Yes, but just having pretty much all of Europe is a lot of people. So not as cherry picked as many maps that cherry pick.

Most of the Celtic nations would agree. Oh, you mean in the map?

No, it’s a meme. Apparently it started with traders who were concerned about his tariffs affecting their trades. But then they just started ignoring what he says or claims as TACO.

Trump was aware of the meme when asked about it by a reporter.

Yes, I agree. I popped over to take a look and there was only one post, for the two that most appeal to me. Not very inviting for subscribers.

No, Ireland is excluded and would want to be. Northern Ireland, is included as part of the UK.

Unless op meant northern Ireland would be upset? In which case they would probably be more annoyed at not being recognised as a country or entity themselves. Sure, some don’t want to be part of the UK, but they recognise the reality that they currently are and their country is called Northern Ireland. This map recognises that and seems inoffensive to Ireland (Republic of Ireland).

Not really. Ireland would be annoyed to be included.

Yes, my interpretation of what they said was that it wasn’t a meta posts, but I agree, it was likely on a different instance. However, I also asked for clarityabout what was said and the user hasn’t clarified. I couldn’t find the comments they were talking about in their history of their first weeks. I did see other bans, from beehaw, but generally a pretty normal post history.

So, the mystery remains.

Great, do you want to clarify what happened? I’m sure it was innocuous, but it may not have been, from their perspective.

I interpreted differently. I assumed the thread was on blahaj but was not a meta thread about blahaj. However, you’re probably right.

If they were on another instance and just had a disagreement with a blahaj user about the term, then I’d say that’s over moderation to block them unless they were being abusive, or a dick about it.

I could also see how a mod could block him as a user and accidentally block him from the instance if it was a year ago as mod tools weren’t great. Although I don’t use them.

However, as you say, depending on what the comments were, it could be the blahaj user was the one being the dick here.

It may not be a gendered term for you, but it is for some. Standing your ground means being asked to stop by people who found it offensive, likely by feeling misgendered. I’m not surprised you were banned when you go to what’s meant to be a safe space and misgender people despite being asked to stop.

That’s kind of the point of federation, though. They can have their space with their rules of moderation and language. Someone else can have a more open experience. Those that want a more complete experience but push their values on other instances will be banned from those instances. Blahaj has great content, but it’s often niche, and can be a little too moderated sometimes, but better to err on side of caution when many of the community have less ptions for where they jump to.

Like retirees moving to Florida? Survivorship bias is map form?

A bit risky. They could find they become a boycott target which could kill adoption. Companies won’t want wasted stock, sonmay be risk averse to using them.

Not in the EU. I think they’d face antitrust problems in USA too.

Geography also describes features, like islands. These islands are named the British isles.

Youre talking about coordinates for location, not geography.

Naming can be political, but is not inherently so.

As an Irish person, geographically, it does. Politically it does not. Given this is a geographical map, rather than political, it’s appropriate.

I wouldn’t want to see the typical map if great Britain and Northern Ireland with ROI missing. I zoomed in to see my town, which luckily is above water.

Yes, in Ireland, all students must study English, Irish and one other foreign language. French is most popular. German used to be second, but it seems that Spanish has now overtaken German.

In Ireland, few people speak Irish. So really, for comparison, French would be the second language studied after Irish, but officially Irish is the native tongue so not counted.

Isn’t that just a version of playing it straight, an actual show from the uk, copied in America too.