• DigitalDilemma
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    363 months ago

    It’s not google’s fault. It was told to do so and has. Does anyone seriously expect them not to have done this?

    Every American company, or company doing business in America, needs to toe the line of an unpredictable and vindictive president, especially one as fat and tempting as Google.

    Now there’ll be a disconnect in mapping between what some sources say and what others do, but anyone with a little history knowledge knows this isn’t the first time.

      • @[email protected]
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        103 months ago

        look, fuck google for many reasons, but not this. this is just keeping your head down and trying to survive the shit storm.

          • @[email protected]
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            43 months ago

            look, if you’re a soulless corporation just trying to deliver profits to shareholders, this is 100% the right move.

            the problem is not refusing to go along with some meaningless gesture based in ignorant nationalism. the problem is that we live in capitalism, where the right move is always the one that delivers profits. decisions lacking humanity are always going to get made. focusing on this nothingburger just distracts from the bigger picture.

            if you want results, destroy capitalism.

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              if you want results, destroy capitalism

              Says the person defending google…

              You don’t destroy capitalism by making concessions to mega-corp. If you truly want to destroy capitalism, you should be constantly taking every shot you can.

              • @[email protected]
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                33 months ago

                i’m not defending them. i’m just trying to temper your expectations. there’s a lot of uproar of pikachu shocked face stuff. it’s all symptoms of the illness. you will be slapping band aids on shit forever if you don’t attack the root cause of the illness.

                sometimes i think you all just want stuff to be outraged over. maybe you just like to post about it and get upvotes. maybe you just want to be part of an in-group.

                does that assumption bother you? because it bothers me that you think i’m pro-capitalism just because i won’t join in on your circle jerk.

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                  Reading through your post history I am inferring that you believe you’re smarter than everyone (due to pretty much a complete absence of any kind of snark for about a week. I didn’t go back further than that). I don’t believe you’re very smart. You’re the type of “leftist” that causes division amongst the left. That being said; yes, I believe you’re pro-capitalist. So with that, I block you.

                  • @[email protected]
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                    13 months ago

                    cool. well you won’t see it when i tell you to GFY.

                    i am smarter than most of you. i’m older and wiser too. the vast majority of you are a bunch of little cucks that are going to find out what being a limp-wristed do-nothing gets you. enjoy the boot. forever.

        • @[email protected]
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          93 months ago

          In nazi Germany they had a name for those who kept their heads down and tried to survive the shitstorm. They were called Nazis.

          • @[email protected]
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            53 months ago

            ooo. somebody’s looking to score some upvotes for their virtue signaling.

            well, i’ll tell ya what boss… how about you get out there and start killing nazi’s then. otherwise you are one (by your own reasoning)

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                23 months ago

                good.

                and if you’re implying that i’m the problem, then by all means, come and get me. i’d love to give you a lesson in getting shit done.

                • @[email protected]
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                  43 months ago

                  We found an Internet tough guy, everyone back up! While we were busy virtue signaling this guy studied deez nuts.

                  • @[email protected]
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                    13 months ago

                    here’s the thing though - when the snarky comments have all been made, you really don’t want to be within arm’s reach of me. so live out whatever virtual space fantasy you have in mind, but just know that, IRL, i am stronger than you, and, in case you haven’t been paying attention, we’re still living in a might makes right world.

          • merde alors
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            33 months ago

            not true. You should read what’s written back then

            not all Germans were considered NAZIs. Heck, not all Germans were even considered Germans.

            Why is everything black/white with lemmings?

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              13 months ago

              Anne Frank wasn’t “keeping her head down to avoid the shitstorm” so I wouldn’t say that’s even close to equivalent.

        • @[email protected]
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          143 months ago

          When they start rounding up trans people and deporting them to concentration camps, I’ll remember that the person shoving me into the train is just trying to keep his head down and weather the storm.

          • @[email protected]
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            13 months ago

            oh, i can hear the violins playing now.

            of course you made this into something about trans people when it will likely be anyone who opposes them. ya’ll are gonna get slaughtered. wise up.

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              43 months ago

              Their stated policy is to put trans people and illegal immigrants in camps.

              They’re the first group being targeted.

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                    23 months ago

                    my point is that most of you seem very naive. it’s like your minds are mired in the way it should be instead of what has to be done to make it the way you want it to be.

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            23 months ago

            sure. whatever. fuck google. i’m definitely not here to defend google.

            it’s beginning to look like there is no helping you people though. it’s like you all just got here and you’re trying to convince the oldest grognard how bad things are. like, motherfucker, i’ve been here since 9/11.

      • DigitalDilemma
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        53 months ago

        Yeah, right. Of course it is. Ever tell a dictator no? They’re very forgiving.

    • @[email protected]
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      373 months ago

      I’m not in the USA, I am not a US citizen. No reason I should be seeing this while I’m in the EU.

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            43 months ago

            There are hundreds, perhaps thousands, of place names that are not internationally recognised around the world.

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        73 months ago

        Look at the Falkland Islands. It does the exact same thing because the Argentinian government ordered them to. Google maps tries to stay apolitical, by abiding governments, and adding the non-globally recognised name in brackets.

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        13 months ago

        How could they change it in Europe? It’s in the Americas?

        (Yeah, I’m being facetious, but changing maps depending on where you read them is just adding another layer of confusion)

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      73 months ago

      The renaming only applies to US federal agencies. Google is (supposedly) not a federal agency, so yes, it is their fault.

      • DigitalDilemma
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        13 months ago

        The renaming only applies to US federal agencies.

        Reference, please?

      • @[email protected]
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        43 months ago

        Google takes their place name data from the relevant country’s official government sources. That source data changed. This is exactly like when the previous administration renamed Mt McKinley to Denali.

        • @[email protected]
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          63 months ago

          They don’t have to do that, especially when the change is clearly for white supremacy purposes (like Denali being given its colonial name back). It’s their choice to be bootlickers.