With 1 Single Tweet About Hitler, The NYT Magazine Caused the Internet to Explode

It's Friday, so naturally everyone's feeling a little more loose than usual, including The New York Times Magazine. In one simple tweet, the magazine sent the Internet into a frenzy by showing a graph of how readers felt about going back in time and killing baby Adolf Hitler.

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

As you can imagine, the response to this tweet included jokes and snarky responses. It also caused "Baby Hitler" to start trending on Twitter.

Ok, fair enough @NYTmag -- But tell me something useful; like which babies should we kill today, in the here & now? https://t.co/f8LOcwuR3b
— Hollow Earth Expert (@historyinflicks) October 23, 2015

Why is it necessary to kill Hitler as a baby? Could I wait until he was at least a teenager? #babyhitler @NYTmag
— Logan Smith (@LoganJames) October 23, 2015

f/m/k: baby hitler, teen hitler, hitler hitler
— Caitlin Kelly (@atotalmonet) October 23, 2015

i would go back in time to prevent baby hitler from putting peas in guacamole
— Adam Serwer (@AdamSerwer) October 23, 2015

People also connected it to the Netflix and chill meme.

netflix and kill baby hitler
— Adam Weinstein (@AdamWeinstein) October 23, 2015

halfway through "netflix and kill baby hitler" and he gives you this look pic.twitter.com/BpDRxSLKnH
— baby hitler killer (@SeanMcElwee) October 23, 2015

But really, this sums up how we all feel about this semi-tasteless tweet.

*Opens Twitter*
*Sees Baby Hitler trending*
*Closes Twitter.*
*Ponders into distance, wondering what happened to humanity*

— Dave Rubin (@RubinReport) October 23, 2015