Missed an opportunity to replace Russia with Hamas tbh, if I was an evil fuck I'd do that
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joined 2 years ago
if that were the case it'd say "Gulf of Mexico" throughout latin america. but they've set it to include both names in every country besides the US and Mexico
The decision is made by a bunch of white Americans in Silicon Valley though
It is closed source. I have access to the PR
One country's trash is another country's treasure
Depending on where the app detects you are, google maps shows different borders and names. So to some countries, it'll show "Gulf of America", "Gulf of Mexico", or even "Gulf of Mexico (Gulf of America)". This is just based on what they perceive to be the most popular politics are in that particular country/government
A famous example is that the borders of India are slightly smaller or bigger depending if you're in Pakistan, India, or China due to all the border disputes those 3 countries have the region
Omg I'm looking at the pull request for this change right now and there's almost 100 comments on it
Most of it are random software engineers from various ethnicities suggesting better translations for the non-English changes
People were debating exactly what the geographic boundaries/regions are for the which version you would see to decrease the odds of overall public backlash worldwide
Some people were trying to protest the change and citing laws and saying Google shouldn't kowtow to Trump
The Toronto Mandemz of Fam Liberation
Can't wait to join their Yute Wing
incel spotted lol
Calm down OP, I know a ton of Stanford grads who are 30-50 years old and they're all dumb as rocks in anything other than finding the G-spot on a computer
These people were never exactly the gold standard for conversation/speaking/social skills
Lush pays BELOW market wage for retail workers y'all. They take advantage of their strong branding and their fans hoping to be employees + the strong female and queer retail employee base to undercut salaries
This isn't a Costco or In N' Out type company
ya, it blew up after ppl on twt found it lmao. it's a dumpster fire of chronically online fascists
It's the next level disruptive innovation in car safety. Instead of crumple zones, it has disintegration zones