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[–] bjc@scribe.disroot.org 5 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

exactly. he spent 30 minutes calling the irish ignorant, but the words "gulf stream" never tickled his neurons.

the extra-irony is that up until the last 10-15 years, "gulf stream" is what everyone in the usa called it, too. hank's just so tech-pilled he can't see anything else.

[–] vala@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

US here. Never heard it called anything but gulf stream.

[–] bss03@infosec.pub 1 points 2 hours ago

US here. I remember when it changed, probably 20-25 years ago. (Tho, of course it was gradual and localized and I'm only one data point.) I was an undergrad, and not in my first year.

IIRC, it was because "gulf stream" was a little ambiguous, because there's a lot of gulfs many of which contain oceanic currents / stream. But, if someone in the U.S. or EU says "gulf stream" they are always talking about AMOC.