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General => The Superdeep Borehole => Topic started by: Positive Touch on September 11, 2016, 01:23:46 AM

Title: happy 9/11 guys!
Post by: Positive Touch on September 11, 2016, 01:23:46 AM: how are you celebrating?
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Post by: toku on September 11, 2016, 01:39:11 AM: sleeping in much like how american intelligence agencies slept on dat information prior lmao
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Post by: Tasty on September 11, 2016, 01:55:27 AM: Gonna burn a flag and jack off to a Hillary Clinton speech.
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Post by: Positive Touch on September 11, 2016, 02:02:10 AM: I'm gonna shoot a dog
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Post by: benjipwns on September 11, 2016, 02:13:38 AM: it my dad birthday

i was gonna take him to a mattress sale in san antonio but not anymore :usacry
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Post by: VomKriege on September 11, 2016, 02:17:36 AM: Didn't know you were all into Coptic feasts.

Me ? I'm gonna topple a democratically elected but economically inept marxist president.
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Post by: Joe Molotov on September 11, 2016, 02:37:35 AM: Quote from: VomKriege on September 11, 2016, 02:17:36 AM
Didn't know you were all into Coptic feasts.

Me ? I'm gonna topple a democratically elected but economically inept marxist president.

Good luck, the GOP have been trying for nearly 8 years.
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Post by: Trent Dole on September 11, 2016, 02:38:22 AM: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AYujWCCHRk
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Post by: benjipwns on September 11, 2016, 02:40:58 AM: Quote
Noah Sturgis2 weeks ago
You shouldn't make fun of 9/11. My father died on 9/11...but at least he took 3,000 infidels with him.
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The Guy6 months ago
Hi, I'm Khalid al-Mihdhar. And this is Jackass.
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Sjuksköterska2 months ago
Never forget! 7/11 was a part-time job!!!
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Ray Swarr1 month ago
You people are truly, truly reprehensible.

I lost a dear, dear brother in these horrific attacks.

He left behind two beautiful children.

I know what you'll say, that "it's black humor", or that it's your right "to offend as much as I am to be offended", but it doesn't make this mockery any less disgusting.

All I can say is, it's a tragedy that my brother was caught up in these horrific attacks, and that the FBI never checked why he was taking flying lessons in the first place.
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Post by: benjipwns on September 11, 2016, 02:41:20 AM: (https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BnrA3v7CEAAY99m.jpg:large)
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Post by: Trent Dole on September 11, 2016, 02:43:42 AM: (http://i.imgur.com/PMeaYrO.jpg)
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Post by: benjipwns on September 11, 2016, 02:45:39 AM: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjFbhNCGXJU
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Post by: toku on September 11, 2016, 03:57:21 AM: I remember getting ready for school in Jamaica when it happened and being like "lol fuck it im not going to school today" which I think makes me more American than you fucks that found out during school.

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Post by: benjipwns on September 11, 2016, 05:38:48 AM: Steve Youngblood can't melt steel beams.
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Post by: thisismyusername on September 11, 2016, 07:59:09 AM: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xu6gmQCljfo
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Post by: nudemacusers on September 11, 2016, 08:01:32 AM: Huh, completely forgot.
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Post by: Olivia Wilde Homo on September 11, 2016, 08:26:32 AM: (http://i.imgur.com/96NsK.jpg)
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Post by: pilonv1 on September 11, 2016, 08:35:56 AM: Disgusted it took nine posts before Hogan showed up
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Post by: fizzel on September 11, 2016, 09:40:56 AM: (https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CsDmkVSWYAQgZhy.jpg)
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Post by: Madrun Badrun on September 11, 2016, 11:57:28 AM: I'm gonna watch every post 9/11 movie set in NY that goes out of its way to showcase hero cops.
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Post by: Madrun Badrun on September 11, 2016, 12:15:16 PM: You looking for company on your trip, dufus?
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Post by: Joe Molotov on September 11, 2016, 02:56:49 PM: Quote from: TheInfelicitousDandy on September 11, 2016, 11:57:28 AM
I'm gonna watch every post 9/11 movie set in NY that goes out of its way to showcase hero cops.

Start with Ghostbusters 2
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Post by: king of the internet on September 11, 2016, 03:06:56 PM: 17 years ago today the Sega Dreamcast was released. NFL2K was the shit :aah
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Post by: Joe Molotov on September 11, 2016, 03:16:52 PM: Dreamcast was 9/9/99 :bolo
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Post by: king of the internet on September 11, 2016, 04:04:32 PM: The Facebook trending topic was a lie >:(
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Post by: Purrp Skirrp on September 11, 2016, 08:23:57 PM: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NU9JoFKlaZ0
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Post by: CatsCatsCats on September 11, 2016, 08:32:03 PM: There's a like. Now never post that song again
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Post by: toku on September 11, 2016, 09:27:49 PM: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMVTB2aVUg0
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Post by: eleuin on September 11, 2016, 09:30:54 PM: if you don't masturbate today the terrorists won
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Post by: Positive Touch on September 11, 2016, 10:08:00 PM: got a terrible stomach flu today bc god doesn't like ugly
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Post by: toku on September 11, 2016, 10:48:13 PM: (https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CsGAb0sUkAAMdDF.jpg)
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Post by: Brehvolution on September 12, 2016, 09:20:37 AM: (http://i.imgur.com/DEYsVJF.png)
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Post by: Cerveza mas fina on September 12, 2016, 09:26:17 AM: I remember I was playing Total Annihilation when my ex called to tell me some planes crashed into the WTC.

TA was such a good game.
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Post by: chronovore on September 12, 2016, 11:57:21 AM: Quote from: Premium Lager on September 12, 2016, 09:26:17 AM
I remember I was playing Total Annihilation when my ex called to tell me some planes crashed into the WTC.

TA was such a good game.

TA was a masterpiece.

I had just been in Japan for a couple months when 9/11 happened. I was speaking to my sister, who was FTFO over the first plane hitting. She wasn't being clear, so I thought some idiot in a Cessna had critfailed his Pilot roll. While we spoke, the 2nd plane hit, and I realized it wasn't a mistake.

It's stunning how the terrorists have "won." The USA took all the goodwill from the entire planet and pissed on it by knowingly deciding to preemptively invade a country they knew had nothing to do with 9/11, and almost certainly knew was not hoarding WMDs. The middle-east is less stable than at any other time in my lifetime. Tolerance of Islam is at an utter low in the USA. We have layers of security theater at every airport which is provably ineffective and even manages to be corrupt to boot. We have limited freedom of movement.

I also think about Flight 94, and how the narrative treats them as heroes for managing to "just" crash their plane instead of letting the terrorists make it to their target. If it had been the only flight hijacked and the result was the same, the narrative would have vilified the passengers for not letting professionals deal with negotiation, blah-blah-blah.
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Post by: chronovore on September 12, 2016, 12:11:55 PM: Quote from: Dufus on September 12, 2016, 12:07:05 PM
Quote from: chronovore on September 12, 2016, 11:57:21 AM
If it had been the only flight hijacked and the result was the same, the narrative would have vilified the passengers for not letting professionals deal with negotiation, blah-blah-blah.

wait... wut :doge

Because we know the other planes were successful in hitting their targets, we also know that the Flight 94 passengers managed to prevent a greater disaster.

If #94 had been the only plane in the scenario, and the passengers' interference caused the flight to crash, it would not have been reported as heroism. It would have been reported as civilians interfering with proper channels, screwing up professional negotiation efforts, leading to the crash, costing the lives of everyone on-board.
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Post by: T-Short on September 12, 2016, 12:22:44 PM: It's 93 btw #triggered
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Post by: T-Short on September 12, 2016, 12:28:20 PM: Also, wasn't the fact that the passengers got word of the other attacks (via radio/SMS, I forget) the reason that they decided to intervene? If the other attacks wouldn't have happened the passengers would have had no clue that the hijackers were about to use the plane as a weapon.
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Post by: Joe Molotov on September 12, 2016, 04:14:34 PM: (http://i.imgur.com/mozWPq8.png)

Things only 90's kids remember: How awesome 9/11 was. :doge
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Post by: T-Short on September 12, 2016, 05:40:28 PM: really long story, but kinda interesting:

http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a48031/the-falling-man-tom-junod/ (http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a48031/the-falling-man-tom-junod/)
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Post by: thisismyusername on September 13, 2016, 12:30:24 AM: Quote from: chronovore on September 12, 2016, 11:57:21 AM
I also think about Flight 94, and how the narrative treats them as heroes for managing to "just" crash their plane instead of letting the terrorists make it to their target. If it had been the only flight hijacked and the result was the same, the narrative would have vilified the passengers for not letting professionals deal with negotiation, blah-blah-blah.

I dunno. I'd consider Flight 93 (even if it was solo) a heroic effort. But it would really depend on if the hijackers plans came to light first. I mean even if the professionals tried to deal in negotiation, it'd either have 1) shot the plane down (thereby killing them) or 2) possibly have had a few hostages killed during the meantime and/or have had their plan succeed anyway due to negotiation taking a while.

I really can't see a way out for them that would've been successful.

Quote from: Hyoushi on September 12, 2016, 12:28:20 PM
Also, wasn't the fact that the passengers got word of the other attacks (via radio/SMS, I forget) the reason that they decided to intervene? If the other attacks wouldn't have happened the passengers would have had no clue that the hijackers were about to use the plane as a weapon.

Also, yeah. This is like pre-social media ( :doge ) days, so there was no CNN/Fox/et. al. 24/7 news cycles to stream on their (totally not smart-)phones. The hijackers were pretty successful in grinding America's sense of security to a halt and sneaking onto planes with things to hijack them and there was pretty much nothing the passengers could've done besides attempting to attack them if they knew a 'jacking was going on.
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Post by: chronovore on September 13, 2016, 03:33:58 AM: I'm strictly talking about how the media would have painted a picture of it. But you guys are right: there is no way to know outside of the context it was actually in. FWIW, I think they did the right thing. If it had been only one plane, it still would have been the right thing. This was a new scenario, there was no way it was going to go well unless Harrison Ford or Wesley Snipes had been on board.
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Post by: Cerveza mas fina on September 13, 2016, 03:54:32 AM: Quote from: chronovore on September 12, 2016, 11:57:21 AM
I was speaking to my sister, who was FTFO over the first plane hitting. She wasn't being clear, so I thought some idiot in a Cessna had critfailed his Pilot roll. While we spoke, the 2nd plane hit, and I realized it wasn't a mistake.

Yeah I was thinking "it must be some small RC plane"
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Post by: Tasty on September 13, 2016, 03:57:16 AM: "I wish people could relive the worst terror attack in world history." :doge