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I absolutely lost it at "their hydronyms" (media.piefed.social)
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[–] 18 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Unfortunately, they are used to that, via gish-gallop politics. If you don't respond, they play it up as capitulation. If you respond, they often move on.

The best (least worst) answer is a quick, concise counter, then ignore it. It gives enough ammo to shut their implications down, without wasting too much more time.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 day ago

    For renaming things, could make positive comparisons to Europe or French Canadians having different names for things.

    "Yeah, that makes sense, just like the French. Now Lake Ontario will also be known as Lac Amerique. Multiculturalism!"

    Though using the french spelling/pronounciation might make it more obvious they are being made fun of. Hard to say which would be more frustrating, comparisons to cultures they hate or support for having multiple names (along with the assumption that it's just adding a name rather than changing the name) rather than taking the obvious bait.

    Though in all seriousness, he can call it whatever the fuck he wants. It doesn't really affect me one way or another.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 day ago (1 child)

    What happened to "Huh, that's weird." and moving on? That seemed to get the magas quite mad a few years back.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 day ago (1 child)

    That's still often the go to response. Unfortunately, it's not always effective when it most matters. You need something to throw back when they try and make an issue of it.

    This is a good example. If Canada did nothing, then Google etc could be pressured into assuming that they accepted it. A quick counter response saying "no" gives plenty of ammo to stop that.

    Once that's done though, the "that's weird" is the best mentality.

    Basically, the guys playing with their own shit are also flinging it far enough we need to take some measures to avoid being splattered too. It doesn't make it less weird though.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 day ago (1 child)

    I think you're over-thinking this. Trump is acting like a fool. The best response is to just laugh at him when he acts like a fool.

    Sure there are foolish things he does that has serious consequences, those need a serious response. This isn't one of those things.

    On this? Laughing at him is the best and most honest response.

    He said he might also rename the Atlantic and/or Pacific Ocean too. Someone needs to tell him it's a good idea and he should definitively do that. Then we laugh at him some more.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 day ago (1 child)

    It's the difference between walking away from a blowhard threatening to fight you, and telling them to fuck off, before walking away. A twitter post on it is about as casual a fuck off as a government can give.

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