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Re:Valley VCs Sit on Cash, Forcing Startups to Dial Back Amb... by elliotec on Thursday March 10, 2016 @02:39PM (#11261648)
Thats a funny point.
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Re:Valley VCs Sit on Cash, Forcing Startups to Dial Back Amb... by loumf on Thursday March 10, 2016 @03:03PM (#11261859)
It's not just that "Uber" is a German word, but that it's a word associated with Nazis (via "Deutschland über Alles"). Another association is the Ubermensch:

> The term Übermensch was used frequently by Hitler and the Nazi regime to describe their idea of a biologically superior Aryan or Germanic master race;

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%9Cbermensch

When I first heard of Uber, it's what I immediately thought of.

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