Current Events > It's weird to think people born after 9/11 are now adults

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They literally don't know how America was different before it or the impact it had on millions
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I think they're very well aware of the impact of 9/11

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Garioshi posted...

I think they're very well aware of the impact of 9/11

Well sure they can read about it but many wont and they never experienced it.

It's like how you probably know about Pearl Harbour but you dont know about Pearl Harbour
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I mean, the same could be said about both world wars and the civil war before that.

And yet, somehow, us ignorant people born after the fact somehow get by LOL

ArchiePeck posted...

I mean, the same could be said about both world wars and the civil war before that.

And yet, somehow, us ignorant people born after the fact somehow get by LOL

I didn't say they wont get by.

I said they dont understand the effect
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I am the oldest of a bunch of cousins, where there are 4 of us that are each a year apart in age, and then there is a 10-16 year gap between the following 9 cousins. And I was thinking of the little things that the older 4 cousins experienced that would seem so weird to the younger ones, like...

Having to ask for smoking or non-smoking at a restaurant

Using a phone line to connect to the internet, and the phone was unusable during that time

Having to call someones house and ask for a person instead of just calling a cell phone

We all got to sit in the front seat of cars when we were as young as like 3 years old (car seat laws make sense to me, but they still seem weird that kids need to be in a specific car seat for so long)

Getting to go to an airport to greet a family member or friend who as getting off the plane at their terminal
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I was a sophomore when 9/11 happened

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Yeah, I'm sure there are both tangible things that you can read/hear about and understand if you were born after (or too young to grasp it at the time), but there definitely is an intangible feeling that you can't really have without experiencing it--the day itself and the ramifications after.

It's extra weird to think that people born after are adults now, because I'm not just old enough to remember, I was an adult back then, too. >_>

The Popo posted...

I am the oldest of a bunch of cousins, where there are 4 of us that are each a year apart in age, and then there is a 10-16 year gap between the following 9 cousins. And I was thinking of the little things that the older 4 cousins experienced that would seem so weird to the younger ones, like...

Having to ask for smoking or non-smoking at a restaurant

Using a phone line to connect to the internet, and the phone was unusable during that time

Having to call someones house and ask for a person instead of just calling a cell phone

We all got to sit in the front seat of cars when we were as young as like 3 years old (car seat laws make sense to me, but they still seem weird that kids need to be in a specific car seat for so long)

Getting to go to an airport to greet a family member or friend who as getting off the plane at their terminal

Definitely. Doesn't feel like *that* much time has passed in my lifetime but those are all things that are very much gone now, lol. Heck, we weren't even getting online at all, phone line or otherwise, until I was in high school. Just like one or two friends were online when we were in junior high.
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The Popo posted...

I am the oldest of a bunch of cousins, where there are 4 of us that are each a year apart in age, and then there is a 10-16 year gap between the following 9 cousins. And I was thinking of the little things that the older 4 cousins experienced that would seem so weird to the younger ones, like...

Having to ask for smoking or non-smoking at a restaurant

Using a phone line to connect to the internet, and the phone was unusable during that time

Having to call someones house and ask for a person instead of just calling a cell phone

We all got to sit in the front seat of cars when we were as young as like 3 years old (car seat laws make sense to me, but they still seem weird that kids need to be in a specific car seat for so long)

Getting to go to an airport to greet a family member or friend who as getting off the plane at their terminal

I was in kindergarten during 9/11 but none of that seems weird to me except sitting in the front seat when youre 3

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The Popo posted...

Using a phone line to connect to the internet, and the phone was unusable during that time

Dont forget the noise it made 'dialling up'
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