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What would your Ideas be?

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Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 65 pts · 3d (10 replies)

Full utilitarianism. Pacific Ocean is now "Ocean 1". Atlantic is "Ocean 2". So on, and so forth.

And we're serializing the countries while we're at it (random number assignment, no major economy gets to have #1 for ego reasons). I can already see the signs: "Country 4 is #1!".

Every flag is a solid pantone color. Every anthem is a localization of Riding Nerdy by Weird Al.

yetAnotherUser@discuss.tchncs.de · 24 pts · 3d (2 replies)

Don't use numbers as they indicate a priority.

Use random 32 bit base64 strings instead. You can technically order them but not in a useful sense.

Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 17 pts · 3d (1 reply)

Fine, every country gets a UUID and is a file in /var

mokus@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 14 pts · 3d

/dev/ocean/by-id/a3cecd70-7ae6-4502-a0a1-92bd4db700f6

KoboldCoterie@pawb.social · 19 pts · 3d (2 replies)

Actually, let's order the countries based on their citizen happiness ranking. If being #1 is a point of ego, let's make that the metric they're all striving to be on top of.

EggInDisguise@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 17 pts · 3d (1 reply)

United States at #1, president says ignore the men holding guns, they are NOT coercing people into saying they're happy, healthy, and alive.

atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 3d

This reads like song lyrics.

OpenStars@discuss.online · 3 pts · 2d

I was very against what you said.

But then you brought up Weird Al, so now I'm on board.

ms_lane@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1d

Pacific #1

Suck shit Atlantic!

Adulated_Aspersion@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1d (1 reply)

Every anthem is a localization of Riding Nerdy by Weird Al.

Oooh!

  • Australia could be "Hot and Deadly"
  • Most of the Southern US could be "Poor and Backward-y"
  • Lots of locations in South America could be "Lush and Birdy".
  • The border between Russia and Ukraine could be "War Incurred-y"
  • Washington DC could be "Trump's Diaper Filled with Turdies"
  • An alternative for Auatralia is "Cunt isnt a swear word-y"
Adulated_Aspersion@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1d
  • The whole planet could be "the fact that we havent released the unredacted Epstein files is absurd-y"
riskable@programming.dev · 20 pts · 3d (1 reply)

All the continents should be renamed, "Landia" and the oceans should just be rolled into, "Oceania".

Why makes things complicated?

huppakee@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 3d

Landia and oceania imply there are multiple imo. I'd say long landia and wide langdia are separated by the big oceania, where as little landia and micro landia are separated by the small oceania.

DmMacniel@feddit.org · 11 pts · 3d (5 replies)

Why not Earthocean or Earthsea, as the ocean is touched mostly by the earth below it instead of the shores of the continents?

TheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 3d (4 replies)

Isn't Earthsea a book?

sockinggood@piefed.social · 2 pts · 3d (2 replies)

And movie

CyberEgg@discuss.tchncs.de · 2 pts · 3d (1 reply)

But a good book series and a crazy whitewashed movie.

sockinggood@piefed.social · 1 pts · 3d

Yeah, I did enjoy the books, but can't even remember the movie

zarathustrad@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3d

A very good series of books.

minorkeys@sh.itjust.works · 9 pts · 3d

The rest of the world should just rename America, itself.

NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de · 8 pts · 3d (3 replies)

But it's not a sea, it's an ocean. There is a difference!

CyberEgg@discuss.tchncs.de · 3 pts · 3d

The sea = ocean

huppakee@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3d (1 reply)

I sea what they did there.

OpenStars@discuss.online · 1 pts · 2d

I don't! (I'm blind)

Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 3d (1 reply)

It touches the US so you call it American sea. This follows the same rule as bacterial contamination.

UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3d

Canada -> North America

North America -> North America America

South America -> Tren De Aqua America

United Kingdoms -> Old America

Cuba -> New America

Japan -> Anime America

China -> Evil America

slowmorella@discuss.tchncs.de · 6 pts · 3d

I would rename the dead sea to death sea and the red sea to blood sea. The mediterranian sea shall be named realm of souls.

yoriaiko@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 5 pts · 3d (1 reply)

But like... do You know origin of current name?

CyberEgg@discuss.tchncs.de · 2 pts · 3d

Sea of Atlas or Sea beyond the Atlas Mountains.

sundray@lemmus.org · 5 pts · 3d (1 reply)

If you want to make Trump apocalyptically angry, start naming stuff after Obama. I truly believe if California renamed itself Obamafornia he would declare all-out war against them.

very_well_lost@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3d

Oklahoma would just rename itself to Trumptucky and the balance world reset

UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 3d

Fuck it, no more names. We just call it "The Ocean".

mechoman444@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 3d

It's clearly the donnyjeffy ocean.

BananaPeal@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 2d (1 reply)

I've been saying that Canada should rename Lake Michigan to Lake Canada.

Johnmannesca@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 2d

You mean Lake Illinois?

MBech@feddit.dk · 4 pts · 3d

I propose naming USA "Shitholeistan". Since Trump is so fond of shithole countries.

BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today · 4 pts · 3d (1 reply)

He would stroke out, and we'd be reading the Big Beautiful Obituary by the end of the day.

wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 3d

water

more water

water 2.0

I can't believe it's water (alt: I can't believe it's not land)

bedwyr@piefed.ca · 3 pts · 3d

Ok, so soon, when the president declares to own the straits of hormuz, we rename it the Epstein Honeypots Strait, or something. Still workshopping the name.

Mk23simp@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 3d

Straight of Hormuz -> Epstein-Trump Straight

lovely_reader@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3d

no YOU'RE a frickin' C

modus@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3d

Epstein Ocean

atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 3d (1 reply)

You aren’t supposed to end sentences on a proposition…

bedwyr@piefed.ca · 5 pts · 3d

I didn't know that, you and I should get together.

WesternInfidels@feddit.online · 2 pts · 3d

Lake America

Proprietary_Blend@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3d (2 replies)

Strongly Worded Ocean

Unelectable Sea

Bring Back Better Lake

bedwyr@piefed.ca · 1 pts · 3d (1 reply)

Found Mitch McConnell's lemmy account!

Proprietary_Blend@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3d

OMG lol! Yes! Gravy train baby! Fuck pronouns and upper case letters!

Hikermick@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2d

Change Lake Erie to Moist Ohio

FreddiesLantern@leminal.space · 1 pts · 1d

Terran planet earth.

RockBottom@feddit.org · 0 pts · 3d

I would call the Pacific Ocean Christopher Columbus Sea.