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[–] omnislayer88@kbin.social 101 points 2 years ago (5 children)

They really are using 9/11 as a meme template now...

[–] ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca 81 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Japanese people and nuke memes: First time?

[–] Cybersteel@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

Demon Core memes too

[–] arefx@lemmy.ml 41 points 2 years ago (3 children)

The sad truth is every year less and less people will care. Do you feel the same intensity of emotions about pearl harbor? I know I don't.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 47 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I care more about the million Iraqis we murdered or at least enabled the death of in a global temper tantrum as we set the stage for a headlong descent into fascism.

[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 16 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

People don't think much about Afghanistan already, yet that's the country that got invaded first after 9/11

[–] neocamel@lemmy.studio 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

To be fair, Afghanistan was actually involved in the 9/11 plot, unlike Iraq.

[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 years ago

Yes, all 45 000 civilians killed by the US military were involved...

https://watson.brown.edu/costsofwar/costs/human/civilians

[–] dingleberry@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 2 years ago

Funny, because it turned out to be Saudis. And Bin Laden himself was bunkered in Pakistan.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It simply killed many fewer people with an at least half-assed justification, instead of an outright lie to justify a neocrusade.

[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago

Turns out it was also a lie in Afghanistan and the people who financed ObL must be laughing their ass off about it!

[–] atyaz@reddthat.com 18 points 2 years ago (1 children)

What's really sad is that no one cares about Ashurbanipal's destruction of Elam anymore

[–] BaroqueInMind@kbin.social 11 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)
[–] Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 years ago

Memes beyond measure, outlander.

[–] Soundhole@lemm.ee 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It's not that sad. That shit was relentlessly exploited to manipulate people into supporting unjust oil wars.

[–] superduperenigma@lemmy.world 30 points 2 years ago

Don't forgot manipulating people into accepting a surveillance state with open arms!

[–] QuestioningEspecialy@kbin.social 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] cooopl@lemmy.world 21 points 2 years ago

22.3 years according to South Park (for 9/11 it’s actually later this year)

[–] Pringles@lemm.ee 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Finally I would say. Americans have been extremely emotional about anything concerning the 11th of September for way too long. It's 22 years ago. Let the memery commence!