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Off-Topic => Chatterbox => Topic started by: Noodle on September 10, 2011, 11:42:24 PM

Title: 9/11
Post by: Noodle on September 10, 2011, 11:42:24 PM
...there was going to be a discussion about this.  It is inevitable Mr Anderson.  This will also inevitably be in the playground at some point.

So I've made this thread so you can discuss murrica, wackjob conspiracy theories, and towel-heads without intruding into the other threads.
Title: Re: 9/11
Post by: Meganerdbomb on September 11, 2011, 12:51:38 AM
 Merry 9/11!
 (http://upurs.us/image/30958.jpeg)


But really it was awful. People died.
 
Title: Re: 9/11
Post by: Avalanche on September 11, 2011, 02:42:37 AM
One big cluster**** there.
They were BANGING ON THE SHELTER WINDOWS to get in!
To god, WHY!WHY!WHY!WHY!WHY!
Title: Re: 9/11
Post by: That Robot is a Spy! on September 11, 2011, 03:46:49 AM
Despite the horrible things that happened on this day, it was hard not to lol at MNB's picture.
Title: Re: 9/11
Post by: Jonzu95 on September 11, 2011, 05:28:15 AM
10 years ago, at the same day, we bought "new" car, Blue Toyota Corolla.. When we were going home, we heard recent news from the radio... When we arrived home, dad turned up the TV and wwatched the broadcast... Though I was so young so I didn't understand what happened...

Anyway, it's very sad that this did happen... I wish that this kind of horrible terrorism wont happen ever again...
Title: Re: 9/11
Post by: Doomkiller on September 11, 2011, 05:37:06 AM
10 years ago, at the same day, we bought "new" car, Blue Toyota Corolla.. When we were going home, we heard recent news from the radio... When we arrived home, dad turned up the TV and wwatched the broadcast... Though I was so young so I didn't understand what happened...

Anyway, it's very sad that this did happen... I wish that this kind of horrible terrorism wont happen ever again...

Hahaha, sounds like what I did when this happened

As my mum said:
"Mummy, there are crashing planes into building"
Mum thought I was joking till she saw the news :P
Title: Re: 9/11
Post by: Enigm@ on September 11, 2011, 09:37:33 AM
So yeah, 9/11. I remember looking on the TV to see what was going on, and being only seven, I didn't understand much, but I knew something bad was happening.
Title: Re: 9/11
Post by: ty4er on September 11, 2011, 09:38:43 AM
Was too busy with my baby sister >.>

plus i was around 3 years old and was probably watching thomas the tank engine.
Title: Re: 9/11
Post by: doublestrand on September 11, 2011, 09:43:08 AM
good ol 9/11 teaching us that life can just **** on people
Title: Re: 9/11
Post by: Scrap Daddy on September 11, 2011, 10:06:43 AM
I was living about 20 minutes from ny when it happened and I could see a sh** ton of smoke coming from new york.
Title: Re: 9/11
Post by: Meganerdbomb on September 11, 2011, 10:07:23 AM
I was 11 at the time. I remember watching on TV and thinking somebody messed with the wrong country.
Title: Re: 9/11
Post by: freeziez on September 11, 2011, 10:14:52 AM
You don't need to disguise the fact that you're blowing up a building by flying planes into it.
Title: Re: 9/11
Post by: Naryar on September 11, 2011, 01:41:37 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AYujWCCHRk# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AYujWCCHRk#)
Title: Re: 9/11
Post by: Natef on September 11, 2011, 01:44:06 PM
It seems like everyone is treating it like a holiday now.
Title: Re: 9/11
Post by: Preytor_4 on September 11, 2011, 01:45:19 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2Ms4pZPONw&feature=related# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2Ms4pZPONw&feature=related#)
Title: Re: 9/11
Post by: Natef on September 11, 2011, 01:45:53 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRDk-U74auA&feature=feedu#ws (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRDk-U74auA&feature=feedu#ws)
Title: Re: 9/11
Post by: Enigm@ on September 11, 2011, 02:24:19 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjFbhNCGXJU# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjFbhNCGXJU#)
Title: Re: 9/11
Post by: GarvinTheGreat on September 11, 2011, 04:43:35 PM
10 years ago, at the same day, we bought "new" car, Blue Toyota Corolla.. When we were going home, we heard recent news from the radio... When we arrived home, dad turned up the TV and wwatched the broadcast... Though I was so young so I didn't understand what happened...

Anyway, it's very sad that this did happen... I wish that this kind of horrible terrorism wont happen ever again...

Toyota. Are you serious?
Title: Re: 9/11
Post by: Natef on September 11, 2011, 05:11:48 PM
Freeziez, please tell me you are not a conspiracy theorist.
Title: Re: 9/11
Post by: freeziez on September 11, 2011, 06:39:10 PM
Freeziez, please tell me you are not a conspiracy theorist.

No, it's just that they didn't need to fill a plane up with jet fuel, hijack it, and fly it into the building, they could have just blown it up.

Jason explains it best:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9uMor9BLnI# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9uMor9BLnI#)
Title: Re: 9/11
Post by: Naryar on September 11, 2011, 06:49:31 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjFbhNCGXJU# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjFbhNCGXJU#)

SONICBOOM'D
Title: Re: 9/11
Post by: Meganerdbomb on September 11, 2011, 07:45:23 PM
Freeziez, please tell me you are not a conspiracy theorist.

No, it's just that they didn't need to fill a plane up with jet fuel, hijack it, and fly it into the building, they could have just blown it up.

Jason explains it best:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9uMor9BLnI# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9uMor9BLnI#)
Yeah, but the goal was to cause maximum shock and maximum casualties, so for that, a plane was the more effective choice.
Title: Re: 9/11
Post by: Jonzu95 on September 12, 2011, 01:24:23 AM
10 years ago, at the same day, we bought "new" car, Blue Toyota Corolla.. When we were going home, we heard recent news from the radio... When we arrived home, dad turned up the TV and wwatched the broadcast... Though I was so young so I didn't understand what happened...

Anyway, it's very sad that this did happen... I wish that this kind of horrible terrorism wont happen ever again...

Toyota. Are you serious?
Shut up and deal with it.
Title: Re: 9/11
Post by: Noodle on September 12, 2011, 01:45:46 AM
10 years ago, at the same day, we bought "new" car, Blue Toyota Corolla.. When we were going home, we heard recent news from the radio... When we arrived home, dad turned up the TV and wwatched the broadcast... Though I was so young so I didn't understand what happened...

Anyway, it's very sad that this did happen... I wish that this kind of horrible terrorism wont happen ever again...

Toyota. Are you serious?
Shut up and deal with it.

Toyota :V
(http://gyazo.breakpointservers.com/d7533f26783bb45d433fcb22883ad824.png)
Title: Re: 9/11
Post by: Jonzu95 on September 12, 2011, 01:54:01 AM
10 years ago, at the same day, we bought "new" car, Blue Toyota Corolla.. When we were going home, we heard recent news from the radio... When we arrived home, dad turned up the TV and wwatched the broadcast... Though I was so young so I didn't understand what happened...

Anyway, it's very sad that this did happen... I wish that this kind of horrible terrorism wont happen ever again...

Toyota. Are you serious?
Shut up and deal with it.

Toyota :V
(http://gyazo.breakpointservers.com/d7533f26783bb45d433fcb22883ad824.png)
Not a surprise from Noodle...
Title: Re: 9/11
Post by: System32 on September 12, 2011, 02:09:13 AM
Noodle, name a single good American car.
 
You know, one that doesn't need a refueling every 5 seconds of driving.
 
Anyway, I've made my own opinions on 9/11 clear IRL and online before.
Why can we make fun of the holocaust but not 9/11? Why are Nazi jokes garenteed laughs but Al Queda group jokes not?
 
 
Title: Re: 9/11
Post by: Meganerdbomb on September 12, 2011, 02:26:36 AM
I'm sure if you told a holocaust joke to a holocaust survivor he/she wouldn't laugh either. The main difference is 9/11 is still a lot more recent, and a lot of people who were directly affected by it are still around to be offended. I still laugh every time I look at that Hulk Hogan picture I posted though. The last panel gets me every time.
Title: Re: 9/11
Post by: R0B0SH4RK on September 12, 2011, 03:21:46 AM
Anyway, I've made my own opinions on 9/11 clear IRL and online before.
Why can we make fun of the holocaust but not 9/11? Why are Nazi jokes garenteed laughs but Al Queda group jokes not?

Making fun of terrorists has always been fair game :/
 
Anyways, my memory of 9/11 was watching it on the T.V. with my family. My Grandad, who was an extremely experienced and respected structural engineer, was on the phone with my Mum at the time. I remember him describing in detail that not only were the towers both going to collapse, but that they were going to "pancake." Sure enough, within minutes, the first tower came down exactly as he described.
 
Because of this, I laugh at anyone who tries to conclude that explosives brought the towers down because "they just don't fall like that on their own." They totally do, and any decent structural engineer knows this.