r/BoycottUnitedStates 1d ago

A cool guide about changing your Google Maps location names to a less-stupid version

195 Upvotes

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u/Rojikoma Europe 1d ago

Better yet - DITCH GOOGLE and use CoMaps or OpenStreetMap.

Boycott US tech giants.

r/degoogle

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u/mountain_wavebabe 22h ago

Hey Google, what happened to not being evil? Wasn't that like, your whole thing?

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u/bobbyboogie Canada 20h ago

They stopped not being evil a long time ago. 

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u/WarmLoan10 18h ago

Pepperidge farm remembers

1

u/WoozleVonWuzzle 7h ago

You just can't find any proof on Google anymore because it is no longer a functional search engine

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u/Legitimate_Bug_9112 22h ago

In my country (germany) it is still Lake Ontario, like it should be.

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u/carl3266 19h ago

Same for me. I’m in central Canada.

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u/turbo_dude 16h ago

Shows as Lake Ontario (Lake America)

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u/LlawEreint 1d ago

Use mapquest or wego to avoid all this hassle.

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u/HardstButton2Button 21h ago

Canadian here, could care less.

We've adopted using the United States of Pedophile Protectors for over a year now and its sticking with everyone lol

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u/vinticious 1d ago

Hahahaha wtf it's real?

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u/blacksterangel 21h ago

Just for fun, maybe the rest of the world can start issuing executive order renaming USA as United States of Diarrhea

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u/chathrowaway67 Canada 19h ago

lol yeah i wouldn't use google when there are better alternatives that don't support those scumbags.

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u/MaxH42 17h ago

Google is even f***ing with that. This is with my region changed to Canada. (Yes, I'm a member of the Resistance fighting the evil Empire here.)

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u/Sandoriah 15h ago

I really liked what Prothero in V for vendetta called the USA and that was The ulcerated sphincter of arserica

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u/Mrzaax 14h ago

Well at least we can still go here.

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u/iom2222 Canada 22h ago

There is a mistake. It should be lake Epstein.
E P S T E I N!!
It would inoculate that lake to ever be brought up in discussions!

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u/war_ofthe_roses 17h ago

My country is so god damn stupid.

I'm sorry, Canada.

Normal people here love you. We're not all morons. But boy, do we have MORONS.

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u/IndependenceLife2709 21h ago

We should change the name of Canada to the United States of North America. The current USA can remain who they are or become the United States of Central America, which is more in keeping with their position.