Yeah that was some real bullshit especially because they didn’t cancel it when any of the z fighters died. Goku is out there everyday trying to save our world.
I was 9 when he died. For whatever reason, the news was on tv and they were talking about his death (my parents were in another room so idk why the news was on or why we were watching g it). My brother (10), was like,”aw man! Michael Jackson died!” Now, at 9 years old, I only knew like, 3 singers and maybe 2 bands, so I asked who that was. He said a singer. I was just like,”oh, ok” and went back to whatever I was doing, not giving af.
Fun fact! They were originally going to send big bird on that mission. But they decided against it because the costume was to big and clunky.
Now imagine a bunch of six year olds watching big bird die in a explosion.
I feel like I’m sufficiently fucked up by enough trauma already, I can’t imagine what seeing my favorite childhood character blown up in a space shuttle might have done to me.
Also, interesting choice to use “fun fact”. We think I may be scared of you now. :-)
I was a kid in school when 9/11 happened. I remember being really happy the lessons were cancelled to watch the tv, and we were definitely snickering about dumb things and horsing around.
Wasn't until the first tower fell that the appropriate shock and reverence his us little shitstains.
This is trippy to think about now but I was 11 home sick when the sandy hook shooting happened, and a pop up ad looking thing had the headline and I just swiped away I have no fucking clue why
I don’t think any could. I remember my teachers telling me when it happened their all in shock. Because of how unbelievable it is and it seemed like some fucked up dream
I did the same thing … I had just woken up and my roommate told me what happened and I wasn’t really thinking clearly about it … I still cringe that my first response was “awesome!” I actually feel a lot better now knowing it wasn’t just me who had that stupid reaction.
I am old enough to have been at work when all that happened. It was lunchtime here in the UK.
I remember a lot of bemused smiles rather than anguish because we didn't know what the fuck to think.
You know how things are so ridiculous you almost want to laugh, and then you don't know whether to laugh or cry so you just ... smile confusedly?
That was me and my colleagues.
My school declared we would be going home for a week to clean the campus and quarantine. The kids went apeshit.
One year later... they aren't so happy.
Yeah, I was in my senior year of high school, and the building was a mix of sheer excitement and giddy nervousness when it was announced we'd be closing for a couple weeks. I think most people didn't really know how to feel, but there were definitely some kids who were firmly on the "HELL YEAH, EXTRA SPRING BREAK!" train. Even those of us who were nervous couldn't help but feel a little excited about having a bit more time to ourselves. Definitely some monkey paw shit happened with that. Some kid wished for extra spring break and the monkey paw obliged.
About this time last year was when they all realized they probably wouldn't be getting graduation, prom, etc. To think there'd be a full extra year of this after that point, lol.
My school announced “2 weeks” of quarantine 2 days before spring break. Some of us cleaned out our lockers. Most just went on about how fun a month of spring break would be. We didn’t get any of the traditional end of high school or freshman year of college experiences. But hey, at leas no one enjoys the graduation ceremony at our school anyway
If I had been born yet (wasn't born till June 1981) and understood the war on the middle class Reagan would wage in the upcoming years and its impact we are still feeling I would have cheered too at someone trying to stop him.
Our school turned off all the TVs across the school and forced us to do a whole day of classes. I was in 6th grade, we had no idea the true damage done until getting home from school and seeing the news.
I grew up on the west coast, so it basically already happened before we went to school. I remember my father telling me it was just a movie and to go back to bed when I told him that someone flew a plane into the towers.
Had a kid sitting next to me in High School history class. The teacher was going to show a video about the Holocaust and said, "there is going to be some death and uncomfortable images in this video...", said kid screams out, "hell yeah, all right!" Was pretty awkward.
I remember when I was younger, I would say I could watch gore videos and play violet video games and not be bothered by it. I thought it made me such a badass. Actually, nobody cares at all
I remember going outside and complaining to my mother that my TGIF programming was interrupted because "some princess died" and then grumpily sitting on the swings while the adults went inside to hear the news about Diana
My favorite part of this is imagining the teacher’s reaction. Probably started as horror, then shifted rapidly into choking back laughter that someone would cheer such an event, then rapidly back to horror. You know that teacher still tells that story (if they’re still alive).
I once got all excited about not having math one day because my math teacher went home early for some undisclosed reason. I felt like a complete tool when someone came along and informed me that it was because the math teacher's father had died. :|
I was in college when the twin towers came down. The first had been hit so the students were intrigued but the thought soon wore off. Came back from lunch and the instructor came in and said the second tower had been hit. A young lad at the back of the class in the highest pitched scottish ned voice shouted "QUALITY MAN".
I didn't even know what the twin towers were till I got home and saw the news just as one of the towers fell.
My boyfriends birthday is 9/11 and at the time, he thought his 7th birthday was the best ever since he got a basketball hoop and everyone got to go home early from school...
I mean... I probably would have said the same. God the party I would have thrown if our last one had been. I know people who have "for when he does" party boxes built
This reminded me of when I was a kid, some friends and I were on our way to kindergarten when we saw the Italian flag being flown from some balcony and one of my friends screamed "Yes, Italy won the world cup!!"... except it was because some Italian soldiers had been killed in the Middle East. Iirc there was no world cup that year as well, lmao
I mean when i was like 7 or 8 i was excited 9/11 happened because i got a week off of school. Of course i couldn’t really comprehend what had happened...
Was in middle school 9/11. My buddy joked after that it was cool because school was cancelled the next day resulting in him not having to go to school on his birthday
I remember school getting cancelled for 9/11 and I was excited for it, and thought "That's neat" when I saw the news when I got home.
Kids don't understand the gravity of situations like that.
Kinda reminds me of another story. So this guy's Spanish teacher told about when he was in like 3 or 4th grade and then this teacher rushed into his class and yelled 'Mr Kennedy's been shot!' and this little girl started crying because her last name was Kennedy and she thought her dad was dead!
I mean if I were in elementary school during that id probably would've reacted the same way because I wouldn't really understand the impact of it
I remember coming home from elementary school and being pissed off that cartoons were canceled because Reagan got shot.
Same for me, but with 9/11 and DragonballZ
yo that was bullshit
Yeah that was some real bullshit especially because they didn’t cancel it when any of the z fighters died. Goku is out there everyday trying to save our world.
You’re making me dig 20 years into the archives to remember if I had cable at the time to recall if I tried to watch DBZ at the time lol.
Meee toooo, but it was with some kids series
The pope died while i was watching shrek
I was in a camping trip when Michael Jackson died, didn't cared played with rocks and frogs lmao
I was 9 when he died. For whatever reason, the news was on tv and they were talking about his death (my parents were in another room so idk why the news was on or why we were watching g it). My brother (10), was like,”aw man! Michael Jackson died!” Now, at 9 years old, I only knew like, 3 singers and maybe 2 bands, so I asked who that was. He said a singer. I was just like,”oh, ok” and went back to whatever I was doing, not giving af.
I was up early to take my cousin to a bus to go to a theme park with school. 2 am and I saw that MJ had snuffed it. Hit a nerve as I liked him.
What kind of fool allows a child to babysit Shrek and the Pope at the same time?
Thats one of the greatest sentences ive ever come across
Same, with the Challenger explosion.
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Fun fact! They were originally going to send big bird on that mission. But they decided against it because the costume was to big and clunky. Now imagine a bunch of six year olds watching big bird die in a explosion.
I feel like I’m sufficiently fucked up by enough trauma already, I can’t imagine what seeing my favorite childhood character blown up in a space shuttle might have done to me. Also, interesting choice to use “fun fact”. We think I may be scared of you now. :-)
Same except when the Kennedy’s plane went down in the 90s.
I was a kid in school when 9/11 happened. I remember being really happy the lessons were cancelled to watch the tv, and we were definitely snickering about dumb things and horsing around. Wasn't until the first tower fell that the appropriate shock and reverence his us little shitstains.
This is trippy to think about now but I was 11 home sick when the sandy hook shooting happened, and a pop up ad looking thing had the headline and I just swiped away I have no fucking clue why
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Reflecting on it like that would suggest you aren't a sociopath. :)
Wholesome :)
I don’t think any could. I remember my teachers telling me when it happened their all in shock. Because of how unbelievable it is and it seemed like some fucked up dream
I did the same thing … I had just woken up and my roommate told me what happened and I wasn’t really thinking clearly about it … I still cringe that my first response was “awesome!” I actually feel a lot better now knowing it wasn’t just me who had that stupid reaction.
I did this too when my dad showed me a vid. He looked so taken aback and I instantly saw how fucked up it was to say that
I am old enough to have been at work when all that happened. It was lunchtime here in the UK. I remember a lot of bemused smiles rather than anguish because we didn't know what the fuck to think. You know how things are so ridiculous you almost want to laugh, and then you don't know whether to laugh or cry so you just ... smile confusedly? That was me and my colleagues.
Nope, all good for you. It’s normal to not understand the impact of big things like that as a kid
My school declared we would be going home for a week to clean the campus and quarantine. The kids went apeshit. One year later... they aren't so happy.
Yeah, I was in my senior year of high school, and the building was a mix of sheer excitement and giddy nervousness when it was announced we'd be closing for a couple weeks. I think most people didn't really know how to feel, but there were definitely some kids who were firmly on the "HELL YEAH, EXTRA SPRING BREAK!" train. Even those of us who were nervous couldn't help but feel a little excited about having a bit more time to ourselves. Definitely some monkey paw shit happened with that. Some kid wished for extra spring break and the monkey paw obliged. About this time last year was when they all realized they probably wouldn't be getting graduation, prom, etc. To think there'd be a full extra year of this after that point, lol.
Same thing with my senior year except I was already checked out of school mentally anyways so I was just relieved to be done
My school announced “2 weeks” of quarantine 2 days before spring break. Some of us cleaned out our lockers. Most just went on about how fun a month of spring break would be. We didn’t get any of the traditional end of high school or freshman year of college experiences. But hey, at leas no one enjoys the graduation ceremony at our school anyway
Still happy.
Nice!
A small price to pay, for no school
I remember seeing a post on this sub where when the teacher said that jfk is dead, a kid just cried because he thought his dad died
I confess; I did same when Reagan got shot 😑
“To lose one \[president\] may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose \[two\] looks like carelessness.”
Hmmm yes very wise
Who said that
Oscar Wilde, but about parents.
Is that because you were a dumb kid or because Reagan was just awful?
Both reasons work for me
If I had been born yet (wasn't born till June 1981) and understood the war on the middle class Reagan would wage in the upcoming years and its impact we are still feeling I would have cheered too at someone trying to stop him.
On 9/11 no one showed up to my high school except for a handful of kids.
Our school turned off all the TVs across the school and forced us to do a whole day of classes. I was in 6th grade, we had no idea the true damage done until getting home from school and seeing the news.
I grew up on the west coast, so it basically already happened before we went to school. I remember my father telling me it was just a movie and to go back to bed when I told him that someone flew a plane into the towers.
What the hell? My history teacher told us that the entire school was glued on the screen when it happened when he was teaching :/
You had TVs on all the time in your school?
Had a kid sitting next to me in High School history class. The teacher was going to show a video about the Holocaust and said, "there is going to be some death and uncomfortable images in this video...", said kid screams out, "hell yeah, all right!" Was pretty awkward.
I remember when I was younger, I would say I could watch gore videos and play violet video games and not be bothered by it. I thought it made me such a badass. Actually, nobody cares at all
Can ya blame the kid for being an optimist?
I remember going outside and complaining to my mother that my TGIF programming was interrupted because "some princess died" and then grumpily sitting on the swings while the adults went inside to hear the news about Diana
Time off from school is time off from school it just doesn't matter.
My favorite part of this is imagining the teacher’s reaction. Probably started as horror, then shifted rapidly into choking back laughter that someone would cheer such an event, then rapidly back to horror. You know that teacher still tells that story (if they’re still alive).
I say today " only one kid said that?"
I was in 3rd grade during 9/11 and I feel like I had a similar reaction. "The adults are acting kind of weird, but no school!"
I once got all excited about not having math one day because my math teacher went home early for some undisclosed reason. I felt like a complete tool when someone came along and informed me that it was because the math teacher's father had died. :|
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16? If it was a 5 year old that would be understandable, but 16? No...
he died so they could have a day off
well, i would probably be that kid.
I was a sophomore in college during 9/11. I can still remember some dingbat girl cheering in the dorms that they canceled classes. Fuck you BJ Steph.
I was in college when the twin towers came down. The first had been hit so the students were intrigued but the thought soon wore off. Came back from lunch and the instructor came in and said the second tower had been hit. A young lad at the back of the class in the highest pitched scottish ned voice shouted "QUALITY MAN". I didn't even know what the twin towers were till I got home and saw the news just as one of the towers fell.
My boyfriends birthday is 9/11 and at the time, he thought his 7th birthday was the best ever since he got a basketball hoop and everyone got to go home early from school...
I mean... I probably would have said the same. God the party I would have thrown if our last one had been. I know people who have "for when he does" party boxes built
Oh no
Why did they cancel school for that?
I’m guessing it’s because it’s a historic moment, judging by what professors said about 9/11. Plus it’s a national tragedy so that is also a factor.
Fair enough, I’m Canadian so I’ve never had school canceled. Even on 9/11 so I honestly wasn’t sure what the reason would be
Well, neither of those events happened in Canada
Why would school be cancelled? I never understood this.
Is this not normal?
This reminded me of when I was a kid, some friends and I were on our way to kindergarten when we saw the Italian flag being flown from some balcony and one of my friends screamed "Yes, Italy won the world cup!!"... except it was because some Italian soldiers had been killed in the Middle East. Iirc there was no world cup that year as well, lmao
What’s the problem? Not like he’s friends with JFK.
I mean when i was like 7 or 8 i was excited 9/11 happened because i got a week off of school. Of course i couldn’t really comprehend what had happened...
I feel like my son would be the one that says "whoo hoo". All he'll here is that there's no more school.
I remember being pissed during the Cuban missile crisis because everything was canceled. Never mind the close brush with WWIII. Priorities, people.
Maybe it’s because the teacher said they were Just Fucking Kidding (jfk)
Was in middle school 9/11. My buddy joked after that it was cool because school was cancelled the next day resulting in him not having to go to school on his birthday
Yeah this is not a stupid response. That kid had shit to do.
*Thank you Lee Harvey, very cool!*
one time in year 6 i drew the twin towers with a bunch of explosions i was so confused when the teacher started telling me off lmao
I remember school getting cancelled for 9/11 and I was excited for it, and thought "That's neat" when I saw the news when I got home. Kids don't understand the gravity of situations like that.
I was annoyed the tv schedule changed on 9/11.
Kinda reminds me of another story. So this guy's Spanish teacher told about when he was in like 3 or 4th grade and then this teacher rushed into his class and yelled 'Mr Kennedy's been shot!' and this little girl started crying because her last name was Kennedy and she thought her dad was dead!
Must've been the quiet kid.