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NickTheSwing Since: Aug, 2009
#1: Mar 17th 2011 at 8:34:40 PM

I am officially amused.

I am uncertain if this is an Evil Is Cool attitude (!), a Nazi Fetish (!!), or a fascination with history's most evil baddies.

Its doubly ironic that its England: the place Hitler never conquered while he was alive.

I call Godwin on my own post

edited 17th Mar '11 8:35:40 PM by NickTheSwing

Morven Nemesis from Seattle, WA, USA Since: Jan, 2001
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#2: Mar 17th 2011 at 8:37:53 PM

Nothing different from The Hitler Channel. Exploiting the Nazis for fun and profit is an old game by now.

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Usht Lv. 3 Genasi Wizard from an arbitrary view point. Since: Feb, 2011
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#3: Mar 17th 2011 at 8:46:28 PM

Nazis, the new Greek army of history. Evil during the present, cool and edgy after the fact.

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EthZee Since: Oct, 2010
#5: Mar 17th 2011 at 8:54:58 PM

I've got a relative who's like this; has a copy of Mein Kampf, lots of non-fiction books about German military units, that sort of thing. I doubt he's a racist/facist, though.

Usht Lv. 3 Genasi Wizard from an arbitrary view point. Since: Feb, 2011
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#6: Mar 17th 2011 at 8:55:52 PM

So why did he get them, Eth Zee? Do you know?

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Iaculus Pronounced YAK-you-luss from England Since: May, 2010
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#7: Mar 17th 2011 at 8:56:02 PM

Hey, it's fun checking out the guys whose backsides we kicked sixty years ago.

What's precedent ever done for us?
NickTheSwing Since: Aug, 2009
#8: Mar 17th 2011 at 9:14:17 PM

I suppose so.

At the library though there seemed to be a whole lot of books in one section on Nazis, Nazis and the Occult, and what happens when Occult Nazis return

edited 17th Mar '11 9:15:18 PM by NickTheSwing

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#9: Mar 17th 2011 at 9:20:03 PM

Because they are an interesting part of history. From their bizarre science to their insanity of the age that dragged the world into a global total war.

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Tzetze DUMB from a converted church in Venice, Italy Since: Jan, 2001
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#11: Mar 17th 2011 at 9:25:07 PM

We'll just say from the little bit of evidence that wasn't destroyed by the Greeks during their various conquests, they were rather brutal in their methods.

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Tzetze DUMB from a converted church in Venice, Italy Since: Jan, 2001
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#12: Mar 17th 2011 at 9:27:25 PM

Well, neither was anybody back then, but I didn't know Xenophon's writing was popular or anything...

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NickTheSwing Since: Aug, 2009
#13: Mar 17th 2011 at 9:34:01 PM

Well, I just got a weird as hell comment from out of nowhere by a youtuber.

Lets just say it pertains to this. I feel so...violated.

As for the book thing, the Nazis seem to have cornered the book market in Britain. This is sad and funny

edited 17th Mar '11 9:35:56 PM by NickTheSwing

EthZee Since: Oct, 2010
#14: Mar 17th 2011 at 9:38:10 PM

So why did he get them, Eth Zee? Do you know?

Interest in the second world war, I guess. I mean, it's not just nazi books - he has stuff on British operations, he collects WW 2 films, that sort of thing.

It's an interesting phenomenon. But I guess it's easier to read up on the Nazis rather than ask people, "What do you know about the Nazi Party? I'm really rather interested in the Nazi Party what do you know"

Signed Always Right Since: Dec, 2009
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#15: Mar 17th 2011 at 9:57:27 PM

It helps that they are famous for their sexy uniforms...

edited 17th Mar '11 9:57:47 PM by Signed

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#16: Mar 17th 2011 at 9:58:44 PM

Wait, seriously Signed?

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#17: Mar 17th 2011 at 10:02:30 PM

There's a bloody TROPE for it.

And it's quite popular in japan as well.

edited 17th Mar '11 10:04:02 PM by Signed

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Usht Lv. 3 Genasi Wizard from an arbitrary view point. Since: Feb, 2011
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#18: Mar 17th 2011 at 10:04:21 PM

Erm, I know it's a common way of letting you know those guys are the bad guys, but sexy?

Whatever, not going to think hard about this.

edited 17th Mar '11 10:04:53 PM by Usht

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#20: Mar 17th 2011 at 10:06:49 PM

Just click the links, or....

Incidentally, some of the uniforms for the real SS were manufactured by Hugo Boss (father of the famous one) using slave labor. Those Wacky Nazis were actually pretty snappy dressers despite being evil, which just furnishes another reason for authors and costume designers to borrow their motifs. Very common when State Sec is around.

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pagad Sneering Imperialist from perfidious Albion Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
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#21: Mar 18th 2011 at 4:23:25 AM

For some reason I do prefer to play the German side in Second World War videogames if the option's there. I think it's just part of my general fascination with the Wehrmacht's tactics and equipment.

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#22: Mar 18th 2011 at 7:06:59 AM

"It helps that they are famous for their sexy uniforms..."

Sexy? Um, no.

Stylish? Most certainly.

TheGloomer Since: Sep, 2010
#23: Mar 18th 2011 at 8:23:33 AM

My father actually had this big book called Hitler's War Machine which was a pretty detailed account of the German military technology. Thing is, he got it as a school prize when he was about twelve.

Obviously nothing new.

Colonial1.1 Since: Apr, 2010
#24: Mar 18th 2011 at 8:36:45 AM

That's a pretty cool prize.

Considering the Reich's policy of book burning, this is somewhat appropriate.

EthZee Since: Oct, 2010
#25: Mar 18th 2011 at 8:52:51 AM

Pagad; I can get behind that. Panzerkampfwagens and BF-109s and MG-42s, oh my!


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