The New York Times Magazine is all about the burning questions, as evidenced by this:
We asked @nytmag readers: If you could go back and kill Hitler as a baby, would you do it? (What's your response?) pic.twitter.com/daatm12NZC
— NYT Magazine (@NYTmag) October 23, 2015
Maybe they thought they were being profound. Maybe they thought they were being clever.
Unfortunately for them, the public didn’t seem to find either of those things to be true. And now, NYT Mag is taking a heck of a beating:
i don't like any of you. pic.twitter.com/OXLU6Q5Acw
— Phil Mattingly (@Phil_Mattingly) October 23, 2015
And if nobody minds, we’re just going to sit back here and watch.
FFS, people https://t.co/5CYIFNz44g
— Amy Miller (@ThatAmyMiller) October 23, 2015
https://twitter.com/GrouchoMarxist/status/657622082906411008
. @NYTmag @KarakDamnaz I… What? This question is STUPID. Really, really stupid. I mean, seriously idiotic.
— Menolly (@Menolly07) October 23, 2015
@NYTmag A question for the ages. Well done, @NYTmag , well done.
— MrsDohler (@mrsdohler) October 23, 2015
https://twitter.com/blahblahokgotit/status/657641419830620160
https://twitter.com/NYTFridge/status/657625388261220352
@NYTmag seriously? Who got paid to come up with that question?
— beekaytulsa (@beekaytulsa) October 23, 2015
@NYTmag a new low. congrats!
— Javier Gorriti (@javelhoff) October 23, 2015
https://twitter.com/therichardkirby/status/657629756473671680
@NYTmag @oliverburkeman what a crap question
— Jessie Churchill (@churchill747) October 23, 2015
.@NYTmag Is this rhetorical or do you know something?
— Mike Scollins (@mikescollins) October 23, 2015
What a time to be alive #babyhitler
— Emily Thomas (@lilmammaET) October 23, 2015
https://twitter.com/MissBellla/status/657628987427004416
https://twitter.com/James_May_Not/status/657639510520537088
@NYTmag why pic.twitter.com/tvz3CfGgHh
— evan (@chooskie) October 23, 2015
.@NYTmag Hey, @ScottBakula, why didn't this Quantum Leap episode ever happen? #babyhitler
— Eric (@WaldoWilbur) October 23, 2015
Everyone knows that you can't go back in time and kill Hitler. https://t.co/F1ik4On4xD https://t.co/ElJnZYXGNg
— Gabriel Malor (@gabrielmalor) October 23, 2015
https://twitter.com/GayPatriot/status/657622847947415552
Isn't the obvious answer to go back in time and kill Biff?
— John Podhoretz (@jpodhoretz) October 23, 2015
https://twitter.com/stevekovach/status/657620096660197376
https://twitter.com/stevekovach/status/657620261374709760
https://twitter.com/steverousseau/status/657619877205798912
@WhatASydStory @NYTmag any chance to be mean to babies.
— BCC (@ByCommonConsent) October 23, 2015
@pattymo what would you rather kill, one Hitler-sized baby Hitler or 10 baby-Hitler-sized Hitlers
— CranberRy Bacic (@RyanBacic) October 23, 2015
@NYTmag are we talking Good Hitler or Space Hitler? or Midwest Hitler, I hate that guy @jonrosenberg
— eric “part of the problem” wvgg (@Eric_WVGG) October 23, 2015
https://twitter.com/andylevy/status/657635253855649793
https://twitter.com/LoganJames/status/657623238571266049
@NYTmag How would I know it was Baby Hitler? Did he have the mustache and the combover back then?
— Karlo ♥︎ Takki (@KarloTakki) October 23, 2015
https://twitter.com/CuffyMeh/status/657640601920405504
https://twitter.com/CuffyMeh/status/657648641826533376
I bet #BabyHitler was a fan of the 'My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic' series.
— Jimmy (@JimmyPrinceton) October 23, 2015
https://twitter.com/ThatElJefe/status/657637114100760576
but would you go back in time and kill a nazi dinosaur with machine gun horns? pic.twitter.com/b4z5BXda0u
— Cates Holderness (@catesish) October 23, 2015
https://twitter.com/darthtortilla/status/657639726556557312
@NYTmag delete your account
— *“Volk” intensifies* (@TinctureDrone) October 23, 2015
That might not be a bad idea.
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