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Donald Trump Says Gulf of Mexico Will Now Be Called 'Gulf of America.' Congress Is Already Prepping Legislation (people.com)

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[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 12 points 2 days ago (2 children)

20 some years ago when that happened, I remember saying "What? That's stupid....". I was a teenager at the time. I was yelled at by adults saying "NO! IT'S NOT STUPID!!! WE'RE AMERICANS!!! FREEDOM FRIES ARE AN AMERICAN FOOD!!! WE GROW POTATOES IN IDAHO!!! NOT PARIS!!!!"

Today, I'm 41. Teenager me wasn't immature. Well, ok, I was, on a lot of things. But NOT on this. 41 year old me looks back and says teenager me was right.

This IS stupid.

French fries then, french fries now.

[–] CAVOK@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago

I use the term "freedom units" whether someone tells me that they're 6 shoes and 2 toenails tall instead of using metric.

[–] FoxyFerengi@lemm.ee 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Patriot theatrics was stupid then, and it's stupid now. I remember being extremely frustrated that no one could tell me why a better (more location specific?) name wasn't more popular. It's not like "freedom" is exlusive to the US.

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

I mean, just call them Idaho Fries at that point. Besides fufilling your criteria, it's actually more accurate all around. The french fry was NEVER french in orgin. I have no idea how it got that name.

Same thing with fortune cookies. Go over to china, and it's not a thing. They'd be so confused if you went to china and requested an individually wrapped crunchy pastry that comes with a sheet of paper which predicts your future, gives you lottory numbers, and teaches you to speak the local language. All for free because you ate a meal with them.

Yeah, when I put it in text form, it sounds insane, doesn't it? Well, it's also American in orgin.