It was the British under George Cockburn who captured Washington.

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Since you have completely hijacked this from talking about the Gulf, as I said, call it what you want. I’ll probably continue to call it Denali, because it’s just a name.

You conflate not agreeing with not reading, because if someone reads your posts, they have to agree, right? So if someone doesn’t agree, it simply means they didn’t read your post.

If names mean so much, what about naming things after slave owners? Tell me how many slaves were at Mt Vernon? History has very few perfect saints.

But back to the Gulf. It’s just not worth it. Call it what you want. It’ll revert one way or another eventually

Whatever. Enjoy your rant. It’s going to be a fun four years for you

I’m not ignoring it. I’m saying it’s just a name. I will continue to call it the Gulf of Mexico for the rest of my life, or probably just “the Gulf”. I never used another term for French fries, # is still a pound sign, and I’m not going to worry about this.

And I’m saying it’s just a name. Call it whatever you want. He means it as a distraction. There’s more important things

I’m telling you this is what he wants: people to get all worked up and virtue signaling for MAGA

No one can own the Gulf anyway. Trump just wanted to stir shit up and people like you getting all bent out of shape are just playing into it. It’s just a name

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Mexico didn’t own it before any more than the US owns it now. I don’t like the nationalistic intentions, but I can rationalize it to myself that Mexico is also part of [North] America

Is there Google maps in China? If there is, I’d be surprised if it didn’t say that. That is claiming ownership. Countries can’t own a gulf beyond the domestic waters convention. But, I don’t know, that’s a good question because a regular Chinese person would just be confused. It wouldn’t effect any policy change

I’m positive that exact thing happened. I’m sure those were not the common names throughout history. At some point, people named things from their perspective iegardless of what others, including those living adjacent to the thing called it. I’ll give you the nationalistic part; that’s the stupid part, but it’s not uncommon to have a name from a different perspective

It’s stupid, but it’s not that extreme. Countries have different names for things. For example, Germany calls the Baltic Sea “Ostsee” (lit. east sea) and Lake Constance 'Bodensee" (lit. bottom sea) but those things are only at the bottom and east for Germany.

Just making sure I was seeing a pun there

Are you referring to the “plane” accident

I’ve cooked and baked all my life. I know all about the baker’s ratio. I still measure the salt in my palm. I will never weigh pasta. I don’t imagine a world where that’s that important to me.

I think 1% is a bit low, tbh

Science sure, but cooking, just leave people alone. Success is evident in results and people can achieve good results with cups and spoons. It’s not a science. There’s going to be more variation in whole ingredients like eggs, temperatures, etc, than a couple of grams here and there