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… it's September 11th!

Upvoted, because if we can't find humor in such a tragic event, the terrorists win. On that note…

I'll say this, if I ever die horribly in a terrorist attack and it gets caught on tape, I want it sped up, yakaty sax played, and it posted on Youtube. And I want people to laugh.

So in an attempt to keep some form of discussion going, recently a post has been making its round, saying the US should move on from 9/11 because worse terrorist attacks happen all over the world, various even being caused by the US, and after 12 years the US is basically being that douchebag who just can't get over his/her ex after a break-up. It's not saying we should stop remembering, but that people should stop making such a big deal out of it each fucking year again.

To be honest, I can't help but agreeing with it. Sure, it's a terrible thing that happened, but it's been 12 years and there are worse things going on in the world even as I post this. I'm not telling the people who lost someone that day to forget about those they lost, I'm just speaking against the mega media cannon that's made from it each year. But I'll just place that post below a spoiler here.

I was expecting this:

@randomman
Tell that to the thousands of people who lost loved ones that day and the many many more that lost loved ones because of the aftermath of it, the war. I'm not saying that I cry every 9/11, but I can see why others do. Also, sure worse things happen around the world but are you gonna tell the parapaligic to stop caring because its not like he's fully paralyzed?

Dac, I understand what happened, as I said in my previous post as well, but even people who lost loved ones have replied to that post and showed that they agree. They will remember their loved ones they lost that day, forever, but they don't ask for a global media cannon each year again.

Let them remember those they loved in peace, not on public television. It's not a post against remembering them, it's against the ton of media attention each year.

, but even people who lost loved ones have replied to that post and showed that they agree

Ok, I'm sure many others disagree.

I just don't care because honestly, every 9/11, it's just a couple things on TV I guess ( not that I watch TV) and a couple people telling me " oh, it's 9/11 today… That was too bad." and memorials services ( I haven't seen any where I live, I'm just guessing) that you aren't obligated to go to. So, if that's how it is for an American living in the USA, what exactly is bothering you?

Knock knock

Who's there?

9/11

9/11 who?

I THOUGHT YOU SAID YOU'D NEVER FORGET

I'm just gonna say this.

It may have been 12 years now, but it's still a pretty recent tragedy. Part of not wanting to forget and let it go yet for some is the idea that most of the victims would still be alive today.

As for me I was 10 at the time and I can still remember the day almost hour for hour – and though I can overlook most jokes about it, a traumatizing day of senseless death and extreme fear isn't something I can find much humor in.

Remember this?

Two days after Cirno Day?

RandomMan said:

It’s not saying we should stop remembering, but that people should stop making such a big deal out of it each fucking year again.

That's not going to happen. Look at Pearl Harbor. We still have specials, media hype, and recounts of the horrors seventy years later.

You should know, once the ride starts, it's not going to end.

It's a conspiracy!*

like this?

You guys are expecting me to get FULL PATRIOT mode and cry about the tragedy, right?

IT'S RAINING MEN, HALLELUJAH!
IT'S RAINING MEN, AMEN!

I won't make fun of 9/11 because my uncle died in one of the towers.
I won't get butthurt out of people poking fun at 9/11 because it's going to happen regardless.

Oh and one of our new guys at work got fired today for saying "Happy Holiday" to a customer as they were leaving. Just sayin.

It's still a recent event and for many, they lost their loved ones that day, so 9/11 jokes can come out as insensitive.

The problem is, when images like that infamous "Will Smith dancing on the tower" pic go around, it's often difficult not to laugh at it. That's where I stand here.

We do this every year. Sort of an unspoken rule that it stays in one thread and the emotionally infirm don't visit.

"If we can’t find humor in such a tragic event, the terrorists win."

Respectfully speaking, I've never understood this line of thought. I honestly think the only thing that would let the terrorists win is if we collapsed as a nation altogether (which isn't going to happen just because they blew up a financial building and killed some of our soldiers). I don't see how laughing with them would help matters.

I think the best thing to quietly mourn those that died years ago, and then go on about our business. 9/11 should be thought of as Pearl Harbor 2.0 – pretty soon, the day that lives in infamy will become less of something to be upset about and another date for the history textbooks. While those that died won't be forgotten, people will have come to terms with the tragedy more.

Plus, with the mastermind behind the plot dead and the organization he was associated with in disarray, people have more of a catharsis in regards to this and are thereby more likely to put it behind them.

I'm sorry for not reading most of this thread before hand, and I'm gonna try my best to not put the moral card here.

But seriously? Yeah, 9/11 humor is fair game with the anonymity of the internet. Hell, it's even a chuckle when you're around your friends.

I just don't understand it from this community though. You guys are the same people who all gathered in concern for Cyber6x's suicidal thoughts, but are now actually celebrating 9/11 with memes? It's edgy, I get it. Yeah, America needs to progress from this attack and people need to understand tragedy happens and move on.

However, it's as if you guys are just trying too hard to show you're "above" the people who mourn about the event over a decade ago. Geez, this isn't Encyclopedia Dramatica.

This thread just seems to come off as total delusion and ignorance, honestly.