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Heres some internet history for the 25th anniversary of 9/11. One of the earliest memes posted online about the attack. Often called "9/11 what if they'd missed" or "9/11 the happy ending."

There's were other versions of it I remember that had the towers bending in multiple directions as other planes attempt to fly into them but they seem to be lost media, aka the Matrix bullet dodging trope.

It was a bit harder to find than I'd assume it'd be. Someone had saved it on youtube and I've converted it to gif for posterities sake. The original was probably in Flash which is why it's so difficult to find these days.

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[-] TurgidSturgeon@piefed.zip 6 points 1 day ago

I've probably had this .gif for 20 years, and I finally have a reason to share it!

E2xOa5Br7fR1SUQ.gif

[-] Nomecks@lemmy.ca 129 points 3 days ago
[-] agent_nycto@lemmy.world 33 points 3 days ago

Fun fact, this was the Garfield comic on 9/10.

[-] socsa@piefed.social 8 points 2 days ago

Sir, a second Garfield has hit the Tower

[-] cardboardboxfort@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago

Garfield orchestrated the worst terrorist attack in history

[-] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 days ago

So they knew about it the day before and it still happened? Incompetence!

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[-] apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world 90 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

My favorite, The Onion classic.

[-] cardboardboxfort@lemmy.world 33 points 3 days ago

Man I miss when Subway used to be affordable.

[-] a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

If you remember those times you're probably thinking of a version of subway that was at least partially edible.

I'm pretty sure I remember their sandwiches tasted like they were made of food at one point.

[-] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 2 days ago

$5 foot longs are now $10 and have never been a foot long.

[-] FrChazzz@lemmus.org 2 points 2 days ago

It’s funny in two ways because, like Subway, it’s tasteless!

[-] executivechimp@discuss.tchncs.de 43 points 3 days ago

9/11 jokes aren't funny. The other two are good though.

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[-] JoeTheSane@lemmy.world 27 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)
[-] tetris11@feddit.uk 8 points 3 days ago

jesus christ it all makes sense now

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[-] Varesti@lemmy.zip 42 points 3 days ago
[-] superduperpirate@lemmy.world 67 points 3 days ago

9/11 jokes are plane wrong

[-] cardboardboxfort@lemmy.world 36 points 3 days ago

No planes in this one. In fact, you have to have lived through Duhbya's presidency or be very knowledgable of it to understand the humor this subtle 20-oughts meme.

[-] pet1t@piefed.social 30 points 3 days ago

Happy 9 November to all those celebrating

[-] ytg@sopuli.xyz 7 points 3 days ago

That would be Kristallnacht, the original 9/11

[-] pet1t@piefed.social 6 points 3 days ago

looking at Germany rn there might be some people there actually celebrating Kristallnacht ...

[-] NABDad@lemmy.world 52 points 3 days ago

There was an ad campaign for Flexon eyeglass frames that showed a plane flying past a skyscraper while the sky scraper bends out of the way.

My wife had it in her optometry practice on 9/11. She had her staff yank it out and stash it in the back office.

https://youtu.be/E_nJDD2xaEs

[-] jambudz@lemmy.zip 47 points 3 days ago

My favorite

[-] Nomecks@lemmy.ca 34 points 3 days ago
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[-] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 days ago

I remember this edited photo of a tourist on top of the towers that went viral. My favorite edit of it was the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man.

[-] cardboardboxfort@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

Yup this is an oldie. Of course no one was on the observation deck that morning since it hadn't opened yet. I do believe some of the staff of the businesses on the observation floor were already there and died. I seem to recall hearing a Sabaro's employee died (there were a few NYC style eateries on the observation floor.)

[-] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 days ago

Yeah, this picture was taken in 1997 and the guy in it did the editing. He just did it as a joke for his friends and didn't expect it to go viral.

[-] rustyfemboy@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 3 days ago
[-] cardboardboxfort@lemmy.world 23 points 3 days ago

From around 2007

[-] GraniteM@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago

Well, well, well...

--Tim Kreider, The Pain Comics

[-] cardboardboxfort@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago

I have it on good authority that after the towers collapsed Trump tower became the tallest building in NYC. In fact, Trump called into a news broadcast to proclaim that hours after they'd fallen.

[-] ___@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 days ago

According to this Wikipedia list, if we exclude everything built after 2001, the Trump World Tower would be #6 just in NYC (after the Empire State Building, Chrysler Building, 70 Pine St, 40 Wall St, and Citigroup Center). But it does note that the Trump Tower was the tallest residential building in the world from 2000-2003, a ranking that would not have been affected by the fall of the WTC.

[-] ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 13 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Fun fact: In Spain 9/11 is called "11S" and in Poland simply "WTC attacks"(because there's no fun way to shorten dates in Polish) .

[-] cardboardboxfort@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago

Yeah I've heard most countries flip the month and day around so it'd be 11/9 so 9/11 sounds strange to them since it'd be implying November 9th rather than September 11th.

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[-] betanumerus@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 days ago

For guidance on 9/11 jokes, I refer to Gilbert Gottfried, Jimmy Carr, Pete Davidson, and Seth MacFarlane.

[-] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 13 points 3 days ago

It's been a bit funny seeing the shift. 9/11 jokes were fairly common amongst edgy doofuses for decades, but now they're considered slightly more uncouth for some reason. Not sure what the deal is. The typical joke formula flipped. Time+tragedy=irreverance? Glad for the people affected by 9/11, but it's perplexing

[-] socsa@piefed.social 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Pearl clutching from right wingers who want us to forget they were whining about masks while 4000 people were dying from Covid every fucking day for months

[-] SirLeToet@lemmy.world 9 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

That's because of the 22,3 year rule. Tragedies become funny to joke about without shockhumor after about 22,3 years. Like aids became socially funny ~20 years ago and 9/11 became socially acceptable to joke about just shortly after COVID.

It's uncanning how accurate Matt and Trey's documentary was. As usual.

[-] cardboardboxfort@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

I mean to be fair people were joking about 9/11 way before that time, even South Park made fun of 9/11 a few years later when they made that 9/11 conspiracy episode.

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[-] cardboardboxfort@lemmy.world 11 points 3 days ago

I thought the younger generations were even more radical about 9/11 jokes?

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[-] Zachariah@lemmy.world 9 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

We didn’t take covid deaths seriously, so why should we care about 9/11?

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[-] renrenPDX@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 days ago

As someone chronically online, it’s surprising (and not) how many of these I’ve seen for the first time.

[-] cows_are_underrated@feddit.org 6 points 3 days ago

This comment section is pure comedy gold.

[-] huppakee@lemmy.world 12 points 3 days ago

According to Trump he was controlling the towers

[-] cardboardboxfort@lemmy.world 51 points 3 days ago

Nah. We now have videographic evidence of who was in control of 9/11

[-] gandalf_der_13te@feddit.org 8 points 3 days ago

lmao i laughed my ass of at this one, idk what makes it so good

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