Do you remember what you were doing on 9/11/2001?

[Psychic Octopus]

I knew, from then, that the world just changed forever.

No, it didn't.

What the hell is your problem? Of course I didn't mean forever, but for a long time. Do you even care for the innocent people that died on this day?

[Psychic Octopus]

I knew, from then, that the world just changed forever.

No, it didn't.

What the hell is your problem? Of course I didn't mean forever, but for a long time. Do you even care for the innocent people that died on this day?

Did I say I didn't? In what way did this change the world?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9/11#Aftermath

That's how it changed the world.  It led to two wars and shifted American foreign policy, among other things.

[Psychic Octopus]

In what way did this change the world?

During the 1990s I was obsessed with skylines (and still am, to an extent), so I spent a lot of time collecting postcards of New York City and drawing the skyline on construction paper. I also remember trying to build New York City in Sim City 2000 and being ecstatic at the prospect of visiting the World Trade Center sometime during the mid 1990s. Had a chance to visit it in 2000, but didn't have the time

oh well, yeah. now the place is a barren wasteland. it's terrible. My brother's apartment in Brooklyn has a fantastic view of Lower Manhattan from the roof; it's the type of place where you blast all those cheerful late 1990s songs, sit back, and drink your favorite beer. but the experience is heavily.....subdued by the constant reminder of omission. Seriously Xahar, go to New York City, go to the top of any structure facing lower Manhattan, pop open some Blue Moon, and then tell me the experience is the same as it was in, say, 1996. And that, amigo, is how the world has changed. You can say it's all in our minds, but our minds are the only thing we have.

Sir I congratulate you on having by far the best post out of everyone here. This reminds me of that episode of the Daily Show I saw where Jon Stewart talks about the new view from his apartment: instead of the World Trade Center he now sees the Statue of Liberty.

Excellent post, Boris.

I knew, from then, that the world just changed forever.

No, it didn't.

What the hell is your problem? Of course I didn't mean forever, but for a long time. Do you even care for the innocent people that died on this day?

Did I say I didn't? In what way did this change the world?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9/11#Aftermath

That's how it changed the world.  It led to two wars and shifted American foreign policy, among other things.

That's a quite broad definition of "change the world forever".

Yes, but it did affect many people's lives and it did change the world forever, as all events in history change the world forever.

[Psychic Octopus]

I was in 1st grade, and they sent us home because there was a gas leak, or something.

Huh, You are sixteen, but you were in first grade when the planes hit?