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US Government lists fictional nation Wakanda as trade partner (2019)

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Re: US Government lists fictional nation Wakanda as trade partner (2019)

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Post by iso1631 »

NetOpWibby wrote: post #8

If Wakanda existed I’d have moved my family there years ago. America is embarrassing af.

Why would you assume a given country would take you?

(setting aside that in lore Wakanda wouldn't take anyone, fewer immigrants than North Korea)

Re: US Government lists fictional nation Wakanda as trade partner (2019)

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Post by Jtsummers »

verdverm wrote: post #6
volkk wrote: post #3

how is this news at all. it was far most likely a dev/someone testing something and accidentally added it to prod.

considering all the other Ai snafus from this admin, I'd put my money on that being more likely

This happened in 2019, unless time travel is possible it's probably not an "Ai snafu".

Re: US Government lists fictional nation Wakanda as trade partner (2019)

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Post by zzrrt »

tolugenius wrote: post #9

This is a 2019 article. There was a more recent mishap ( https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/us-gov... ) which is still bad.

I flagged the OP because it's old, but your story is relevant and interesting, as it seems the incorrect map was AI-generated.

Re: US Government lists fictional nation Wakanda as trade partner (2019)

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Post by cat5e »

iso1631 wrote: post #21
NetOpWibby wrote: post #8

If Wakanda existed I’d have moved my family there years ago. America is embarrassing af.

Why would you assume a given country would take you? (setting aside that in lore Wakanda wouldn't take anyone, fewer immigrants than North Korea)

How do you know this isn’t a marvel character’s HN post?

Re: US Government lists fictional nation Wakanda as trade partner (2019)

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Post by queenkjuul »

Waterluvian wrote: post #4
bflesch wrote: post #2

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[flagged]

As an American, it's about time more people became aware of how embarrassing and incompetent this country is.

Some part of me is glad that the US finally has an administration with a degree of professionalism this country deserves

Re: US Government lists fictional nation Wakanda as trade partner (2019)

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Post by ASalazarMX »

tolugenius wrote: post #9

This is a 2019 article. There was a more recent mishap ( https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/us-gov... ) which is still bad.

> The State Department said it took “full responsibility” for the confusion

Love the childish damage control. What was the alternative, "A hacker edited our slides to embarrass us"?

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