It’s March 13th like Gen Z 9/11 ?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Um, absolutely not. 9/11 terrorist attacks on 2 of the country’s most symbolic cities, collapse of the twin towers on live tv, thousands dead (many who jumped to their deaths), lower Manhattan covered in soot w pedestrians running for their lives…..all followed by a 20 year war on terror and complete change in the legal framework of the U.S., complete reboot of domestic and airport security.

Vs

Lockdown and virtual schooling.


You tell me

Well that a million dead Americans.

9/11, Regan, challenger, impeachment- these are TV moments. Covid was a TV moment. But March 2020 will be a big memory for gen z kids. How could it not be?

Covid was NOT a TV moment, i meant

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Um, absolutely not. 9/11 terrorist attacks on 2 of the country’s most symbolic cities, collapse of the twin towers on live tv, thousands dead (many who jumped to their deaths), lower Manhattan covered in soot w pedestrians running for their lives…..all followed by a 20 year war on terror and complete change in the legal framework of the U.S., complete reboot of domestic and airport security.

Vs

Lockdown and virtual schooling.


You tell me

Well that a million dead Americans.

9/11, Regan, challenger, impeachment- these are TV moments. Covid was a TV moment. But March 2020 will be a big memory for gen z kids. How could it not be?

An illness is not going to war. Because most Americans don’t know what war or immediate threats to life feel like, these to probably seem similar. Furthermore, most of the country did not go to the same extreme as DC and weren’t under strict lockdowns for extended periods.

My kids hung out outdoors most of March. We grilled and enjoyed ourselves. It was in no way like 9/11. Will people remember the quarantine period? Most likely. But those memories are nowhere near as impactful as 9/11

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Um, absolutely not. 9/11 terrorist attacks on 2 of the country’s most symbolic cities, collapse of the twin towers on live tv, thousands dead (many who jumped to their deaths), lower Manhattan covered in soot w pedestrians running for their lives…..all followed by a 20 year war on terror and complete change in the legal framework of the U.S., complete reboot of domestic and airport security.

Vs

Lockdown and virtual schooling.


You tell me

Well that a million dead Americans.

9/11, Regan, challenger, impeachment- these are TV moments. Covid was a TV moment. But March 2020 will be a big memory for gen z kids. How could it not be?

You refer 9/11 as a TV moment? Wtf is wrong with you?

Covid was NOT a TV moment, i meant

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Maybe. Although at my age (51), 9/11 was just one in a series of traumatic days including Reagan being shot, the shuttle exploding with the teacher on board, Clinton’s impeachment and the 2000 election standoff.

From your list: Only 9/11 and the shuttle exploding traumatized me. But the 1985 MOVE bombing is probably second on my list as I lived in a similar neighborhood and worried the same thing could happen to us.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Um, absolutely not. 9/11 terrorist attacks on 2 of the country’s most symbolic cities, collapse of the twin towers on live tv, thousands dead (many who jumped to their deaths), lower Manhattan covered in soot w pedestrians running for their lives…..all followed by a 20 year war on terror and complete change in the legal framework of the U.S., complete reboot of domestic and airport security.

Vs

Lockdown and virtual schooling.


You tell me

Well that a million dead Americans.

9/11, Regan, challenger, impeachment- these are TV moments. Covid was a TV moment. But March 2020 will be a big memory for gen z kids. How could it not be?

Covid was NOT a TV moment, i meant

You refer 9/11 as a TV moment? Wtf is wrong with you?

Pretty sure PP meant because it was documented live on tv as it happened, along with the other events listed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No because we thought it might only be 2 weeks. The actual first day didn't mean that much at the time. It wasn't supposed to drag on for years. But, within a few months we moved to a place that had in person school starting in the fall, as well as other activities, and never looked back. The people who shut themselves down for two years must be feeling pretty stupid by now.

No, the smart people are laughing at people like you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Um, absolutely not. 9/11 terrorist attacks on 2 of the country’s most symbolic cities, collapse of the twin towers on live tv, thousands dead (many who jumped to their deaths), lower Manhattan covered in soot w pedestrians running for their lives…..all followed by a 20 year war on terror and complete change in the legal framework of the U.S., complete reboot of domestic and airport security.

Vs

Lockdown and virtual schooling.


You tell me

But…but you don’t understand. Their KIDS were in their HOUSE.

[Anonymous]

This is so stupid, and regional. We shut down in LA the week before. Do we get our own date??? God I hate this generation. Look at me!!!

[Anonymous]

In psychology this phenomenon is called a “flashbulb memory” - when something happens very emotionally significant that “illuminates” the mundane details of one’s life: like where you were and what you were doing at a certain time. Some flashbulb memories are shared by some significant shared event - different generations had or have Kennedy assassination, Challenger explosion, 9/11, etc - people usually vividly remember “where they were and what they were doing” when those event happened.

And, yes, for me I know exactly where I was and what I was doing on Friday the 13th three years ago. Although, yes, it was not as universal date/time for everyone everywhere.

And I also remember very vividly where I was and what I was doing on January 6, 2021.

[Anonymous]

Also, only kids with a**hole parents would allow their kids compare March 13 to 9/11. What is wrong with you people?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No because we thought it might only be 2 weeks. The actual first day didn't mean that much at the time. It wasn't supposed to drag on for years. But, within a few months we moved to a place that had in person school starting in the fall, as well as other activities, and never looked back. The people who shut themselves down for two years must be feeling pretty stupid by now.

No, the smart people are laughing at people like you.

Please. You have egg on your face.

[Anonymous]

Stop, OP. No, it isn’t a moment

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Stop, OP. No, it isn’t a moment

I think it definitely is, and not even for kids but for me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Stop, OP. No, it isn’t a moment

I think it definitely is, and not even for kids but for me.

But as we’ve pointed out, the closures happened gradually over several weeks. It wasn’t one set day.

[Anonymous]

In my family's world, it was one set day. And it was March 13, 2020. School ceased, work moved home indefinitely, and we hunkered down as told, on that day.

Ways we were lucky: we COULD work from home, didn't lose income, none of us got sick. Not so lucky: we live in 1000 sq ft condo and all four of us home all the time was rough - parents working and teens with nothing to do. My work exploded too - have my own business helping other businesses & non profits and navigating the budget adjustments and PPP loans meant I was working 16 hour days to barely keep up. Online school for a year took my former happy, well-adjusted, school loving kids to a state of pure misery and we are still recovering from that.

It's getting tiresome that people think there was one covid experience and it was similar to their own, and that anyone who didn't sail through it is just weak. Good for you if you moved to a place where school resumed and life returned to normal and your kids didn't suffer. Good for you if you saved so much money, had so much free time so got into interesting hobbies, learned languages. It wasn't good at all for a huge number of people. Your experience is not universal.