In The Future, Everyone Will Be Hitler For 15 Minutes
June 2, 2005 5:23 AM Subscribe
Damn. I had hoped Hitler and Angelina would be compatible.
posted by grapefruitmoon at 5:34 AM on June 2, 2005
posted by grapefruitmoon at 5:34 AM on June 2, 2005
I've shared a birthday with Dolphie for 52 years now. I would like to think my 15 minutes were up, but people tend to bring it up. I guess having a name that rhymes with Eichmann doesn't help...
posted by beelzbubba at 5:41 AM on June 2, 2005
posted by beelzbubba at 5:41 AM on June 2, 2005
I thought "Dr. Khan compared to Hitler" would be about Khan Noonian Singh. I'm such a nerd.
posted by Citizen Premier at 6:45 AM on June 2, 2005
posted by Citizen Premier at 6:45 AM on June 2, 2005
"so you want your 15 minutes eh? well we do have one role which nobody seems to want... have at it!"
posted by nervousfritz at 6:45 AM on June 2, 2005
posted by nervousfritz at 6:45 AM on June 2, 2005
Yeah, it's sort of like watching a replay of the deflating of the word n-gger. I can't wait for it to show up in music, Hitler Pleeese.
I even hear Hitler was once Hitler once!
posted by Peter H at 8:44 AM on June 2, 2005
I even hear Hitler was once Hitler once!
posted by Peter H at 8:44 AM on June 2, 2005
"Robert Mugabe compares himself to Hitler."
Hit that nail on the head, didn't he?
posted by iron chef morimoto at 9:15 AM on June 2, 2005
Hit that nail on the head, didn't he?
posted by iron chef morimoto at 9:15 AM on June 2, 2005
A while ago there was an East Asian ad agency who advertised some German quality product with Hitler ads. Their reply: "Well, it's a famous face, isn't it? And it makes you think of Germany."
Ad agencies in Europe, who use Chairman Mao because it makes people think of China, should take note.
posted by Termite at 9:47 AM on June 2, 2005
Ad agencies in Europe, who use Chairman Mao because it makes people think of China, should take note.
posted by Termite at 9:47 AM on June 2, 2005
I remember when Julius Caesar was compared with Hitler.
He was like: "Who?" /or rather "Quis?"
I'm expecting to see a web site like "BadgerBagerBadger" but with "HitlerHitlerHitler" (Goebbels! Goebbels!....oh a snake! Ooooh!)
The term "Hitler" is so divorced from meaning now, it's the new 'Baal' or what have you of the other people's icons becoming demons. When did we stop using Satan to denote 'evil' btw?
I dispise the huge oversimplification of the Godwin. As though anti-semitism didn't exist until Hitler came along.
posted by Smedleyman at 11:22 AM on June 2, 2005
He was like: "Who?" /or rather "Quis?"
I'm expecting to see a web site like "BadgerBagerBadger" but with "HitlerHitlerHitler" (Goebbels! Goebbels!....oh a snake! Ooooh!)
The term "Hitler" is so divorced from meaning now, it's the new 'Baal' or what have you of the other people's icons becoming demons. When did we stop using Satan to denote 'evil' btw?
I dispise the huge oversimplification of the Godwin. As though anti-semitism didn't exist until Hitler came along.
posted by Smedleyman at 11:22 AM on June 2, 2005
Before Hitler, who were people compared to? Genghis Khan? When Hitler was new, who was he compared to?
posted by pracowity at 11:26 AM on June 2, 2005
posted by pracowity at 11:26 AM on June 2, 2005
Before Hitler, who were people compared to? Genghis Khan? When Hitler was new, who was he compared to?
I believe the previous face of evil was Napoleon. Sounds kind of funny now, doesn't it?
posted by Faint of Butt at 11:52 AM on June 2, 2005
I believe the previous face of evil was Napoleon. Sounds kind of funny now, doesn't it?
posted by Faint of Butt at 11:52 AM on June 2, 2005
Some of the comparisons are valid.
If I say you're like Hitler cuz you only have one testicle, that's an accurate comparison (assuming you believe the autopsy).
Global warming is a more insidious and longer-term danger than Hitlerism, but it's one that could be far more deadly
Sounds accurate to me. I'll guess we'll see (or not).
Maybe somebody can post next all the times someone or something has been compared to Satan.
posted by mrgrimm at 12:07 PM on June 2, 2005
If I say you're like Hitler cuz you only have one testicle, that's an accurate comparison (assuming you believe the autopsy).
Global warming is a more insidious and longer-term danger than Hitlerism, but it's one that could be far more deadly
Sounds accurate to me. I'll guess we'll see (or not).
Maybe somebody can post next all the times someone or something has been compared to Satan.
posted by mrgrimm at 12:07 PM on June 2, 2005
When did we stop using Satan to denote 'evil' btw?
For a lot of people, like me, who find the words "good" and "evil" a little too simplistic, attaching an ancient mythical being as the image of one of those characteristics only reinforces that notion. attaching a real historical figure with real documented historical atrocities. This is the real face of evil, not this.
I think the Hitler analogy to evil is better than a Satanic one because contains a lot of lessons about how easily people can follow along and accept evil.
posted by trinarian at 12:09 PM on June 2, 2005
For a lot of people, like me, who find the words "good" and "evil" a little too simplistic, attaching an ancient mythical being as the image of one of those characteristics only reinforces that notion. attaching a real historical figure with real documented historical atrocities. This is the real face of evil, not this.
I think the Hitler analogy to evil is better than a Satanic one because contains a lot of lessons about how easily people can follow along and accept evil.
posted by trinarian at 12:09 PM on June 2, 2005
mrgrimm
It was confirmed by his personal physician.
/fyi
//hitler's nut
posted by pg at 12:28 PM on June 2, 2005
It was confirmed by his personal physician.
/fyi
//hitler's nut
posted by pg at 12:28 PM on June 2, 2005
T-minus five minutes to someone claiming the username "hitler's missing nut."
posted by iron chef morimoto at 1:36 PM on June 2, 2005
posted by iron chef morimoto at 1:36 PM on June 2, 2005
The great thing about Hitler is that I can turn on the tube any hour of the day or night....and there he is.
posted by telstar at 2:28 PM on June 2, 2005
posted by telstar at 2:28 PM on June 2, 2005
When did we stop using Satan to denote 'evil' btw?
Satan looks an awful lot like the Queer Eye guys now-a-days. When he used to have facial hair, E-V-I-L! But he shaved.
Evil requires facial hair. Saddam. Stalin. Evil alternate universe Spock. Rip Taylor.
posted by tkchrist at 3:45 PM on June 2, 2005
Satan looks an awful lot like the Queer Eye guys now-a-days. When he used to have facial hair, E-V-I-L! But he shaved.
Evil requires facial hair. Saddam. Stalin. Evil alternate universe Spock. Rip Taylor.
posted by tkchrist at 3:45 PM on June 2, 2005
I look forward to Stephen Hawking being compared to Hitler. And Rachel Ray.
posted by effwerd at 6:57 PM on June 2, 2005
posted by effwerd at 6:57 PM on June 2, 2005
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