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Android Is Peeing on an Apple in Pakistan - Google Maps

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Re: Android Is Peeing on an Apple in Pakistan - Google Maps

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Post by __david__ »

sspiff wrote: post #28
userbinator wrote: post #9

Inspired by the "Peeing Calvin" stickers, which as far as I know is a distinctly American phenomenon. https://triviahappy.com/articles/the-tasteless-history-of-th...

They're very common in Belgium (Western Europe) as well, though most people who use them have no idea of the origin. They just thinks it looks rebellious. I find those stickers extremely annoying, since they conflict with how I know and love the Calvin character.

I think even worse are the ones that show Calvin praying to a cross. Talk about out of character…

Re: Android Is Peeing on an Apple in Pakistan - Google Maps

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Post by Oletros »

Erwin wrote: post #35
userbinator wrote: post #9

Inspired by the "Peeing Calvin" stickers, which as far as I know is a distinctly American phenomenon. https://triviahappy.com/articles/the-tasteless-history-of-th...

Southern Europe (mostly around Catalonia) has a similar curiosity which has after 100s of years become a tradition: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caganer I wonder which cultural oddities today will be commonly accepted 100 years from now, or whether the globalization will eventually homogenize such local customs, so instead of "memes" living locally for 100s of years they get global exposure and die out within a month…

Catalan culture is scatologic, for Christmas they have a wood trunk that is fed and when is kick with an stick it shits gifts [1]

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ti%C3%B3_de_Nadal

Re: Android Is Peeing on an Apple in Pakistan - Google Maps

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Post by sjcsjc »

BuildTheRobots wrote: post #77
petepete wrote: post #39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Something similar happened when a Google Street View image of a chap being 'seen to' by a prostitute soared in popularity a few years ago in my home town. The name of the street was, for a few hours, known as 'handjob ally'.

Handjob Ally has nothing on some of the mediaeval English streets: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gropecunt_Lane

Oh well, since we're on the subject http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butt_Hole_Road

Re: Android Is Peeing on an Apple in Pakistan - Google Maps

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Post by davidw »

arthurpaul wrote: post #101
malka wrote: post #69

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"The mall of district", "eiffel tower", "statue of liberty". Either they have something akin to Las Vegas in Pakistan, either there is someting very weird with this data.

Data are correct, there is a replica of Eiffel tower in that area: http://goo.gl/xzWAqE http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahria_Town

https://www.google.com/search?q=bahria+town+statue+of+libert... - statue of liberty looks real too. Weird!

Re: Android Is Peeing on an Apple in Pakistan - Google Maps

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Post by rmc »

nyrina wrote: post #60
pella wrote: post #49

media: http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/apr/24/google-map... http://thenextweb.com/google/2015/04/24/theres-an-android-pe... http://mashable.com/2015/04/24/android-bot-peeing-on-apple-l... "Update: A Google spokesperson got back to us, explaining that the image is likely a result of a user abusing Map Maker, the tool that allows everyone to contribute to Google Maps. "Even though edits are moderated, occasi…

I simply can't believe that they are "working on getting it removed". If it was a problem they didn't want the whole world to know about, it would've been removed the second they were made aware of the issue.

There's almost certainly oodles of caches between the data and the images.

Re: Android Is Peeing on an Apple in Pakistan - Google Maps

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Post by Varkiil »

sjcsjc wrote: post #115
BuildTheRobots wrote: post #77

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Handjob Ally has nothing on some of the mediaeval English streets: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gropecunt_Lane

Oh well, since we're on the subject http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butt_Hole_Road

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Mort_aux_Juifs They had some weird tastes in city names back then
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