse Rip Van Winkle -- goes to bed and wakes up as if the revolution against monarchy never happened.
  - fknorangesite 2y ago
    > six-month ten-year
- tbrownaw 2y ago
  Please state explicitly for the record why it's timely, in order that anyone who cares can compare that reason against the posting guidelines to decide how seriously to take it. . A bit wordier, but hopefully harder to denounce on the pretext that it's playing dumb.
  - deleted 2y ago
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nickthegreek 2y ago
Google and Apple just updated the name of an international body of water based on the demand of a single person throwing his weight around. No one asked for this change. It has no backing by locals. It wasn’t even a thing. This wasn’t a culture war issue, it’s a flexing of power by an old delusional man. AP has been the only corporate organization to stand up to this nonsense that I’ve seen. Not to mention the cdc scrubbing and such that judges are now overturning and demanding information returned to the public.
- insane_dreamer 2y ago
  Of all the wrong things Trump/Musk are doing , renaming the Gulf was arguably the most benign. But it does send a powerful signal of “I can do whatever the f I want”
  - deleted 2y ago
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  - weaksauce 2y ago
    are you sure about that? it makes it so that he can approve drilling in the gulf because it's not named the same. or at least that's his idea to subvert biden's drilling ban... we'll see if it is the case.
    - insane_dreamer 2y ago
      interesting; hadn't thought of that angle. but he could just do an EO to reverse the drilling ban, as he did with Alaska. I don't think he needs to rename the gulf of Mexico to accomplish that.
  - JKCalhoun 2y ago
    Also kind of sends a signal, "I am even pettier than you imagined." I ask again, where are the adults?
    - intended 2y ago
weaksauce 2y ago
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__MatrixMan__ 2y ago
What better place than here, what better time than now?

Why is it timely?

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onetokeoverthe 2y ago

because this is the time

fknorangesite 2y ago

Don't feign ignorance.

UncleOxidant 2y ago
I mean, I guess it's possible they've been really busy with other stuff and are just now looking at the internet after some kind of six-month death march at work. (but probably not likely)
- ModernMech 2y ago
  lol it's like a reverse Rip Van Winkle -- goes to bed and wakes up as if the revolution against monarchy never happened.
- fknorangesite 2y ago
  > six-month ten-year
tbrownaw 2y ago
Please state explicitly for the record why it's timely, in order that anyone who cares can compare that reason against the posting guidelines to decide how seriously to take it. . A bit wordier, but hopefully harder to denounce on the pretext that it's playing dumb.
- deleted 2y ago
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nickthegreek 2y ago

Google and Apple just updated the name of an international body of water based on the demand of a single person throwing his weight around. No one asked for this change. It has no backing by locals. It wasn’t even a thing. This wasn’t a culture war issue, it’s a flexing of power by an old delusional man. AP has been the only corporate organization to stand up to this nonsense that I’ve seen. Not to mention the cdc scrubbing and such that judges are now overturning and demanding information returned to the public.

insane_dreamer 2y ago
Of all the wrong things Trump/Musk are doing , renaming the Gulf was arguably the most benign. But it does send a powerful signal of “I can do whatever the f I want”
- deleted 2y ago
  [deleted]
- weaksauce 2y ago
  are you sure about that? it makes it so that he can approve drilling in the gulf because it's not named the same. or at least that's his idea to subvert biden's drilling ban... we'll see if it is the case.
  - insane_dreamer 2y ago
    interesting; hadn't thought of that angle. but he could just do an EO to reverse the drilling ban, as he did with Alaska. I don't think he needs to rename the gulf of Mexico to accomplish that.
- JKCalhoun 2y ago
  Also kind of sends a signal, "I am even pettier than you imagined." I ask again, where are the adults?
  - intended 2y ago

weaksauce 2y ago

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__MatrixMan__ 2y ago

What better place than here, what better time than now?