I had to share this. I've just had the most extraordinary experience on YouTube. You know how YouTube has 'recommended videos for you' based on what you've watched and searched for in the past?
Well, apparently at some point (whilst trying to find British sitcoms online) I watched this clip from 'Bottom'.
Okay, fair enough. Quite funny, obviously I forgot about it. But YouTube didn't forget! YouTube carefully noted that I enjoyed a comedy sketch where a character named Eddie Hitler insults Jehovah's Witnesses and uses the phrase Nazi Germany. It thought carefully about this, and months later, provided me with the best possible video - thoughtfully selected based on my interests and personality...
A moving, musical tribute to Adolf Hitler, posted on his birthday, asking 'Will you remember me?'
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Now I don't want to post a link, just because the person who uploaded it smugly states 'I just want youtube hits' and I've already given it three. But - it's a series of clips of Hitler's 'finest' moments, intercut with poor, poor Sarah McLachlan's 'I Will Remember You'.
Gee. Thanks.... YouTube.......... that's just what I wanted......
I guess this is some kind of dumb joke, but every single one of the 'Suggestions' videos on the right were along the same lines, only not joking so much.
It was the user comments that stopped me laughing at the ridiculousness of what I was looking at.
Some were mock-supportive of Hitler, some were genuinely sad about his being no longer with us, some were Neo-Nazis yelling slogans in bad German, and some were just people, offering horribly misinformed opinions either for or against. All of them were unbelievably depressing. Here are some from the first two pages!
'What genocide?'
'Hitler killed between 15 and 17 million people. Christianity has killed 21+ Million.'
'So answer me this, why are Jewish people so bad. I know a lot of Jewish people and they never hinted wanting to do something as evil nor does their historic or region also say.,\'
And...
'that was clever'
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