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Showerthoughts

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[–] andyburke@fedia.io 71 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Not to mention all the shit that wasn't being captured on any kind of recording at the time.

The rose tint feels so fuckin good tho, right?

[–] Nollij@sopuli.xyz 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

There's only a single decent quality video of the first plane on 9/11. Because in a city of millions of people, only 1 person in the area was recording at the time.

I can't even imagine how many videos there would be if it happened today.

[–] lars@lemmy.sdf.org 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

More videos. And yet somehow

less agreement on what happened.

[–] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] lars@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 16 hours ago

perhaps some “that’s what Comrade Pelosi wants you to believe”

[–] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 20 points 1 day ago (1 children)

yeah and for a lot of people who'd be using lemmy, the reason they weren't aware of all this shit is our parents kept us safe from it

[–] andyburke@fedia.io 19 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I mean - I probably got to live the very best of the 90s Americana as a suburban kid with an old computer and a modem in it.

I still saw a lot of shit going on in the world. I mean ... AIDS pandemic, anyone? Remember fear around shaking someone's hand?

Sometimes I think the problem is that at any GIVEN time, like 2/3 of people aren't paying attention to what is happening outside their own immediate experience.

[–] lars@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It is intensely difficult to join those ⅔. It takes more than adding fascists’ names to your Lemmy filter tell ya that much.

[–] andyburke@fedia.io 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

"Oooommmmmm .... Ooooommmmm"

<2 minutes guttural screaming>

"eh, I'll try again next time"

[–] lars@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I’m supposed to be walking even more now. I have no ability left to forget difference between what should be and what this garbage today is. Play some old favorite shows in my earbuds? Idfk.

[–] andyburke@fedia.io 2 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

All I know is that most people just want to live their lives without hurting anyone else.

I wish it were "all people."

[–] lars@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

With no sarcasm, this is nice.