Of all the secrets we keep, why did it have to be those cables?

December 4, 2010 4:25 AM

The inevitable: Hitler does Wikileaks.
posted by twoleftfeet (16 comments total)

I saw Lieberman do this better
posted by the noob at 5:02 AM on December 4, 2010 [1 favorite]

Can we give the Hitler meme a rest for a while? I'd like to remember it fondly, instead of as a meme that tried to hang on way too long.
posted by Philosopher Dirtbike at 5:03 AM on December 4, 2010 [1 favorite]

One more Nazi, sorry PD.
posted by Mblue at 5:06 AM on December 4, 2010

Please let this meme die.
posted by sidereal at 5:07 AM on December 4, 2010 [1 favorite]

Generally, the inevitable doesn't need a post on Metafilter.
posted by octothorpe at 5:12 AM on December 4, 2010

Say again octothorpe ?
posted by Mblue at 5:20 AM on December 4, 2010

Well, cortex will probably delete this.

But not before I quote Julian Assange:

"We thought we would have the analytical work done by bloggers and people who wrote Wikipedia articles and so on.... It is my experience that it is not, with some exceptions, their goal to expose the truth. Rather, it is their goal to position themselves amongst their peers on whatever the issue of the day is. The most effective, the most economical way to do that, is simply to take the story that's going around, [which] has already created a marketable audience for itself, and say whether they're in favor of that interpretation or not."

Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night.
posted by twoleftfeet at 5:26 AM on December 4, 2010 [4 favorites]

That's a great quote, twoleftfeet. Oh, and here's Reporters Without Borders' statement about the move to push Wikileaks off the web.
posted by mediareport at 5:36 AM on December 4, 2010

The video you have requested is not available

It's all going down now, amazon, paypal, Hitler spoofs on youtube...
posted by Elmore at 5:46 AM on December 4, 2010

Mblue: "Say again octothorpe ?"

If it's so predictable that the poster can describe as "The inevitable:", it probably doesn't warrant a post.
posted by octothorpe at 5:46 AM on December 4, 2010

It's inevitable that the Wikileaks thing would be subsumed into a preexisting Internet meme such as the Downfall/Hitler meme.
posted by twoleftfeet at 5:54 AM on December 4, 2010

If it's so predictable that the poster can describe as "The inevitable:", it probably doesn't warrant a post.

That's an interesting theory. Most people use "inevitable" after the fact, and most people unaffected say"I saw that coming". Let's see if your correct in the future.
posted by Mblue at 5:57 AM on December 4, 2010

I love the Hitler meme but I have to say this one was pretty poor, especially considering how well it could have been done, given the subject.
posted by Decani at 6:00 AM on December 4, 2010

How many WikiLeaks posts are too many?
posted by fixedgear at 6:08 AM on December 4, 2010

Can we give the Hitler meme a rest for a while? I'd like to remember it fondly, instead of as a meme that tried to hang on way too long.

Mein Fuhrer! The Allies, they are overusing this meme! We will be unable to remember it with fondness!
posted by sebastienbailard at 6:12 AM on December 4, 2010 [3 favorites]

If the point of this was the clever subtitles, couldn't they have at least proofed it and removed the glaring mistakes?
posted by HuronBob at 6:19 AM on December 4, 2010