Oh that sounds like a great one. Thanks.

The honorific would’ve probably been “my Chancellor” if it had been about his political authority

In his case it was very much meant as dictator.

There was debate after Hindenburg died and he took his powers with the plebiscite (as well as chancellor) about what his title should be. He didn’t want to harken back to Kaiser per the previous Reich so they went with Fuhrer.

It had been used within the party before that but came into common usage as his title at that time.

I’m in the thick of a 90 hour audiobook trilogy on the third Reich which is absolutely incredible (link) and Fuhrer is used liberally, partly to describe his ascent to absolute dictator as opposed to just Reich’s Chancellor.

I’m not defending shitopedia for one second! I’m just not sure it’s as outrageous as other shit that’s taking up our limited attention span at the moment is all.

Yeah I fully agree with this. I am thick in the middle of “Third Reich Trilogy” which gives an enormous amount of context to the word though.

If they changed it, it’s further evidence of scummy behaviour, but on its own it’s not a huge red flag for me with historical context.

Can’t recommend the books enough if you’re into that. The lad must have spent half his life in primary sources.

Thanks so much. I thought that would be the case but I wondered around things like “team leader” or “band leader” or whatever.

My guess was that it was forever tainted so I appreciate the context.

I mean the whole stupid Grokipedia thing is a shit show that will never take off, but Fuhrer is just “leader” in German. In it’s used context for Hitler it straight up means dictator and (iirc) only came into full on use after the plebiscite giving him full dictatorial power after Hindenburg’s death in 1934 (edit: He was already the Reich’s Chancellor and merged in Hindenburg’s powers with the vote to make himself full dictator / Fuhrer).

I’d welcome input from a German national - Is the word still used there?

Ugh. I thought there was some new news. Thanks for the heads up.

Limbo is pretty great.

Cannot believe I forgot this. Absolutely incredible album. Every single tune a banger and such a unique sound.

They absolutely nailed the Zeitgeist with it.

Honorable mention goes to Moon Safari by Air. First time I heard every song on that album felt like I’d heard it before in a memory.

I still remember my first time hearing this too.

The dregs of a house party. Only a few chill people still up. Sun starts coming up and someone put it on. Absolutely perfect setting to hear that album for the first time.

I can immediately place myself in that room it seared itself into my memory with how well it hit.

I’ll throw my few in here:

Lemon Jelly - KY
Paul Simon - Graceland
Air - Moon Safari
Portishead - Dummy
Alt-J - An awesome wave

Check the starred emails. Fascinating.

Edit: you can star them yourself so it’s essentially a crowd sourced list of interesting ones.

Siesta, baby! Honestly confused the shit out of me as a kid.

“You go for a nap in the middle of the day?!?!?”

We’ve a lot to learn from the Spanish. I think they start school ridiculously early though. That’s no bueno.

I’ll tell you my little story. When I was fully immersed in it (you were sent home if you uttered a full sentence in English), I started dreaming in Irish. It was an amazing experience.

My mind had just switched and I loved it. I was 14 at the time and I still remember that. I had some trouble reverting to English after I came home. The more I switched over the years the less hassle it was. I never dreamt in Irish after the initial burst.

Conversely, I know a French lad about twenty years now who’s been immersed in English longer than that and it’s only in the last few years that he mostly dreams in English.

I wonder who’s still paying for it.

True. I guess good intent and delivery is generally assumed with a gift but not always there. It’s not implied in the post though.

There’s a lot of important context missing but on balance, with the bits we do have, I think OP probably could have handled it with more sensitivity.

That’s true, but I don’t think that negates what was good intent. Plus we have no idea about delivery of the message from OP.

That’s such a ridiculous thing to agree to, knowing that a country with a veto was the most likely aggressor. :(

Looks good and I love that it is offline without ads and trackers.

It’s something I would definitely consider installing for my mum with the caveat that I’d like to see the source published.