Although a little late to the discussion, I enjoyed it very much. I am not sure to which side I should lean - I can see the humor in it, but also think it is not funny at all and would support Charles Ess. Quite frankly, I found it boring to use Hitler again - and I can indeed understand the "original", which was a dramatic performance in the first place - then again what was Hilter's? Anyway, I kept thinking, if the following does also qualify as meme http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sK6VySzddPY - it is in German, over an original Hitler. The source is a routine by a German comedien - see here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgUolOiIiko Is it as funny, or by using the original image, less so? It is actually rediculing Hitler, as the story told is about a leasing contract for a car and the subtones are much sharper than in the other memes I have seen. Anyway, I wanted to share this - have fun those of you, who can understand German... best nilz At 21:10 Uhr -0500 02.02.2010, Alex Leavitt wrote:
Wrote up an essay about this thread and the Hitler Meme phenomenon. Goes through the history of and reactions to the video, as well as the implications of memetics outside of online subculture:
*Memes as Mechanisms: How Digital Subculture Informs the Real World * http://www.convergenceculture.org/weblog/2010/02/memes_as_mechanisms_how_dig... http://bit.ly/9aCdry
Would love feedback if anyone has some.
Alex Leavitt
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On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 3:43 AM, Ren Reynolds <ren@aldermangroup.com> wrote:
Hitler finds out about the iPad: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQnT0zp8Ya4
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