Whatever happened to Zyklon A?

ZAZ: I suppose that now nobody is going to want to ride on my new Sanduskycoaster.

I wouldn't. The seats are too tight.

I rode that before, but had to take a shower after it.

Diogenes: The guy at the temporary tattoo kiosk only does numbers.

Yeah, but they hand out free star badges at the gate.

You know what was in this? Zyklon-B! You remember? What the Nazis had? Listen! We're the same, you and me. We're the same, don't you see?

So don't go to carnival if it offends you.

It's more of a coincidence than anything. It's German for Cyclone. And it's not like Holocaust survivors were going to be the primary market for the roller coaster. It's a tiny historical detail that has largely been overlooked and forgotten unlike Swastikas and narrow mustaches.

You're next, condiment.

Wait a second... there are Jewish people in SoFla??

The German word has caused problems for businesses in America before. A company sought to trademark appliance names that used the word Zyklon in 2002, according to an Associated Press report at the time. The appliances included coffee machines and gas ovens

Facepalm.

Eddie Adams from Torrance: Lighten up people... I suppose that now nobody is going to want to ride on my new Sanduskycoaster.


There's actually an entire park full of Sandusky coasters:

What do they call cyclones in Germany?

Eddie Adams from Torrance: Lighten up people... I suppose that now nobody is going to want to ride on my new Sanduskycoaster.



Embarrassed by the recent Penn State scandal, Sandusky, Ohio recently changed its name-
a move the Hitlerville town council now calls "unfortunate and short-sighted".

The ride is "The Zyklon."

Now he said he plans to change the ride's name.

So you're saying the name wasn't the final solution?

know who else thought zyklon sounded like a cool misspelling of cyclone?

CowboyNinjaD: Eddie Adams from Torrance: Lighten up people... I suppose that now nobody is going to want to ride on my new Sanduskycoaster.

There's actually an entire park full of Sandusky coasters:

Actually, Sandusky is changing its name to Detroit, OH to improve its image.

/shameless ripped from some other farker

They named it after a poison gas used in the Holocaust?

Geez, that's not kosher.

Mrbogey: What do they call cyclones in Germany?

Nothing! They only take tips!

/wait wrong joke

If they named the ride "The Jew Killer" then I could see the problem but this was obviously unintentional.

When I worked for a cellphone company, I had some idiot mouthbreathing call that was locked out of his Android. I had to reset his Gmail password, and the user name was something like ZyklonSkullz or some crap.

He asked me if I knew was Zyklon gas was, I said no.

"It was da gas they used on a jewwwwws."

I thought "Well now, isn't that special?"

I searched for his username on Google and found out he likes death metal (surprise surprise), riding BMX bikes (he was in his mid to late 30s) and had a guitar or bass that was black and pointy.

I was doing all of this while talking to him, it was so farking hard to keep from laughing in his face.

m3h: This really isn't an issue. The people that know the name Zyklon and have an issue with it are, well....Dead.

"I know it's so many years ago now, but I wish people would still care," said Mildred Blank, of Pembroke Pines. Her husband of 60 years, Paul Blank, was a Holocaust survivor. He died in May.

"Of all the names in the world, why do they need to name rides that?" said Rita Hofrichter, a Holocaust survivor who works at the Holocaust Documentation and Education Center in Hollywood. "It's upsetting to me to come across that, as a survivor. I lost my whole family in the gas chambers, particularly in Auschwitz."



Not quite.

myinternetname: When I worked for a cellphone company, I had some idiot mouthbreathing call that was locked out of his Android. I had to reset his Gmail password, and the user name was something like ZyklonSkullz or some crap.

He asked me if I knew was Zyklon gas was, I said no.

"It was da gas they used on a jewwwwws."

I thought "Well now, isn't that special?"

I searched for his username on Google and found out he likes death metal (surprise surprise), riding BMX bikes (he was in his mid to late 30s) and had a guitar or bass that was black and pointy.

I was doing all of this while talking to him, it was so farking hard to keep from laughing in his face.

well now, aren't you special!

Welp, I'm off to xmas shop at Gacy's. They have clowns.

Lou Brown: CowboyNinjaD: Eddie Adams from Torrance: Lighten up people... I suppose that now nobody is going to want to ride on my new Sanduskycoaster.

There's actually an entire park full of Sandusky coasters:

Actually, Sandusky is changing its name to Detroit, OH to improve its image.

/shameless ripped from some other farker

1) Every time I've heard Sandusky's name in the news, I keep thinking of Cedar Point. Then I realize I got (indirectly) excited over a child molester and feel shame.

2) I'd say "the park is nice, but the rest of Sandusky can go DIAF", but most of it looks like it already has.

TFA: I know it's so many years ago now, but I wish people would still care

No. You know, I'm just sick of losing so many perfectly good words, phrases, gestures, names, and beautiful imagery because some assholes decided to use them in their propaganda. The Roman salute? Gone. The Swastika? Gone... and illegal in some countries. The Nazis don't "own" those things, and letting them take our heritage to their grave is just giving them one more win. Neither do the Nazis have the corner on censorship in the name of the victim; more's the pity.

I'm terribly sorry that you were unfortunate enough to live through one of the worst examples of ethnic cleansing in modern history, but, quite frankly, you're being far too sensitive if the mere utterance of a word from the language of your once-oppressors, seventy years after the fact, can throw you into a fit. Get. The fark. Over it.

are not amused.

mekkab: myinternetname: When I worked for a cellphone company, I had some idiot mouthbreathing call that was locked out of his Android. I had to reset his Gmail password, and the user name was something like ZyklonSkullz or some crap.

He asked me if I knew was Zyklon gas was, I said no.

"It was da gas they used on a jewwwwws."

I thought "Well now, isn't that special?"

I searched for his username on Google and found out he likes death metal (surprise surprise), riding BMX bikes (he was in his mid to late 30s) and had a guitar or bass that was black and pointy.

I was doing all of this while talking to him, it was so farking hard to keep from laughing in his face.

well now, aren't you special!

I guess we all now know your other internet name, eh?

lordaction: You know what was in this? Zyklon-B! You remember? What the Nazis had? Listen! We're the same, you and me. We're the same, don't you see?

Well played. HAd to google it, I couldn't remember the movie but I recall the scene.


/must again see soon!

What a Gas!

Eddie Adams from Torrance: Lighten up people... I suppose that now nobody is going to want to ride on my new Sanduskycoaster.

You know, I've been having the same problem with my Osama-9000 jetliner.

rockYouLikeCornOnTheCob: Eddie Adams from Torrance: Lighten up people... I suppose that now nobody is going to want to ride on my new Sanduskycoaster.

You know, I've been having the same problem with my Osama-9000 jetliner.

Oh it's a jetliner seaplane? Neat!

/Yeah, I went there.

Besides, it's a rollercoaster. It needs an exciting, energetic, American name like...9/11 or Twin Towers!

Lane83: Is there a "best" example of ethnic cleansing?

Yes.