That was one of the biggest tragedies in recorded history. Do you even know what it did to the economy? It was like Black Monday on a 5x multiplier.

The World Trade Center, keyword TRADE. This isn't pokemon shit, this is real-world stocks and dollars. The portfolios were ruined.

The next time you laugh at that, think about the human beings that had their vacation bonuses decimated that day. Think about how the economic blow made countries like China catch up to us. Just think about that.

  • AOCapitulator [they/them, she/her]
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    1 year ago

    Were the people working in the building that could be described as the financial capital of the world really RANDOM?

    Pretty sure there might be some severe statistical fuckery at play that makes this crowd significantly different than "random people"

    • usernamesaredifficul [he/him]
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      1 year ago

      it was an office block numerous companies rented space in it and had their workers do office work there. I don't think we should be saying office workers deserve to be murdered

      • AOCapitulator [they/them, she/her]
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        1 year ago

        I don't think they deserved it

        But if I had to choose a building in the center of one of the world's top 10 largest cities, I'd probably also have picked the twin towers. Obviously it would be better for no planes to explode no buildings, but thats not the world we live in