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Personally I wonder what the motivation behind choosing "Blitz" as the name was. Sure, it means "flash" or "lightning" in German, but it also has some pretty ne

by rob74 2y ago

Personally I wonder what the motivation behind choosing "Blitz" as the name was. Sure, it means "flash" or "lightning" in German, but it also has some pretty negative historical connotations. E.g. if you google "blitz wikipedia english", you get "The Blitz" as the first result, which refers to the bombing campaigns of the Nazis against Great Britain during WW2 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blitz https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blitz). Also, there is the term "Blitzkrieg" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blitzkrieg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blitzkrieg), referring to the Nazi invasions of Poland and France.

infotainment 2y ago
That seems like kind of silly objection, why should a common German word be considered harmful because it was used for a bad thing one time?
atombender 2y ago
The word is in common use, especially terms like "ad blitz", "press blitz", etc. One of the headlines in the New York Times yesterday was "Summer Blitz Exemplifies Status of Remade Contest". A search [1] reveals many uses. [1] https://www.nytimes.com/search?query=blitz https://www.nytimes.com/search?query=blitz
- notheyarent 2y ago
  “ Anecdotally, my psoriasis disappeared after I switched to a strict vegetarian diet. I can't prove it, though, so I don't go on Reddit making unscientific claims I can't back up with evidence.” There will always be exceptions like your case. However it is clearly the case that there aren’t hundreds of different types of gut fungi which grow out of control over a dysbiosis occurs in the guts microbiome. There is generally one type and it is called Candida. The problem is called a Candida overgrowth. Candida generally eats carbohydrates and sugar. A carnivore diet will generally starve it and cause a die off. The Candida generally released toxins that cause auto immune disorders. Now I’m speaking in the cases of most not all people who experience auto immune disorders and where those disorders are caused by the guts microbiome. There are also the cases where the gut has been damaged by gluten and other plant materials and is leaking food into the blood. As far as I’m aware no animal flesh of any type does such damage to the gut. No fungi eats animal flesh. You seem to think gut dysbiosis is one bacteria dominating others. No. It is a fungus in most cases. A single called yeast that rapidly duplicates called Candida and eats plants. Unscientific only because the science is behind
nicoburns 2y ago
It's supposed to have connotations of speed. I think it's pretty commonly used in this way in English.

by rob74 2y ago

infotainment 2y ago

That seems like kind of silly objection, why should a common German word be considered harmful because it was used for a bad thing one time?

atombender 2y ago

The word is in common use, especially terms like "ad blitz", "press blitz", etc. One of the headlines in the New York Times yesterday was "Summer Blitz Exemplifies Status of Remade Contest". A search [1] reveals many uses. [1] https://www.nytimes.com/search?query=blitz https://www.nytimes.com/search?query=blitz

notheyarent 2y ago
“ Anecdotally, my psoriasis disappeared after I switched to a strict vegetarian diet. I can't prove it, though, so I don't go on Reddit making unscientific claims I can't back up with evidence.” There will always be exceptions like your case. However it is clearly the case that there aren’t hundreds of different types of gut fungi which grow out of control over a dysbiosis occurs in the guts microbiome. There is generally one type and it is called Candida. The problem is called a Candida overgrowth. Candida generally eats carbohydrates and sugar. A carnivore diet will generally starve it and cause a die off. The Candida generally released toxins that cause auto immune disorders. Now I’m speaking in the cases of most not all people who experience auto immune disorders and where those disorders are caused by the guts microbiome. There are also the cases where the gut has been damaged by gluten and other plant materials and is leaking food into the blood. As far as I’m aware no animal flesh of any type does such damage to the gut. No fungi eats animal flesh. You seem to think gut dysbiosis is one bacteria dominating others. No. It is a fungus in most cases. A single called yeast that rapidly duplicates called Candida and eats plants. Unscientific only because the science is behind

nicoburns 2y ago

It's supposed to have connotations of speed. I think it's pretty commonly used in this way in English.