#september 11 2001

[yokelfelonking]

Post 9/11 Trivia

Most folks on this site were either children on September 11, 2001, or weren’t even born yet.  But America went crazy for about a year afterwards.  Here’s some highlights that I remember that might not be in your history books:

There was national discussion on whether or not Halloween should be canceled because…fuck if I know why.  After planes crashed into buildings in NYC it follows that 6-year-olds in Iowa shouldn’t be allowed to dress up like Batman and ask their neighbors for candy, I guess.  (Halloween wasn’t canceled, by the way.)

On a similar note, people asked if comedy - any sort of comedy - was appropriate anymore, ever.

People sold shitty parachutes to suckers “in case your building gets attacked and you have to jump out the window.” There were honest-to-God news reports warning people not to jump out of the window with shitty mail-order parachutes because they wouldn't work.

As a follow-up to the attacks, someone mailed anthrax to some prominent politicians and news anchors - you know, famous people - along with some badly-written notes about “you cannot stop us, death to America, Allah is good” and after that every time some random dumbass found a package in the mail they didn’t recognize they thought that the terrorists were targeting them, too.

Everyone was similarly convinced that their town was going to be the next target, even if they were a little town in the middle of nowhere. "Our town of Bumblefuck, South Dakota (population 690) has the largest styrofoam pig statue west of the Mississippi! Terrorists might fly planes into that too! It's a prime target!"

People started taping up their windows and trying to make their houses or apartments airtight out of fear of chemical and biological attacks. There were news reports warning people that turning your house into an airtight box was a bad idea because, y'know, you need air to breathe.

"[X] supports terrorism!" and “if we do [X], the terrorists win!” were used as arguments for everything.  "Some rich Arab you never heard of donated to his organization that backs Hamas which backs al-Queda, and also owns stock in a holding company that has partial ownership of the Pringles company, so if you eat Pringles you're supporting terrorism!" "The terrorists want to tear down our freedoms and our way of life and rule us through fear! Eating what you want is one of our freedoms as Americans! If you're afraid to eat Pringles, the terrorists win!" (I promise you that this sort of argument is in no way hyperbole.) (This argument is how Halloween was saved, by the way.  “If we cancel Halloween, the terrorists win!”)

People worked 9/11 into everything, and I mean everything, whether it was appropriate or not.  If you went to the grocery store the tortilla chips would remind you to support the troops on the packaging. Used car sales would be dedicated to our brave first responders. You couldn't wipe your ass without the toilet paper rolls reminding you to never forget the fallen of 9/11, and again, this is not hyperbole. My uncle, who lived in Ohio and had never been to New York except to visit once in the 70′s, died of a stroke about 8 months after 9/11, and the priest brought up the attacks at the eulogy.

On a similar local note, on the day of 9/11, after the towers went down, gas stations in my home town immediately jacked up gas prices.  The mayor had the cops go around and force them to take them back down.  I doubt any of that was legal.

Before 9/11, Christianity in America - and religion in general - was on a downward swing, with reddit-tier atheism on the upswing. Religion was outdated superstition from a bygone age. The day after 9/11? Every single church was PACKED. (This wasn't a bad thing, but the power-hungry on the Evangelical Right saw this as a golden opportunity to grab power and influence.)

EDIT: By Popular Demand - Freedom Fries. I initially left these off because they came a couple years after the initial panic and most people thought they were kind of absurd (and I don't recall anyone really going along with it other than maybe some local diners here and there). France didn't want to get involved in our world policing so some folks were like "TRAITORS!" and wanted to call french fries "Freedom Fries" instead, so as to stick it to the French.

Besides dumb shit like that…it’s really hard to overstate how completely the national mood and character changed in the span of a day, or how much of the current culture war is a result of the aftermath. (9/11 was the impetus for the sharp rise in power of the Evangelical Right, who made themselves utterly odious and the following backlash helped the rise of the current Progressive Left, for instance.)

#9/11 #9-11 #september 11 #september 11 2001 #world trade center

[candicebella]

Paige Payne

#september 11 2001 #9/11 #september 11th #never forget

[saywhat-politics]

Last year, 30 Republicans voted against the 'Fairness for 9/11 Families Act' that provided compensation and relief to victims and their surviving family members including widows and dependent children.

Today, they have the nerve to tweet 'never forget.'

#september 11 2001 #never forget #republicans

[surra-de-bunda]

The music video set of Jay-Z's "Girls, Girls, Girls" (September 2001). The video (directed by Marc Klasfeld) was filmed in September 2001 in Los Angeles, California. Jay-Z stated in a 2011 interview that he was in Los Angeles preparing for the shoot when the September 11 terrorist attacks took place: “I flew to L.A. I was shooting a video for a song called 'Girls, Girls, Girls,'" he began. "I'd dropped my album The Blueprint on the same day. And I just remember waking up in LA and thinking everybody was playing, like 'That can't be,' then turning on the TV and it looked like something from one of those apocalyptic movies.” Reagan Gomez-Preston, Carmen Electra, Tamala Jones, and Paula Jai Parker all make cameo appearances in the music video. Damon Dash, Biz Markie, and Kanye West also make brief appearances in the video.

#Jay-Z #September 11 2001 #girls girls girls #reagan gomez preston #video vixens #2001 #xo

[gail-honey]

I never should've smoked that shit, now I'm at the Cow Twin Towers.

#world trade center #wtc #9/11 #twin towers #september 11 2001 #9/11/2001 #twin cowers #connecticut

[a-moment-captured]

#September 11 #9/11 #September 11th #2001 #september 11 2001

[secular-jew]

According to this exhaustive report on Islamic terrorism from 1979-2019 (which doesn't include the last 5 years), the number of attacks by Islam on the world totals roughly 35,000 and the number of deaths, over 175,000.

https://www.fondapol.org/en/study/islamist-terrorist-attacks-in-the-world-1979-2019/

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[whatareyoureallyafraidof]

#9/11 #September 11 #September 11 2001

[transparentgentlemenmarker]

#september 11 2001

[lacathhtf2023]

22 years ago today… never forget.

9/11/01-9/11/23.

#2023 #september 2023 #september 11 #september 11 attacks #september 11 2023 #september 11 2001 #september #2001 #2000s #2020s #talking angela #my talking angela 2 #my angela 2 #layla #22 years ago #22 years old #never forget #city #destroyed #smoke #destroyed city #stay safe #please stay safe #united states

[conjcosby]

Stardate: 202309.11 ▫ 12 years and never forgotten. 🙏 #911 #nineeleven #september11 #september11th #september112001 #september11th2001 #neverforget #neverforgotten #twintowers #twintowersnyc #twintowersforever #monochrome #pic #photo #post #monochromepic #monochromephoto #monochromepost #picoftheday #photooftheday #postoftheday #picoftheworld #photooftheworld #postoftheworld #tumblrpic #tumblrphoto #tumblrpost

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[havegaysex]

Screenshot of a text message from one of my partners delivered at 9:11 pm September 10th reading the following

"Happy 9/11 eve" followed by two heart emojis with a big heart and a small heart

#Any tips for bettering my image description super appreciated #9/11 #september 11 #ground zero #twin towers #Never forget #World trade center #2001 #2001 September 11 #september 11 2001 #history #alyssa #Polyamory #Dating #Texts #Image described

[saywhat-politics]

#september 11 2001

[jpyoerixfanxv]

Never Forget On 9/11.

#never forget 9/11 #9/11 #september 11th 2001 #september 11 #9/11/2001 #9/11 memorial #never forget #september 11th #september 11 2001

[tonyburgessblog]

Quote Of The Day

Time is passing. Yet, for the United States of America, there will be no forgetting September the 11th. We will remember every rescuer who died in honor. We will remember every family that lives in grief. We will remember the fire and ash, the last phone calls, the funerals of the children. Former U.S. President George W. Bush

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[lettherightrobin]

september 11, 2001

vhs stills taken from pbs documentary "faith and doubt at ground zero" (2002)

#september 11 2001 #9/11 #september 11th #vintage footage #documentary #vhs #americana #usa