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Every other country should unanimously vote to call the USA something stupid since apparently countries can just rename other countries
Dumbfuckistan, I say this as an American....it's gotten so childish here.
The founding fathers would be disgusted at such an unlettered (read illiterate) individual taking over the country.
Let me know when they make a flag for Dumbfuckistan and I will fly that shit.
I'm picturing the US flag but instead of stars it's corporate logos.
At first glance I thought this was gonna be the Fitnessgram Pacer Test.
I'll fly it and play the new anthem on repeat turned up to 11.
the new anthem?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DASLDeEIq44
can't have words that would offend the Dumbfuckistanians, so no words at all.
I was fully expecting a 4:33 here.
Or they should start viewing America as a rogue nation bent on taking the land of others. 👀
I mean if they do that then they're late to the party. He's been doing talking about doing it since day 1
America has been doing it since day 1. lol
"Here be orange goblin"
I mean countries have always done that, just not quite this stupid but also often very stupid. People in Japan call their country Nippon, not Japan. People in Germany call their country Deutschland. There's a ton of countries that English just straight up changed the names of for reasons varying from some form of probable racism to misunderstanding that they never bothered resolving.
I'm not defending this move, it's dumb as hell. Just pointing out that "dumb as hell" isn't new.
In French Deutschland is Allemagne because of some random tribe we named for how they said everybody.
I'm pretty sure we just sent some half deaf guy to Asia too. And that's how Nippon became Japon, Beijing became Pekin, etc.
Amyways, exonyms are cringe.
You mean that?