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Call me a snowflake but I find the video tasteless. Given their history of genocide I don't find Nazi humor amusing. I respect the Nazis for their technical innovations and acknowledge we never would have gotten to the moon without a bunch of their scientists but equating any modern company to Nazi Germany is just downright tasteless.
 
Call me a snowflake but I find the video tasteless. Given their history of genocide I don't find Nazi humor amusing. I respect the Nazis for their technical innovations and acknowledge we never would have gotten to the moon without a bunch of their scientists but equating any modern company to Nazi Germany is just downright tasteless.

From Wikipedia...
Downfall is well known for its rise in popularity due to Internet parodies called "Hitler Rants", which use scenes in the film such as where Hitler becomes angry after realizing the war is lost, where Hitler orders Otto Günsche to find SS-Gruppenführer Hermann Fegelein, and Hitler discusses a counterattack against advancing Soviet forces with his generals. In the videos the original German audio is retained, but new subtitles are added so that Hitler and his subordinates seem to be reacting to an issue of setback in present-day politics, sports, entertainment, popular culture, or everyday life.[57][58][59][60] By 2010, there were thousands of parodies.[61] Various YouTubers make Downfallreaction videos and some have cited their reasons for making them.[62][59]

It's parody, and damn funny at that. Thank goodness for Mel Brooks who made it ok to laugh at Nazis over 50 years ago when he made The Producers.
 
Guess you haven't seen that video clip used for dozens of parodies? It can be quite hilarious
Yeah. I've seen it 20 times or more covering all manner of topics. Ironically, I've never seen that clip in its original format with its true meaning subtitled. (I've also not cared enough to look it up, either.)
 
It's like the Iran-iraq War. One can only hope that they both lose. Being the king of the tiny Tupperware pistols, chambered in the europellet, is a dubious "honor", at best.

The video is funny. Again.
 
I have watched all the Hitler downfall paradys
From Wikipedia...
Downfall is well known for its rise in popularity due to Internet parodies called "Hitler Rants", which use scenes in the film such as where Hitler becomes angry after realizing the war is lost, where Hitler orders Otto Günsche to find SS-Gruppenführer Hermann Fegelein, and Hitler discusses a counterattack against advancing Soviet forces with his generals. In the videos the original German audio is retained, but new subtitles are added so that Hitler and his subordinates seem to be reacting to an issue of setback in present-day politics, sports, entertainment, popular culture, or everyday life.[57][58][59][60] By 2010, there were thousands of parodies.[61] Various YouTubers make Downfallreaction videos and some have cited their reasons for making them.[62][59]

It's parody, and damn funny at that. Thank goodness for Mel Brooks who made it ok to laugh at Nazis over 50 years ago when he made The Producers.

I have watched all the parodies of Hitler rants and find all of them hilarious at how they can make fun of the hyped social issues of the time. I especially liked the one with Hitler and Bigfoot. The race to get the maximum amount of rounds into a micro 9mm is actually fun to watch. Similar to which Country would be the first to land on the moon. You really have to watch the video in slow motion and see all the dialog. They did a great job in such a small amount of time in following the claim to fame to have the maximum amount of rounds in the "Whole World". Notice Hitler did not care if the guns were failing or not selling, only the claim to that fame of most rounds. The News of a competitor that just beat him is now total defeat. It all came down to One Round more. "We had them in the palm of our hands"
Interesting is how Keltec actually held that honor some years ago with the PF11.

The Parady covers a lot of ground. The 320 drop test failure, Mim Parts, bid Rigging and winning the contract from Beretta and finally the SAS which Hitler reminds his General "that it is just a gun with sights you can't see"
The race is most likey not over. Someone will come out with product that Holds one round More.
I suspect, you will see more Parodies down the road, until the hype subsides and something else comes along that grabs the gun media attention.Remember the Shockwave?
 
Well, when you make a 10+1 with sights that won't work worth a damn past 5 yards and a ported 3 inch barrel that will only make more hollow points fail to expand, there's a reason the 13+1 Hellcat sounds better on paper.

And it's optics ready? Dayum Springfield, at least let me buy you dinner before we...
 
I find it interesting that the PF11 is not mentioned more. I wonder if Keltec will revisit that design or others copy it and improve on it. Actually what is interesting about the Keltec was the fact that is in theory is a better design. Less Weight, Not as long and more concealable.Almost 4oz difference in weight. They ended up dropping the gun and went back to the light weight PF9 at only around 12 oz.
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Things seem to always do better the second time around.

Large cap compact pistols, high cap 22 mag auto pistols, short action magnums, 6.5 caliber, etc.
 
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