Talk:528: Windows 7

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Is this a reference to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin's_law Godwin's Law]? [[User:Saibot84|Saibot84]] ([[User talk:Saibot84|talk]]) 21:59, 13 April 2013 (UTC)
:An ironic one, possibly. --[[User:Qwach|Qwach]] ([[User talk:Qwach|talk]]) 13:54, 31 August 2013 (UTC)
::A second opinion: No. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.219.223|108.162.219.223]] 19:30, 10 January 2014 (UTC)

I think the title-text joke is mainly in the word "hardly" instead of "not" when describing the hitler-y-ness of the beta. {{unsigned|Gigahertz}}

;Hitler-y
I don't know but look at this: [http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=hitlery hitlery]. It really seems that it belong to Hillary Clinton. Look at Goooogle: [https://www.google.com/#q=Hitler-y Hitler-y]. This has to be explained, even for non US citizens. --[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 21:03, 3 June 2014 (UTC)
:I added some description clarifying the implied Hitler reference. I believe it has to do with Adolf Hitler because it has a hyphen before the "Y" implying a general characteristic description rather than a nickname. --[[User:themacman33|themacman33]] ([[User talk:themacman33|talk]])
:I can't imagine the use of "Hitler-y" here, especially with the hyphen, is used to mean anything other than "Hitler-like". --[[User:Alex|Alex]] ([[User talk:Alex|talk]]) 23:09, 24 June 2014 (UTC)
:The entry given was created by author "anti-communist/anti-fascist" who also wrote definitions for the terms "kkk" and "gay marriage." Not only were the entries written eight years ago, they were also written down the same day. It seems obvious that said author took that day to spread his own personal political views, and should not be treated as normal day-to-day speech. Furthermore, there is no other reference to Hilary Clinton in this strip. I am removing the incomplete tag from this explanation. If the need is felt to restore it, please give a more justifiable reason. [[User:Castriff|Jimmy C]] ([[User talk:Castriff|talk]]) 02:13, 30 June 2014 (UTC)
:I think it's pretty clear that Hitler-y is simply the way Randall adjectived Hitler. {{unsigned ip|108.162.216.87}}
:Considering [[1756]], I am almost 100% certain it wasn't a slam on Secertary Clinton. [[User:Eeddgg|Eeddgg]] ([[User talk:Eeddgg|talk]]) 17:42, 23 February 2021 (UTC)
I'm pretty sure that this is a reference to a German play called The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui (Der aufhaltsame Aufstieg des Arturo Ui). It's a satirical allegory about Hitler, where Hitler's name in the play is Ui. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Resistible_Rise_of_Arturo_Ui [[Special:Contributions/108.162.221.173|108.162.221.173]] 12:04, 21 September 2015 (UTC)
:Sorry, but there's no way this is the case. It's too much of a stretch for an incredibly obtuse visual pun. Hitler was just chosen because he's probably the worst thing you could have stuck on your monitor forever. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.242.134|108.162.242.134]] 09:08, 11 January 2016 (UTC)

Worse then the original goatse.cx?{{NSFW}} [[Special:Contributions/108.162.216.166|108.162.216.166]] 12:18, 21 July 2017 (UTC)

Yo, Windows is NOT N*zism. Seriously. --[[Special:Contributions/162.158.187.239|162.158.187.239]] 18:20, 12 November 2020 (UTC)

This comic reminds me of a blog post Raymond Chen has written on The Old New Thing about [https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20030825-00/?p=42803 Windows bringing out the Rorschach test in everyone]. Funny enough, said blog post mentions about beta users mentioning that one the generic user icon looking like Hitler near the end when Windows XP was getting tested. [[User:Toastadieu|Toastadieu]] ([[User talk:Toastadieu|talk]]) 16:44, 18 September 2021 (UTC)

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