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Re:Grammarly rebrands to 'Superhuman,' launches a new AI ass... by nilamo on Wednesday October 29, 2025 @12:05PM (#45748752)
HN can be so funny sometimes. An actual German says "hey maybe this specific word shouldn't be used", and a random follows it up with "Nope, you're wrong." lmao
Re:Grammarly rebrands to 'Superhuman,' launches a new AI ass... by not-embedding on Wednesday October 29, 2025 @12:14PM (#45748893)
maybe given their history of literally accepting Hitler, Germans shouldn't be the ones policing what words can be used?
Re:Grammarly rebrands to 'Superhuman,' launches a new AI ass... by embedding-shape on Wednesday October 29, 2025 @01:16PM (#45749943)
Given everyone's history, someone somewhere has accepted evil in every country, so no one should police what words mean?
Re:Grammarly rebrands to 'Superhuman,' launches a new AI ass... by not-embedding on Wednesday October 29, 2025 @10:06PM (#45755646)
I'd say stay away from policing at least one's own evils. People that are idiotic enough to connect the superhuman in this context to Naziism should stay away from policing any meanings (but now I'm guilty of policing what people should police)
Re:Grammarly rebrands to 'Superhuman,' launches a new AI ass... by mytailorisrich on Wednesday October 29, 2025 @12:10PM (#45748838)
Because Ubermensch comes from Nietzche a century before the Nazis, as said. No-one suggested that "Superhuman" shouldn't be used, either. A some point people need to put things in context and not "get the creeps" over any little things. I am sure that Germans don't even notice all those "Volkswagen" around them...
Re:Grammarly rebrands to 'Superhuman,' launches a new AI ass... by cess11 on Thursday October 30, 2025 @05:50AM (#45758121)
Nietzsche introduced the concept in Also Sprach Zarathustra, published in 1883.
Re:Grammarly rebrands to 'Superhuman,' launches a new AI ass... by umanwizard on Wednesday October 29, 2025 @12:19PM (#45748980)
Why would Germans be an authority on what words should or shouldn't be used in English?

This is sort of a reverse version of the very common trend of American political correctness / sensitivity language being exported around the world. Our ancestors committed heinous crimes, therefore we get to tell you how to speak, even though you had nothing to do with it.

Re:Grammarly rebrands to 'Superhuman,' launches a new AI ass... by integralid on Wednesday October 29, 2025 @12:30PM (#45749197)
A German person just said that it gives them nazi viber, nothing about English words that should be used.

Person above argues that the words are different therefore such connection can't be made which is just... wrong because they reply in a thread where someone literally said they made that connection.

In short, we're explicitly talking about what Europeans see (me too, I'm not German), not what Americans should do.

Re:Grammarly rebrands to 'Superhuman,' launches a new AI ass... by umanwizard on Wednesday October 29, 2025 @12:33PM (#45749256)
> nothing about English words that should be used

The comment I'm replying to says, verbatim, "hey maybe this specific word shouldn't be used" (as a paraphrase of that commenter's understanding of the argument being made by the German). That is what I'm responding to.

Re:Grammarly rebrands to 'Superhuman,' launches a new AI ass... by nilamo on Wednesday October 29, 2025 @02:23PM (#45750981)
I guess I don't see what the problem is?

If someone says a particular word or phrase is problematic for them, no one can tell them they're wrong. You cannot dictate how other people respond to language, and it's really weird to see people trying to do that.

Re:Grammarly rebrands to 'Superhuman,' launches a new AI ass... by umanwizard on Wednesday October 29, 2025 @05:39PM (#45753410)
Sure, I can't tell them they're "wrong", i.e. I think the self-reported subjective feeling is probably accurate.

What I object to is the implication that Americans should punish themselves by refraining from using normal words in their own language because Germans feel bad about something Germans did.

Re:Grammarly rebrands to 'Superhuman,' launches a new AI ass... by kelipso on Wednesday October 29, 2025 @07:05PM (#45754260)
The implication is that if they want to market to Europeans (which I'm sure they do), they probably shouldn't use that word. I agree Americans see it in a positive light, including me, though I find superhuman generic to the point of background noise.