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=== "Port Elizabeth" === | === "Port Elizabeth" === | ||
[[File:Lemuria port elizabeth chat.png|thumb|229x229px|Lemuria sending a Port Elizabeth copypasta in [[chat]]]] | [[File:Lemuria port elizabeth chat.png|thumb|229x229px|Lemuria sending a Port Elizabeth copypasta in [[chat]]]] | ||
During the course of his 75-day ban (or "vacation" from OWOT), Lemuria developed a keen interest in the {{wpd|South Africa}}n city of {{wpd|Port Elizabeth}}, renamed "Gqeberha" in 2021. | During the course of his 75-day ban (or "vacation" from OWOT), Lemuria developed a keen interest in the {{wpd|South Africa}}n city of {{wpd|Port Elizabeth}}, renamed "Gqeberha" in 2021. D9eoead originally did not consider this interest bait, but by mid-October, with Lemuria's expressions intensifying, he began to consider Port Elizabeth another form of Lemurian bait. | ||
Lemuria feels extreme disdain towards Port Elizabeth's name change to Gqeberha, believing that "Elizabeth" is a "beautiful name" that must be preserved on the map. D9eoead and other users argued that the name "Port Elizabeth" was a remnant of imperialism and {{wpd|apartheid}} that should be erased, but Lemuria disagreed with this, believing the name change to be a completely pointless and ineffective measure. Lemuria further argued that the name could be separated from its imperialist roots, but Fern and d9eoead believed otherwise, the latter stating that it is necessary to abandon the name in the effort to completely erase imperialism and colonialism. | Lemuria feels extreme disdain towards Port Elizabeth's name change to Gqeberha, believing that "Elizabeth" is a "beautiful name" that must be preserved on the map. D9eoead and other users argued that the name "Port Elizabeth" was a remnant of imperialism and {{wpd|apartheid}} that should be erased, but Lemuria disagreed with this, believing the name change to be a completely pointless and ineffective measure. Lemuria further argued that the name could be separated from its imperialist roots, but Fern and d9eoead believed otherwise, the latter stating that it is necessary to abandon the name in the effort to completely erase imperialism and colonialism. | ||
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[[File:Rotated floral heart bullet.png|thumb|[[Symbols for Legacy Computing|SLC]] [[art]] protesting Lemuria's advertisement of P.E. at [[Spawn]](''October 18th, 2025'')|none]] | [[File:Rotated floral heart bullet.png|thumb|[[Symbols for Legacy Computing|SLC]] [[art]] protesting Lemuria's advertisement of P.E. at [[Spawn]](''October 18th, 2025'')|none]] | ||
Lemuria has begun to | Starting in mid-October 2025, Lemuria has begun to mention the name "Port Elizabeth" in chat and on canvas unprompted, often without any context or correlation to the current conversation, which d9 sees as a sign that it is now being used as bait. | ||
== Cats == | == Cats == | ||