Lake Ontario Now Called Lake America on Google Maps

pingou 11 points 6 comments August 31, 2026
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Discussion Highlights (4 comments)

diego_moita

I love this. Carney called a fight, Trump just throws a tantrum. That guy began putting his name in tall buildings, in big golden letters. Then he wanted to have his name in the Kennedy center. Then he "changed" the name of the Gulf of Mexico. Now this. It is all typical Trump: narcissistic, theatrical, childish, and most of all, irrelevant. He is the Nero of the Pax Americana. If he were to be relevant and consequential he would do what he can't: raise even more taxes on other Canadian imports (beyond the 5% he taxed now) or even threaten the country militarily. But he can't do these things when Americans voters complain about inflation and war 2 months before an election. He is weak and scared. This will be a long fight, but so far Canada is winning.

The_suffocated

While I understand that the ‘America’ in ‘Lake America’ means the USA, I can’t help but think of ‘America’ as the America continent. In this sense the whole farce feels less political. By the way, Carney may consider calling the USA ‘Nocanoram’ (Non-Canadian North America). This at least is more precise than hijacked term ‘America’.

mcphage

What utter cowards they have running Google. No wonder the US tech industry has gone from the shining forefront of technology, to a bunch of weirdos alienating everybody, over the last decade.

ChrisArchitect

[dupe] Discussion on source: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49495947

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