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=== "Port Elizabeth" ===
=== "Port Elizabeth" ===
Over the course of his 75-day ban (or "vacation" from OWOT), Lemuria developed a keen interest in the South African city [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gqeberha Gqeberha], specifically it's former name "Port Elizabeth". However, unlike other interests of his, this one has not been used as bait.  
Over the course of his 75-day ban (or "vacation" from OWOT), Lemuria developed a keen interest in the South African city [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gqeberha Gqeberha], specifically it's former name "Port Elizabeth". However, unlike other interests of his, this one has not been used as bait.  
The controversy started when Lemuria had an argument with d9eoead about whether or not the name "Port Elizabeth" is bad and if it should be kept. In the arguments, 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 argued that the name should be abandoned entirely because it is tied to imperialism, and it is much better to recognize African communities than to keep a reminder of imperialism and apartheid. Despite the "Port Elizabeth" name originating from imperialism, Lemuria still continues to argue that the name must be kept, disregarding apartheid and the suffering and oppression that African communities have gone through.


This is an example of Lemuria putting his own desires and interests above other people, a sign that he may not have changed that much since his ban. Lemuria believes that what he thinks is "good" or "pleasing" is above the desires and even the lives and suffering of other people. To Lemuria, the beauty of a name is more important than the systematic oppression of Africans under imperialist British rule.
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 have argued that the name "Port Elizabeth" was a remnant of British imperialism that should rightly be erased. But Lemuria disagrees with this, believing the name change to be a completely pointless and ineffective measure. He adds that most locals have continued to call the city "Port Elizabeth" and have even signed petitions to restore it to its original name, though this seems to have mostly been from the white community in Gqeberha.
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It's completely fucking unnecessary, because Elizabeth is a beautiful given name that must never be erased from our maps.
It's completely fucking unnecessary, because Elizabeth is a beautiful given name that must never be erased from our maps.
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The beauty of the name and the memory of Elizabeth Frances Markham needs to be preserved.
The beauty of the name and the memory of Elizabeth Frances Markham needs to be preserved.
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Andrei has stated that Lemuria's message is eerily similar to fascist/nationalist ideologies regarding the pseudoscientific "aryan" race (especially the "fourteen words"), but this would not make sense considering that Lemuria is southeast Asian which would not fit into Nazi racist ideals.
== Cats ==
== Cats ==
[[File:Julie Mao cat 2025-10-03 06-24-05.jpg|thumb|upright=0.6|Mao in 2025]]
[[File:Julie Mao cat 2025-10-03 06-24-05.jpg|thumb|upright=0.6|Mao in 2025]]
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