Illinois governor declares Lake Michigan is now Lake Illinois
“A great lake deserves to be named after a great state.”
There has also been no word on if the state of Indiana was consulted.
Glad to see the reporter having some fun with this.
No mention of Ohio. Like it should be.
To the people reporting this: Yes, it's a prank by the governor. But he really did so it, even as a prank, and the news covered it. So the story can stay.
Absolutely top notch bit of trolling.
The proclamation has been forwarded to Google to ensure the world’s maps reflect this momentous change
😘👌😆
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?
I'll take New Albion. It's time for a change. England had their turn.
If Canada renames Lake Michigan/Illinois to Lake Ontario 2: Electric Boogaloo, would Google label it as Lake Michigan (Lake Illinois (Lake Ontario 2: Electric Boogaloo))? What if Québec wants to spread some French to it too?
Edit: updated Lake Manitoba to Lake Ontario 2 because it's funnier
In all seriousness, language and word choice are a very big part of propaganda and influence. It's not an accident that we are discussing "death tax" instead of "inheritance tax", or that you see reports of "looters" vs "survivors/scavengers".
So true. We're manipulated daily through the power of words... what to buy/where to buy it, what to wear or eat, who to vote and not vote for, what to think and believe, how to live, now how to die even, etc. We need to open our ears more and really listen to what's being told to us.
UK declares US to be called "United Colonies"
"The Sort of United Colonies Kingdom" or The SUCK
The "Revolting Colonies".
We the Australians shall invade the USA and reclaim it for the crown. Hencforth it shall be known as "New Australia".
You could just call it New Australia anyway. Double up and change your maps. Apparently nothing stops you
I should send an email to the prime minister. Its easy to guess as it just follows the pattern of all the other members.
New New South Wales.
NewNewSouthWales(final)(1).odt
That's what we are renaming Texas
I quite like the name "Kraft VegemiteTM presents New Australia".
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I'm okay with this.
Nah get the Dutch to retake it and rechristen us as Niewe Amsterdam. I want my coffeeshop weed.
Whatever happened to Ameristralia? Wasn’t that a thing back on The Old Site for a while?
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….
Ugh, classic whataboutism. You're probably the commenter in every great lakes thread saying, "bUt whAT AbOuT thE laKE eRiE gHOSt PiRatEs?"
People can care about Lake Michigan and Lake Erie ghost pirates at the same time--this post just isn't the time and place to center them in the conversation.
Poor guys. 🥲
The tragedy of the Edmund Fitzgerald -shakes head-
Idaho is now YOUdaho
Uranus is now OURanus.
Always has been.
Uranus Mychoice
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'.
Naah. There is only one real Dakota and the other is the imposter that needs to change the name.
Fanning?
As a Michigander I declare Illinois is now South Michigan
Ohio is Underland
As a fellow statesman, I would like to propose that we ready ourselves for war. Surely we can take Illinois of all places, right? Maybe we can get a Lower peninsula to go with our upper, seems like that's what happens when we get really pissed up here.
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 PeninsulaAlta California.
Well the same logic that makes it the golf of America makes it the Californian Ocean.
All faulty logic, but from their perspective, it should be the same
Lake on California side
Tahoe on Nevada side
(It’ll look right on certain maps)
Its actually Lake 44.027354,-87.049900
Use the full name, y'all lazy motherfuckers
Are you using the center point by surface area instead of the center point by mass!?! 🤮🤮🤮
Wait, we can just declare shit? This changes everything.
Shut up, Thteven Thefartographer II! I declare "shit"
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.
The World looking at the US: .... HWUATTTTT??!!!
The Atlantic ocean is now "the moat".
"The Pacific" is now "NordVPN Presents: The Pacific"
Interesting, the lake's name was changed from Illinois to Michigan around 1720. Time to take it back! https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-ee8c-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99
I declare AOC to be Queen AOC.
No, just no..
Too late, they declared it.
Lake Erie will become Lake LeBron.
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?
And I declare my toilet as "Baby Ruth presents: The Northern South Texas Community Pool for Doodoos, Nudity, Lemmy, and Dead Legs"
I mean, it's your toilet.... call it what you want... but "the baby ruth presents: the Northern South Texas Community Pool for Doodoos, Nudity, Lemmy, and Dead legs" might be a little unwieldly....
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)
Do you think if the major cities started calling the interstates the blue lines it could fight congestion?
If you want to find a blue city, follow an interstate, a red one, hop off.
I swear there was an episode with a similar argument in The Twilight Zone.
If you want to name the lake after a great state from America
You should call it
Right at the foot of
Watch out for the shrieking eels
To the South West of the Dick of Insanity
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.
Ohio will Ohio
You mean rename it after another famous place, but misspell/mispronounce it?
And Hell, Michigan stays the same I assume.
Hell is frozen right now, so it's hard to say what's underneath all that snow.
