25 years ago today

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[u/secretprocess]

I was also four years out of college and working for a startup, but living in Oakland with a bunch of punks and weirdos. I remember one roommate running through the house freaking out and we just thought she was being wacky as usual, until we saw the TV

[u/CaydeTheCat → u/secretprocess]

I was in Sunnyvale but the cost there ended up pushing me down south to Gilroy the next year. Gilroy was very much like the town I grew up in Ohio so I really clicked with it, garlic smell and all. Lol

[u/owlbi → u/CaydeTheCat]

I was in my Marine Corps barracks, 25% of my enlistment done, my dreams of being a high speed badass having subsided to a newfound feeling of lazy independence. I had just worked overnight when this happened.

It was like a bolt of lightning, we were going to war. It wasn't really fear though, I felt pretty righteous. We were American and somebody had just fucked up.

I really miss that feeling of righteousness. Not sure I ever deserved it, but fuck, it did feel good and the case was a lot more believable at the time.

[u/WrongWorldAgain-7 → u/owlbi]

See I was gonna say thank you for your service, but given your last paragraph, I'll settle for a big hug if you want it: 🫂

I can't imagine having your opinion change from that righteousness to more clarity. Thanks for sharing your story. 🫡

[u/Select-Government-69 → u/owlbi]

🫡

[u/Gold-Position-8265 → u/owlbi]

It was deserved however the leadership of those times were not the right ones holding the trigger.

[u/Extension-Sundae6894 → u/owlbi]

“We were American, and somebody just fucked up”

I couldn’t say it better tbh. USA gets a lot of hate for a lot of things, but no one really wants to learn why we’re #1. Fuck with our country and we will eradicate your whole ass area for 20 continuous years.

[u/agcarterism → u/Extension-Sundae6894]

War accomplishes nothing, it's a machine

[u/StatisticallySassy17 → u/owlbi]

We deserve to feel righteous. Because if it's not us then who.

This coming from a democrat.

[u/Barium_Salts → u/StatisticallySassy17]

What do you mean "if it's not us then who"?

Any country that hasn't committed a genocide of it's indigenous population, hasn't used a nuclear bomb, or doesn't currently use concentration camps and slave labor, maybe? Every state actor has done bad things, but the US has more on its conscience than most (especially if we don't hold nations responsible for the actions of previous governments that no longer exist).

[u/dingalingdongdong → u/StatisticallySassy17]

No one should feel righteous lashing out the way we did. There's a reason so many people were against the war even in the immediate aftermath of the attacks.

[u/Deraga07 → u/CaydeTheCat]

I was in 7th grade and watched it live during school. I still remember that day and probably will not forget it.

[u/anewfaceinthecrowd → u/CaydeTheCat]

Many decades ago I enjoyed a Garlic Ice cream at the Gilroy Garlic Festival.

[u/CaydeTheCat → u/anewfaceinthecrowd]

I thought that was OK. I drew the line at trying the garlic rock candy. No thank you.

[u/kaysmaleko → u/CaydeTheCat]

For real. I was skeptical about the ice cream but they were offering it for free and I was pleasantly surprised.

[u/Nani_700 → u/secretprocess]

It's weird to think about this and now every school shooting is just bleh to general public mind's 

[u/PuttinUpWithPutin → u/secretprocess]

I was in Oakland, but a sophomore in high school. When I woke up my dad had his clock radio on, and he said some moron flew into a building in New York. I didn't really get it until I got to school where the TV was on. Then we just watched the TV all day...