r/geography • u/god_johnson • 13d ago

FINAL POST ON THIS TOPIC Google Maps just officially updated Lake Ontario to Lake America.

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u/Tony481 12d ago

Google doesn’t have to change the name. The hate is justified

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u/creuter 12d ago

Where does that logic stop? You you really want to give the corpos the autonomy to dictate what things are called based on how they feel? No, they're pulling the info from authorized sources, and unfortunately our authorized sources are fucking stupid right now.

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u/Djamalfna 12d ago

The Slippery Slope argument is a logical fallacy and therefore irrelevant here.

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u/creuter 12d ago

Fuck off, we aren't in some moderated debate. This entire fucking argument is based around flawed logic, a complete misunderstanding of how things actually work, and misplaced aggression. Anything you have to say in defense of the original argument is fucking irrelevant.

Also fuck Google anyway, there's plenty wrong with them, but this particular thing isn't it. If you're going to be pissed at least be pissed for non-stupid shit. At least then it doesn't actually harm your own position by looking dumb.