There has also been no word on if the state of Indiana was consulted.
Glad to see the reporter having some fun with this.
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No mention of Ohio. Like it should be.
Absolutely top notch bit of trolling.
This is great. Maybe officials from all over will rename places had make google add all the different names as per their policy. Imagine taking an interstate road trip and having place names keep changing on google maps as you cross state lines.
I can’t wait to hear UK announce some changes to their official maps.
Does New England sound better than Virginia? How about New Albion?
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The proclamation has been forwarded to Google to ensure the world’s maps reflect this momentous change
😘👌😆
In other news, Lake Erie is still haunted by ghost pirates that nobody cares about.
As a Michigander, I'm going to guess it's just all the meth Ohio does and not actual pirates.
I'm sorry, I can't hear you over the sound of this Ohio Buckeyes championship!!!
It’s those iron pirates again….
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And South Dakota has declared North Dakota to be North South Dakota
In response, North Dakota has challenged South Dakota to a duel. If North Dakota wins, both states will be combined into The state of 'Dakota'.
If North Dakota wins, both states will be combined into The state of ‘North Dakota’.
And Nebraska will be renamed South Dakota. Then the process repeats. Until the entire earth is Dakota.
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Absolute Unit
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Naah. There is only one real Dakota and the other is the imposter that needs to change the name.
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California should declare Lake Tahoe to be called Tahoe Tahoe.
Use this opportunity to retake the Baja Peninsula.
Use this opportunity to retake ~~the Baja Peninsula~~ Alta California.
Lake on California side
Tahoe on Nevada side
(It’ll look right on certain maps)
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Wait, we can just declare shit? This changes everything.
Shut up, ~~Thteven~~ Thefartographer II! I declare "shit"
SHIT!
The World looking at the US: .... HWUATTTTT??!!!
This is the funniest shit I've read today
Honestly these micro-dick edge lords renaming things has been a pleasant diversion over the last few weeks.
I declare AOC to be Queen AOC.
For the record, I do delare, that the Best Lake be named for the Best State. So now, hence forth and forever, Lake Superior shall be known as Lake Minnesota.
And Canadians, if you have a problem with that, shoulda renamed it faster.
We already did — it’s named after Canada. Why did you think it was called Lake Superior?
Careful, we won't have burn units here in the US for much longer.
you can't just un-rename something I just renamed like that! that's not allowed- it's against the rules I just made up!
(also... Canada isn't a state/province... do you really want BC getting in on this?)
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Lake Erie will become Lake LeBron.
West Virginia has just declared itself Virginia, Mountain High.
honestly as a non-American, this would unironically make things less confusing: the largest city on that lake is Chicago and I always have to consciously remember "that city is in Illinois, but the lake it is on is called Lake Michigan".
Illinois has a pretty small coastline with it though. Michigan and Wisconsin completely dwarf Illinois's coast on the lake (and Michigan by a lot)
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If you want to name the lake after a great state from America
You should call it
Lake Of Insanity
Right at the foot of
The Cliffs of Insanity.
Watch out for the shrieking eels
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I 100% did not think this was a joke.
What do you mean? This is "not the onion". Didn't you see the video from the governor? Its all very serious.
Lake Bitchagain
I feel in reaction Indiana will rename Michigan City, Michigan will reclaim the Toledo strip, and Ohio will Ohio.
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