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Leopards Ate My Face

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[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 68 points 2 days ago (3 children)

This is why that German waffle chain, Luftwaffles went broke in the 1940s.

[–] McDropout@lemmy.world 19 points 2 days ago (2 children)

To be honest a lot of German brands collaborated or directly worked with the Nazis are still in business today like most german car manufacturers for example. Dr. Oetker comes to mind also.

[–] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

Not only German brands, there are plenty of US corporations that built and supported the German war machine. There were production sites in Germany that were not bombed because they were insured by US companies. WTF!

[–] jenesaisquoi@feddit.org 13 points 2 days ago

VW was literally founded on Hitler's orders.

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 day ago

Sensiblechuckle.gif

[–] jenesaisquoi@feddit.org 1 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Waffe = weapon

Waffel = waffle

Luftwaffe literally means aerial weapon. But an accurate translation would be air force obviously.

[–] ZoraQ@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] madjo@feddit.nl 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

armored stroopwafels... in collaboration with the Dutch.

[–] jenesaisquoi@feddit.org 1 points 1 day ago

Waffenwaffeln!

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Feels like someone translating "Air Force" into "sky push"

[–] jenesaisquoi@feddit.org 1 points 1 day ago

Exactly. Literal translations while sometimes interesting are often misleading.