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Where were you 9/11/2001?
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By Valefor.Slipispsycho 2011-05-02 01:42:08
Odin.Liela said: zahrah said:
LIELA!!!
Leviathan.Angelskiss said:
ANGELKISS!!!
hi lol <3
You are probably right, Slip, for someone who was used to it, the destruction of the buildings themselves might not have been a huge deal. (Of course, the loss of life inside the buildings as well as the planes and the health complications from the debris and smoke afterwards is something I hope none of us ever gets used to.) I was just raised in such a set environment, where buildings were not torn down even if they were not used, that buildings tend to seem permanent for me. I know it's not true, buildings are indeed changeable. I just haven't seen it often in my lifetime. The loss of life definitely bothered me, and it still does.. The saying is 'all is fair in love and war' but I have to draw the line at normal everyday civilians.. I'm sure I can safely assume most of the people who died in the attacks had nothing at all to do with the army, at best most were associated with it through kinship, but that's still not an excuse.
I feel as every other American does, at the loss of life, however, I don't share the same mentality over the physical property destruction, for those who are not used to such devastation, I'm sure it was an awe inspiring sight, but a few buildings collapsing really doesn't hold a candle to the aftermath I witness every time some moderate-severe hurricane rolls through.
By zahrah 2011-05-02 01:43:01
Asura.Vyre said: No way! She was kind of cool in a way, sort of like you, except uhhh, man she totally pulled a *** move when she shot that guy. I can never remember his name. Her death scene made up for it though. No worries! Love that movie.
The guy she killed was Wilhelm and his son was Maximillion. My grandfather's name is Wilhelm and if I have a son I Maximillion is on the list! It was a great movie! Maybe Tarentino's best!
Odin.Venomous said: Valefor.Slipispsycho said: God damn, everyone talking about how they were in 5th grade and ***makes me feel old.. ^
Don't feel old. There's some of us on here!
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By Valefor.Slipispsycho 2011-05-02 01:46:40
Bismarck.Eburo said:
Btw that video ... I shouldn't have even watched it, but I couldn't resist, it made me stop for a minute..
Yeah sorry, I meant to add an extreme 'do not watch this if' disclaimer, I went back and edited it though..
I still feel everyone should see it, but I'm not going to try and force it on anyone, it is disturbing, but it can help you make a connection to 9/11 you never even knew you had.
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By Asura.Vyre 2011-05-02 01:46:52
zahrah said: Asura.Vyre said: No way! She was kind of cool in a way, sort of like you, except uhhh, man she totally pulled a *** move when she shot that guy. I can never remember his name. Her death scene made up for it though. No worries! Love that movie. The guy she killed was Wilhelm and his son was Maximillion. My grandfather's name is Wilhelm and if I have a son I Maximillion is on the list! It was a great movie! Maybe Tarentino's best! Odin.Venomous said: Valefor.Slipispsycho said: God damn, everyone talking about how they were in 5th grade and ***makes me feel old.. ^ Don't feel old. There's some of us on here! Max was supposed to grow up and play catch with his daddy! *shakesfist*
On another note, you guys are within sibling age for me, as my brother is 30. My other brother turns 25 in June. Ya know, I've never asked my oldest brother where he was at. I know he was at UGA, but I don't know any details. Huh. I think I'll ask him about it sometime now.
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By Cerberus.Irohuro 2011-05-02 01:47:48
ja, jag har inte kunnat sova förrän 06:00 nyligen
också ledsen för min dålig svenska, jag är fortforande lärande ><
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By Bismarck.Dracondria 2011-05-02 01:50:17
Jag lär mig fortfarande* and dåliga* :O Otherwise nothing wrong!
By zahrah 2011-05-02 01:50:31
Cerberus.Irohuro said: ja, jag har inte kunnat sova förrän 06:00 nyligen
också ledsen för min dålig svenska, jag är fortforande lärande ><
Was hast du gesagt?
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By Bismarck.Dracondria 2011-05-02 01:51:43
He said he hasn't been able to sleep until 6 am recently and then apologized for his Swedish (which is good)
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By Cerberus.Irohuro 2011-05-02 01:51:53
Bismarck.Dracondria said: Jag lär mig fortfarande* and dåliga* :O Otherwise nothing wrong!
those were a couple of the things i used google translate for >.>;
im still a beginner >.>;
i can read a bit of it, but i'm still terrible at putting sentences together
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By Valefor.Slipispsycho 2011-05-02 01:52:00
Är Google translate inbjuden till festen?
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By Ragnarok.Tuvae 2011-05-02 01:52:03
Had just finished school and was heading to a friends house. When we got there his mother said "Two planes have just flown into the WTC" I looked past her to see the TV and actually said "oh awesome, what movie is this?" Took a few seconds to realise, this aint no movie. My friend showed no interest in it whatsoever and was just like "ok lets go play video games" >.> Frankly id much rather sit to hear about wtf is going on.
The aftermath i remeber well too... Madblast, Joecartoon and Newgrounds became flooeded with Osama and George Bush cartoons and games...
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By Cerberus.Eugene 2011-05-02 01:52:45
Valefor.Slipispsycho said: Bismarck.Eburo said:
Btw that video ... I shouldn't have even watched it, but I couldn't resist, it made me stop for a minute..
Yeah sorry, I meant to add an extreme 'do not watch this if' disclaimer, I went back and edited it though..
I still feel everyone should see it, but I'm not going to try and force it on anyone, it is disturbing, but it can help you make a connection to 9/11 you never even knew you had. It's a good effort, and I can appreciate very much trying to understand but a video can't replicate the feelings of being close to it. I'm 20ish miles out, but even that can't compare to the people who were in the city that day. Just like I can feel bad for New Orleans during Katrina, but I can't truly understand it.
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By Bismarck.Dracondria 2011-05-02 01:52:57
Valefor.Slipispsycho said: Är Google translate inbjuden till festen?
Absolut!
By zahrah 2011-05-02 01:53:35
Valefor.Slipispsycho said: Är Google translate inbjuden till festen?
Awww...turds! Why didn't I think about that?
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By Valefor.Slipispsycho 2011-05-02 01:57:22
Cerberus.Eugene said: Valefor.Slipispsycho said: Bismarck.Eburo said:
Btw that video ... I shouldn't have even watched it, but I couldn't resist, it made me stop for a minute..
Yeah sorry, I meant to add an extreme 'do not watch this if' disclaimer, I went back and edited it though..
I still feel everyone should see it, but I'm not going to try and force it on anyone, it is disturbing, but it can help you make a connection to 9/11 you never even knew you had. It's a good effort, and I can appreciate very much trying to understand but a video can't replicate the feelings of being close to it. I'm 20ish miles out, but even that can't compare to the people who were in the city that day. Just like I can feel bad for New Orleans during Katrina, but I can't truly understand it. It's all in your ability to experience empathy, I'm not going to say that by listening to that video I know exactly what he felt, but I can build a pretty damn good idea of it.. I know what it feels like to know you're about to die, and that, that death is most likely not going to be completely painless, add in a common fear of severe heights (I'm actually okay up until about 60 feet, then it turns into a fear) and I can understand, to a good extent, of what he felt.
You are correct, a video can never put you there, and make the experience as real for you as it was for anyone else, but a video can certainly help you understand, and to an extent even feel, what others felt.
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By Cerberus.Irohuro 2011-05-02 01:58:14
zahrah said: Valefor.Slipispsycho said: Är Google translate inbjuden till festen?
Awww...turds! Why didn't I think about that?
funnily enough i understood what you said in german, though i dont speak a lick of it.
jag älskar germanska språk!
jag gillar inte den svenska tangentbords upplägg.
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By Bismarck.Dracondria 2011-05-02 02:00:10
Jag kan inte skriva på ett amerikanskt tangentbort, alla tangenter sitter fel för mig.
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By Cerberus.Irohuro 2011-05-02 02:02:37
i'm too lazy to get a program that lets me macro accented letters, so i switch for å ö and ä
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By Cerberus.Eugene 2011-05-02 02:03:40
Valefor.Slipispsycho said: Cerberus.Eugene said: Valefor.Slipispsycho said: Bismarck.Eburo said:
Btw that video ... I shouldn't have even watched it, but I couldn't resist, it made me stop for a minute..
Yeah sorry, I meant to add an extreme 'do not watch this if' disclaimer, I went back and edited it though..
I still feel everyone should see it, but I'm not going to try and force it on anyone, it is disturbing, but it can help you make a connection to 9/11 you never even knew you had. It's a good effort, and I can appreciate very much trying to understand but a video can't replicate the feelings of being close to it. I'm 20ish miles out, but even that can't compare to the people who were in the city that day. Just like I can feel bad for New Orleans during Katrina, but I can't truly understand it. It's all in your ability to experience empathy, I'm not going to say that by listening to that video I know exactly what he felt, but I can build a pretty damn good idea of it.. I know what it feels like to know you're about to die, and that, that death is most likely not going to be completely painless, add in a common fear of severe heights (I'm actually okay up until about 60 feet, then it turns into a fear) and I can understand, to a good extent, of what he felt.
You are correct, a video can never put you there, and make the experience as real for you as it was for anyone else, but a video can certainly help you understand, and to an extent even feel, what others felt.
As I said, I appreciate the effort, I wasn't trying to criticize in any way.
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By Bismarck.Dracondria 2011-05-02 02:03:51
Swedes can understand even without them so don't worry lol >.> My sister does it all the time.
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By Cerberus.Irohuro 2011-05-02 02:04:22
lol, i'd confuse myself though, since there are a few similar words
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By Cerberus.Eugene 2011-05-02 02:05:07
it's all about the context
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By Valefor.Slipispsycho 2011-05-02 02:07:11
Cerberus.Eugene said: Valefor.Slipispsycho said: Cerberus.Eugene said: Valefor.Slipispsycho said: Bismarck.Eburo said:
Btw that video ... I shouldn't have even watched it, but I couldn't resist, it made me stop for a minute..
Yeah sorry, I meant to add an extreme 'do not watch this if' disclaimer, I went back and edited it though..
I still feel everyone should see it, but I'm not going to try and force it on anyone, it is disturbing, but it can help you make a connection to 9/11 you never even knew you had. It's a good effort, and I can appreciate very much trying to understand but a video can't replicate the feelings of being close to it. I'm 20ish miles out, but even that can't compare to the people who were in the city that day. Just like I can feel bad for New Orleans during Katrina, but I can't truly understand it. It's all in your ability to experience empathy, I'm not going to say that by listening to that video I know exactly what he felt, but I can build a pretty damn good idea of it.. I know what it feels like to know you're about to die, and that, that death is most likely not going to be completely painless, add in a common fear of severe heights (I'm actually okay up until about 60 feet, then it turns into a fear) and I can understand, to a good extent, of what he felt.
You are correct, a video can never put you there, and make the experience as real for you as it was for anyone else, but a video can certainly help you understand, and to an extent even feel, what others felt.
As I said, I appreciate the effort, I wasn't trying to criticize in any way. Wasn't saying you were.. this is kind of a delicate matter, I'd rather over-elaborate than have someone assume something else of me. The reply was mostly because you pointed out that being there is a much different experience, which made me realize that my comments may trivialize someone's experience who happened to be there.. I didn't want to seem like I knew/felt everything that people who were there did..
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By Bismarck.Dracondria 2011-05-02 02:07:36
Do you practice pronunciation any? If you're listening to videos and stuff, find one with a Stockholm accent since that's the most neutral one. Skånska is just HELP I AM TRAPPED IN 2006 PLEASE SEND A TIME MACHINE and I can't understand them a lot of the time >_>
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By Cerberus.Irohuro 2011-05-02 02:08:56
i was able to get pimsleur swedish for free (10 lessons) and i've also been listening to veronica maggio and a little bit of petter
though the male speaker for pimsleur is actually croatian and sounds completely different from the female speaker >.>
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By Cerberus.Eugene 2011-05-02 02:09:52
Valefor.Slipispsycho said: Cerberus.Eugene said: Valefor.Slipispsycho said: Cerberus.Eugene said: Valefor.Slipispsycho said: Bismarck.Eburo said:
Btw that video ... I shouldn't have even watched it, but I couldn't resist, it made me stop for a minute..
Yeah sorry, I meant to add an extreme 'do not watch this if' disclaimer, I went back and edited it though..
I still feel everyone should see it, but I'm not going to try and force it on anyone, it is disturbing, but it can help you make a connection to 9/11 you never even knew you had. It's a good effort, and I can appreciate very much trying to understand but a video can't replicate the feelings of being close to it. I'm 20ish miles out, but even that can't compare to the people who were in the city that day. Just like I can feel bad for New Orleans during Katrina, but I can't truly understand it. It's all in your ability to experience empathy, I'm not going to say that by listening to that video I know exactly what he felt, but I can build a pretty damn good idea of it.. I know what it feels like to know you're about to die, and that, that death is most likely not going to be completely painless, add in a common fear of severe heights (I'm actually okay up until about 60 feet, then it turns into a fear) and I can understand, to a good extent, of what he felt.
You are correct, a video can never put you there, and make the experience as real for you as it was for anyone else, but a video can certainly help you understand, and to an extent even feel, what others felt.
As I said, I appreciate the effort, I wasn't trying to criticize in any way. Wasn't saying you were.. this is kind of a delicate matter, I'd rather over-elaborate than have someone assume something else of me. The reply was mostly because you pointed out that being there is a much different experience, which made me realize that my comments may trivialize someone's experience who happened to be there.. I didn't want to seem like I knew/felt everything that people who were there did.. Yeah I understood :)
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By Bismarck.Dracondria 2011-05-02 02:11:00
Yeah her Swedish is "normal" lol, our different dialects can be pretty horrible.
By zahrah 2011-05-02 02:13:01
Cerberus.Irohuro said: zahrah said: Valefor.Slipispsycho said: Är Google translate inbjuden till festen?
Awww...turds! Why didn't I think about that?
funnily enough i understood what you said in german, though i dont speak a lick of it.
jag älskar germanska språk!
jag gillar inte den svenska tangentbords upplägg.
This is pretty decipherable. Swedish seems a lot more complicated though...LOL!
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By Cerberus.Irohuro 2011-05-02 02:13:08
yea, i've listened to recordings of different dialects, its pretty crazy.
älvdalska is pretty interesting though, glad its starting to be regarded as a seperate language
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By Bismarck.Dracondria 2011-05-02 02:13:21
Swedish is easy compared to German.
Now that Osama is out of the picture, this was milling around in my brain. Just kind of curious...
I was driving to my high school in the morning when I heard it over the radio. I was late, so it was probably ten minutes to eight central time. I remember the confusion that the DJ had, and I'm pretty sure they thought it was a hoax at the time.
Most of the teachers kept the TVs off, but were all consumed with what was going on. (They had the luxury of watching it on their computers.) It wasn't until I was in athletics that our coaches abandoned mat drills, and whatever miscellaneous BS we were going to do that day, then I finally got to see what had happened. The coaches led us all into the locker room and we watched the live feeds on a continuous loop for an hour and a half.
EDIT: LOL! I needed to do a couple edits. Damn you, red wine!
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