I think it’s the “3rd term” bit specifically that is anti-USian, directly going against the two term limit written in the… constitution (?)

Still use my 5MX a couple of times a year… one of the most amazing pieces of technology I’ve ever owned.

Coolio.

So you can understand up or down but struggle with left and right?

I was trying to be analogous to help you understand… either you don’t want to understand or you’re not willing to understand or… there’s something else going on here.

-7 and -9 are both numbers… but none of them are at zero or above. They are both negative, just by varying degrees.

Are you referring to yourself as “drag” or is that a typo?

Well, right is a term relative to centre which is relative to left.

Political literacy classes are available online… the idea of anybody thinking Lemmy is right wing (whether it’s code or the majority of its user base) is hilarious and a bit sad at the same time.

I’m sure for some (sad and backwards) people it is a racially motivated position - but for many others I think it has more to do with cultural and geographical proximity.

But then our elected representatives go and fuck up the Middle East… I don’t know.

As an aside, do you know my favourite rugby chant? I’ve heard it at Wales v England rugby games:

“I’d rather wear a turban than a rose, I’d rather wear a turban than a rose, I’d rather wear a turban, I’d rather wear a turban, I’d rather wear a turban than a rose.”

I have a Russian friend who lives in (south) Wales and when he first arrived (10-15 years ago) he couldn’t understand non-white people being Welsh. Years later he realised that a green person born in Newport is already more Welsh than he’ll ever be.

The UK is a very contradictory bastard union that has - so far - somehow managed to stay in one piece.

“Basically, you’re white so yes you can count on us!“

Russia?

Angry? Not sure where you get that from but it ain’t no thing…

To finish quoting the op: “Someone at the Board on Geographic Names bent over faster than a dippy bird.”

I see that as a real concern that a previously well respected institution just blindly accepted a change that runs contrary to accepted local, national and international norms - thus surrendering any impartiality and no longer reporting the facts as they are on the ground.

Presumably you read this part differently to me.

I’m not gonna lose any sleep over that…

Seriously? You think people are complaining about the means used as opposed to the action sanctioned… interesting. I’ve yet to hear anyone complain about the method - they all seem pissed about the change itself; not how it was achieved. Maybe you’re in different comms to the ones I’ve been browsing…

I like the way your school works where you can chant along if you want - I remember having to lip-sync the “Lord’s prayer” (daily bread speech) as a kid so as not to get a whooping from a zealot in the staff room. Crazy times.

Best of luck to you, your kids and your city - you’re literally educating the generation that might have to dig your whole country out from the nightmare it appears to be building. Look after yourselves…

Damn, that’s a rough and crazy story but, like you say, looking at it now I agree you probably did dodge a bullet. At least you get to see the empire fall from the outside.

Yeah - I was just pointing out to the USians that it’s only changing in their country. The rest of the world will keep the original name.

Still showing “Gulf of Mexico” on Apple Maps for me as of three seconds ago. I’m not in the US.

“… to restore an Alaska Native name…”

That’s taking the name back to Koyukon. It’s not remotely equivalent to making a name up; like they’ve tried with the Gulf of Mexico. Poor equivalence to conflate the two.

Do USian school children still talk to that bit of fabric every morning - or is that a myth? From an outsider’s perspective I always put the US just below, uh, post-Weimar republic Germany in the excessive flag club chart placings. Always seemed excessively jingoistic.

Best of luck with your country…

Nothing wrong with looking old - if you are old.

Thanks for trying to stay federated with the ‘bear - I appreciate hearing all voices, regardless of my own personal views.