Nobody calls it the SS for that reason
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RmDebArc_5@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
As a German I needed a moment to realize that SS meant secret service.
Context
The Schutzstaffel was a major paramilitary organisation under Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party in Nazi Germany, and later throughout German-occupied Europe during World War II. Source
DrWorm@piefed.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
I think that’s why the proper acronym is USSS
Griffus@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
I had to get to your comment before I got the meaning.
ZC3rr0r@piefed.ca 3 weeks ago
Yeah, it’s the same response I have to seeing it in other places too. Like for example American cars using the “SS” badging for their SuperSpeed variants of popular muscle car models. This goes back to like the sixtees too. Did none of the WW2 vets see an issue with that back then?
THE_GR8_MIKE@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Super Sport, and apparently not since they were the ones buying all of them. Funnily enough, modern video games have been removing the SS badges from the cars, which is kind of dumb at this point, but hey, you can always put them back with decals, I guess.
ZC3rr0r@piefed.ca 3 weeks ago
My bad on misabbreviating Super Sport, thanks for the correction. You are getting my point though, how did folks who actually fought the SS not feel weird driving a car labelled SS? I know I sure couldn’t without having some mixed feelings.
DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Yes.
Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org 3 weeks ago
I wonder how different they are in 2026.
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
As an American, I have to admit that I thought the same thing.
crazycraw@crazypeople.online 3 weeks ago
GIVE IT TIME
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
… I don’t want to give our SS any time.
snooggums@piefed.world 3 weeks ago
Ditto