3.2 Gazillion ‘Nazi’ Jokes on Twitter for World Cup

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By Rachel X. Landes July 9, 2014

As Germany hammered Brazil during the World Cup match yesterday 7-1, Twitter exploded in reaction tweets. With a record 36.6 million tweets were sent out during the match, the Germany-Brazil match became the most discussed sports event in Twitter history.

Unsurprisingly a large fraction of those tweets were, well, Nazi jokes.

Germany, relax! They’re not Poland.

— rob delaney (@robdelaney) July 8, 2014

Awkward time to be Nazi war criminal hiding out in Brazil.

— netw3rk (@netw3rk) July 9, 2014

Germany must think they are playing Poland the way they are conquering Brazil right now #BrazilvsGermany #BRAvsGER #WorldCup2014

— Andy Farag (@andyfarag) July 8, 2014

This is like a WWII reenactment in which Brazil is playing the part of Poland in 1939. #BrazilvsGermany #WorldCup

— Daniel Humbarger (@humbargerdaniel) July 8, 2014

Of course the ever obvious:

Brazil did Nazi this coming.

— World Cup 2014 (@FifaWorIdCup_14) July 8, 2014

Some pointed out the problem of Holocaust jokes:

All of these nazi jokes are out of mein kampfort zone anne frankly I’m offended

— Nathan Kim (@nathantenders) July 8, 2014

And others attempted to be clever:

I do nazi see any hope for Brazil

— Mary. M. Timmons (@muurrricatimz) July 8, 2014

Man the goalie really holocaust them the game, I bet Brazil’s coach was like Aw Schwitz

— Daniel Kibblesmith (@kibblesmith) July 8, 2014

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