10 years ago today

[Barkingturtle]

I had the day off work and I sat and watched the television coverage from the moment the second plane hit till the next morning. Those scenes were and still are the most evocative I've ever witnessed. The force of the explosion; people hurling themselves downward a thousand feet to avoid incineration; everyone crying; the president before of a class full of children, just a baffled, hollow-eyed panic-ghoul; those towers collapsing with what We feared might be tens of thousands of people still inside.

By the next morning, my penis was just a meaty nub in a field of matted, bloody pubes. On account of all the masturbating.

[Shannacore]

What do you guys think of the memorial in place of the towers? In a lot of my Architecture courses we've had sections where all we did was look at the different design concepts. Saw this photo last night on Twitter. More in love with the photography than the memorial itself I think.

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[Shannacore]

http://www.911memorial.org/

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[Barkingturtle]

The endlessly descending waterfall\pool thing they've got going on at Ground Zero is weird and depressing. It just reminds me of two giant toilets flushing in perpetuity, and two thousand tortured souls circling the drain eternally. I mean, I get it; the terrorists dropped the ultimate deuce. It just seems tasteless.

[Shannacore]

Originally Posted by Barkingturtle [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

The endlessly descending waterfall\pool thing they've got going on at Ground Zero is weird and depressing. It just reminds me of two giant toilets flushing in perpetuity, and two thousand tortured souls circling the drain eternally. I mean, I get it; the terrorists dropped the ultimate deuce. It just seems tasteless.

I was listening to NPR yesterday and they said the waterfalls into the pools were meant to represent "tears and crying". That seems kind of morbid. I mean, I understand the entire event was morbid as fuck, but I don't like the thought of solidifying the sadness like that.

[deathgirl]

Originally Posted by Shannacore [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I was listening to NPR yesterday and they said the waterfalls into the pools were meant to represent "tears and crying". That seems kind of morbid. I mean, I understand the entire event was morbid as fuck, but I don't like the thought of solidifying the sadness like that.

methinks your government loves the idea of 'solidifying the sadness like that', which is why they did it. terror/ism is a+ for the ecomeny $$$$$$

[Diggles]

tbh we should kick terrorists into the pools and make it a pit of doom kinda thing