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September 13, 2003
Shopped or Not
A University of Toronto student, believing himself to be unphotogenic, set himself up in an ill-advised Hot or Not death-match with an unlikely challenger (via b3ta).
So this is my plan: I'm going to submit my picture, and Hitler's picture to HotOrNot.com. I'll keep tabs right here on how the two of us are doing, and god-willing, I'll prove once and for all that I'm sexier than the führer. If anyone reading wants to play along, feel free to post your picture as well and make things more sporting.
Because, really, as long as you're sexier than the 20th century's greatest monster, you're doing pretty OK.
Is it just me or does the shopped image look like Lee Majors?
And then... More shoppable lunatics include: Che, Mao, and Lenin. I am pretty sure we can beat that 9.1 score with the creepily Leonardo di Caprio-looking young Lenin.
And then... And in the other corner... representing the forces of goodness and justice... we would clean up with pictures of Donald Rumsfeld, John McCain and robo-babe Condi Rice.
Posted by Ghost of a flea at September 13, 2003 11:38 AM
Comments
That is hilarious. HILARIOUS! And awfully disturbing.
Posted by: Chaos Overlord at September 13, 2003 02:26 PM
It's kind of sad that he's currently ranked behind Adolf. Maybe if he got a haircut and lost the unkempt facial fuzz he'd be more of a contender.
Posted by: Chris Taylor at September 13, 2003 05:10 PM
I am not sure which is more odd: the peculiar normality of Hitler-as-soap-star or the urge which possessed Space-Ninja to make the comparison in the first place. I confess a warped urge to shop Mao, etc. I bet Che would do well.
Posted by: Nicholas Packwood at September 13, 2003 05:21 PM
Here's another candidate for radical chic.
Posted by: Cracker Barrel Philosopher at September 13, 2003 06:36 PM
There is something absurdly normal about the photoshopped Hitler image. He looks like the kind of guy you'd find in the lumber section at the local Home Depot. I guess it just goes to show you how the average guy could be a monstruous earth-scorching sociopath, if they set their mind to it.
I think many people (including myself) often fail to realize that the world's monsters (Lenin, Stalin, Hitler et al) do not come with Hollywood-style villain cues, like ominous theme music, permanent brooding scowls, a facial tic or deformity, and an obviously violent and unstable temperament. The most effective and dangerous tyrants first usually seem like the average Joe to their citizens (at first, before the bloody oppression begins).
It's worth remembering that if Hitler was visibly an out-and-out lunatic from day one, he'd never have been elected to the Reichstag. Nor would have have successfully persuaded the German population to enthusiastically buy into the National Socialist German Worker's Party, its half-baked neo-pagan mass torchlight ceremonies, and "Ein Reich, ein Volk, ein Fuhrer" routine.
In unrelated news I don't know if there's any cosmic significance to the fact that both George H. W. Bush, John McCain and Donald Rumsfeld were naval aviators in their earlier days. Although the Army has a tremendous edge if we're measuring former Presidents from the various services. I don't think there's ever been an ex-Marine President, has there?
Don Rumsfeld's younger image makes it seem like he missed his true calling -- in the NFL.
Posted by: Chris Taylor at September 14, 2003 07:52 AM
preciso de tudo sobre fidel castro
Posted by: JOAO DIAS at June 24, 2004 10:53 PM
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