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extra long this that because i feel bad :(
intagram or snapchat?
tik tok or tumblr?
sprolden or narlie?
jegulus or jegulily?
heart with fingers or whole hand?
short sleeves or long sleeves?
amazon music or spotify?
photography or fine art?
orange or grey?
brown or fuschia?
sunshine or moonlight?
werewolves or vampires?
team Jacob or team Edwardo?
omg have you read acotar i feel like you have if not guess
tampon or ricesand?
omg the love triangles
elves or fairies?
fairies or pixies?
tinkerbell or vanessa that red bitch?
disney or pixar?
tangled or frozen?
princess atf or treasure planet?
sleeping beaut or snow white?
the lil fish gal or beauty and fur man?
fur coats or leather jackets?
wearing mY cONvErsE wiTh mY dReSs or heels?
plain jelwery or colourful one's?
those like beady or lil circle bracalets and stuff or like plastic jewellery or actual like metal?
school or no school? LMAO
late start or early bird?
1 or 6 ?
a or h?
okay my brain hurts now
NOT MY TRAIN OF THOUGHT
OH
underground or like the normal trains?
trains or buses?
buses or cars?
rollerskates or rollerblades?
europe or the other places?
warm or cold?
jungles or forests?
caves or seas?
crystals or slime???
okay ima stop now or we'll be here all night
woah girl loving itt let me start
1. instagram i don’t have snapchat
2. tumblr i don’t have tiktok
3. probably narlie
4. ya what nowww
5. heart with fingers looks better imo
6. long sleeve
7. neither cds or music on my phone transferred off my cds
8. fine art
9. orange but both are ugly
10. fuschia
11. sunshine
12. vampires
13. ok i’m sorry who?
yea i haven’t lmao
14. neither
15. fairies
16. fairies again
17. what’s that?
i know i’m so stupid idk loads of these help-
18. snow white i guess
19. the lil fish girl
20. a furry hoodie please
21. ur converse with ur dress
22. colourful jewellery
23. thread bracelets? and thread necklaces?
24. is that a stupid question?? obviously not school girl-
25. late start
26. 6
27. a
i’m loving the commentary throughout this it’s cool
28. normal trains
29. buses
30. cars
31. roller skates
32. europe or the other places? LMAOOO HAHAH ahhh but europe
33. warm but not too hot
34. forests
35. seas
36. crystals
#i collect crystals and stones#i used to have a pair of roller skates years ago#wasn’t too bad but not good either#im so sorry i didn’t know any of this i’m so stupiddss#hahaha#i loved that#that was entertaining#can’t wait for more x#this or that#3divasask
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Spoilers For Final Episodes!
Tbh I’m kinda disappointed in these last two episodes. I knew that we would end the series with Simon and Fionna learning to be happy, but I felt like it went too fast.
I’m glad my accession of how Betty sacrificing everything for Simon was something that came back, and Simon actually learned that Betty sacrificed so much for him while he just let it happen.
Very cool that we got to see Beth and Shermy again, but I’m still confused on how Shermy and Simon were both in his head? And why Simon was naked for some reason??
I am glad on the direction they decided to take Fionna’s world, in how she made a wish for it to be real or for everyone to have their wish(which is what I’m assuming is implied as she never says it). I really do wish that they let Simon put on the crown and for Fionna’s nightmare to actually become real, as I feel it would’ve made the last episodes feel more active and led to her and Simons realization in a more direct way.
I honestly don’t get why Simons voice actor said it would be heartbreaking in the 9th episode as it really wasn’t. Even in the last episode it was pretty tame and didn’t feel as bittersweet as I felt it should’ve for the topic the show decided to address.
Also really wish Betty and Simon had more than like 3 sentences said between them, as it felt like Simon and Betty really didn’t get closure. It kinda seemed like Simon decided he was worth living for when the episode really wasn’t about that? It was about how Simon loved Betty but they weren’t on equal footing in terms of commitment so Betty agreed with Simon, even if it put them both in a bad place in the end.
They didn’t even show how it would’ve been different, which you could agree is the point of “well that’s not what happened”, but it just felt lacklustre with the rest of the context.
I feel bad because I REALLY liked this show and the rest of the episodes. The end just didn’t have the right kick to it and didn’t really make sense. Like why did we have the random characters show up to live in Fionna’s world, and we didn’t even get a glimpse of Finn or Marcy in Simons ending? I was thinking they would do a montage at the end with what happened in the universes we left, but I guess it does leave it open for a season 2. I’m of course glad that Simon and Fionna were able to feel happy in their worlds again, but still.
I honestly wasn’t that stoked about a season 2 unless the ending for this season wasn’t the best, so I guess I’ll just hope season 2 gets created.
#fionna and cake#fionna the human#fionna Campbell#cake the cat#simon petrikov#adventure time#of course I’m not saying people can’t be satisfied with the ending#but imo stories about depression and shi like not knowing what to do with your life shout be bittersweet in a way#like it leaves the ending up to interpretation to whether it’ll b good or bad bc that’s how mental health works#even if you try and gain happiness again it doesn’t mean it’ll last#Simon and Finn’s mom kinda went over that but for luke one sentence#oh yeah the lich was there too ig#still don’t know who the scarabs boss is#cause it’s not Betty#prismo and scarab r kinda cute tho#prismo now has a dude to chill with and make fanfics#now that I’m thinking about it prismos arc wasn’t really solved either#kinda forgot about it but like he was depressed too
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Sorryyyy for dropping off the face of the earth; got kinda shy after that last post but mostly I’ve just been writing though I cannot guarantee that any of that will ever be finished (also I’m very insecure about my writing AAAH). Figure I might as well post the valentines I had done (like two months late lol); interestingly this turned into more of a hand lettering exercise than I was expecting lol
#len’en#yabusame houlen#suzumi kuzu#tsubakura enraku#haiji senri#art#digital#there was one more but I’m not confident it’s like. funny? and I have stuff I’d eant to change abt it#and these four have pretty good comedic timing as a set so I’ll just leave well enough alone#also had plans for a Kuroji and uhhh Xeno a but those haven’t panned out#you’ll have to excuse me I’ve been going off the rails and also have not fixed the meds situation (I’m completely out atm)#started like four fics; yes they are all suzutsuba and there is. so much sex (not described/on screen but STILL)#didn’t manage to stay away from Hamal Cine Bad End either jfhshsjfb#too nervous abt talking yo pol rn to leave comments but zaranthropy if you’re reading this I owe you my life#also I think I said I was inspired on something by dissociation constant and then when chapter 2 came out I relized it was something I had#completely misinterpreted but I’m too embarrassed to actually go and check lol……#*talking to ppl sorry I had to turn off my autocorrect cause it was being compeltely unreasonable#OH YEAH also this Haiji design was a little bit inspired by a redesign of them from uhhhhhhh who was it. idk most of their blog is gone but#I’ll go check my likes#anyway I like how they tuned out also that joke came to me several days after valentine’s and gave me the idea for this whole thing#edit: can’t find the post anymore for some reason but I think yhe name was like chiosu or something?#did somebody go delete their blog while I wasn’t looking
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Cloud Retainer will act so formal and put together, but. In a romantic relationship, there will be. A Notable increase in how affectionate she is to her person.
#hc; cloud retainer#//She likes close physical contact; be it prolonged hugs or even casual touches meant to be special#//Is why it is a Big Deal to her if people esp men touch her so casually#//Either you are family (adopted/seen as such) or you are a s/o#//Or you aren’t; and you will instead end up with a Very Annoyed bird lady#//At BEST#//She wasn’t so clingy before Guizhong’s death—even then; Guizhong was the one who could most easily get away with casual touch#//Now; Xianyun adopted her habit; to honor her and bc she realized time can be Short for loved ones#//Getting an attachment like that can spark Hella anxiety; esp considering anybody she’d ever deem worthy to get close to would be fighters#//All her dearest friends and/were after all#//Save Guizhong; but look where the lack of fighting skill got her#//Xianyun cannot bear to be with someone who can’t fight on par with an adeptus; at Mjnimum#//Too easy to lose; and she doubts they’d let her keep them in her realm for the rest of their life#suggestive#//BC it is worth knowing her sex drive also takes a hella Spike once she’s comfortable in a relationship#//You think she’s affectionate? wait until she gets the go aheads to initiate intimacy#//She will NOT hesitate to nor will ever refuse if her partner initiates#//Is a soft dom for the most part; but give her the right partner; ESP if they are competitive like her#//Well; she does love a good healthy wager/competition to get in the mood; if they wanna top her so bad; they should try & aim for the gold#//In public with her s/o; she does love walking arms linked or pinkies brushing at very least#//She thinks it’s cute#//She sometimes does so with Madam Ping on a whim—shes her closest friends; after all. if she ain’t wed; Xianyun has plans to court her
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he’s so nice to me always… and goes with me wherever i want to go and buys me whatever yummy food i want at cafes….
#it’s insane how bad i want to hold his hand#like i understand romeo and juliet so much palm to palm is fr holy palmers kiss#it’s like. like I didn’t know you could be so desperate just to hold someone’s hand#i wasn’t this desperate to hold hands in middle school#cause it’s not touch starved we touch all the time#constantly shoulder to shoulder good bye hugs and head against shoulder and and and and#but this specific thing like. this point of tension#i want to initiate i want to hold his hand sober and not cold and not tired and without any excuses#but i don’t want to start something without words#like we need to talk about it silent acknowledgment is too easy and leaves too much room for interpretation#but i don’t want to be the one who brings it up either i think#i want him to be the one to say i like you and stun me and I’ve basically been confessing for months now#講話#it’s his turn. I’ve done all the actions he has to do the words
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i am not good at. things 👍🏼
#🌙.txt#sorry#confidence levels are so low and so bad right now#applying to profession related jobs should not exist i will just be a desk receptionist for the rest of my life 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼#cannot handle it especially when i feel like i am not good at my job!!!!!!!!!!!#had to put together my portfolio to apply and cried so many times it’s all bad#and a lot of it is also illustration based design and i feel like those are my strongest pieces but i don’t feel like they’re good!!#because i don’t think i’m good at that either!!!#and also i need actually graphic design work. that i like and is good. if i wanna be a graphic designer.#which i think i don’t wannna be that but also that’s the low confidence talking i just wish i wasn’t so behind everyone else AUUUGGHRHGGH#i told my friend about the job too and he applied to it too and his stuff is better and more hireable than mine#and if he gets it that’s fine i would be happpy for him it’s just the fact that i don’t like feeelingggg so behiindddddddddd#i wanna drop out so bad i could always just die#anyways sorry
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my biggest problem with a people’s history of the french revolution by eric hazan is that he keeps like. implying that lafayette defected to the enemy (meaning Austria and Prussia), but like. mf was immediately arrested bc he was seen as the cause of the revolution. the only people who saw him as a conservative were in france
#marquis de lafayette#lafayette#lowkey feel like the french revolution has so many figures who are misrepresented by people bc they were more conservative/liberal#like robespierre got the same treatment as lafayette but like reversed#i feel like the american revolution wasn’t so controversial as to have the same effect#and on top of that people have been working since it happened to counter balance whenever that happened#obviously some figures are still glorified but like there’s always been a lot of historians treating them as less one dimensional#but based off the books i’ve read about the frev at least one party is portrayed as one dimensional#and they’re always the villain too#like no one in the frev is overglorified GWKWBWKWN#they’re either a complex person or a one dimensional villain#like hazan shows different elements of robespierre’s character but doesn’t do the same to lafayette#the last author i read (forgor her name lol) showed all parts of marie antoinette and king louis’ characters#she did touch on robespierre a little bit showing his qualities but she didn’t go in depth on any of the revolutionaries really#but like brissot and co were portrayed as just bad guys who never did anything good ever#idk im just kinda used to authors at least attempting to show good and bad#even if its just ‘one time he helped an old lady cross the street and then he slaughtered someone’s entire family’#no hate to hazan tho this book is awesome#i just wish it wasn’t trying to push such a black and white narrative in this particular instance#for the most part he doesn’t do it with anything else#but tbf i did start reading this bc i needed a more leftist sympathetic book to counteract the strongly royalist one i read before#imma tag this as#books#and#resources#in case anyone wants my thoughts on this book#this rant was longer than anticipated HEKWHWJ
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what was stach’s tax policy
#the politics of koning van katoren are so funny actually#I’m rereading the book rn for the first time since I was idk twelve? and it’s literally hilarious#partially unintentionally#elli rambles#also the quote by grrm I’m referencing is like. so many people take it in bad faith?#like I think it’s less about the literal tax policy (though that too) and more about how being a good person doesn’t translate to good#skills and decisions in the ruling of a country#which is also what I wonder about stach. girl he is seventeen/eighteen years old. what does he know about ruling a country#I’m assuming uncle gervaas didn’t teach him anything like that bc like how would he know how to#and it wasn’t like the tasks specifically tested his leadership ability either
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Tbh yall within the realm of a romance novel I really don’t feel that Tamlin is abusive.
#like yeah irl locking the person you love in the house to protect them isn’t actually a good idea#and is actually borderline abusive cuz you’re enforcing your will on another individual#bUT within the realm of a romance novel not following irl moral standards I really don’t feel like it was that bad#maybe I’ve read too much fucked up shit in manga idk but like Tamlin ?????? isn’t that bad#he fucks up yes but objectively it didn’t come from a place of control it came from a place of fear#and it wasn’t unfounded either especially when in book 1 Feyre very clearly establishes she doesn’t listen to warnings#idkkkk but straight up calling him abusive and as bad as Rhys rubs me wrong everytime I see it
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i wonder if like I just keep making dumb life choices, like am I even doing things right?
#whimsy whispers#idk how aware y’all are but like idk what I’m doing#I’m doing my best but idk if I’m even doing anything right#like I like to think I’m doing better with each decision and that I’m making good and smart choices especially given that I wasn’t really#told how to function#but what if I’m not#kinda anxious about it ngl#i feel like I’m digging a hole#I’m far too dumb to be functioning I should’ve been born as someone’s house cat#ahdjfjjr I just have no clue what I’m ever doing I keep making choices and decisions and it’s like Ahhhhhhh#i know people can’t hold my hand and make choices for me but I wish they could#i feel bad because I’m either a burden to the people in my life or causing them worry#my sisters are both worried about my future and like I am too it’s not that I’m not worried like I’m more worried than they are
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i am literally experiencing a horror rn. but also it is not a horror except it is a horror except it’s not a horror and i am ok except im not ok except i am ok and if im not ok then i will be
#i keep crying every time i think of another aspect impacted by this. but the impacts will not be all bad and will actually be helpful to me#in some ways. and that’s a good thing i think but the way it is happening is fucking devastating. it’s just devastating#i feel so bad for crying when i did but also how do you NOT cry. february 19 2018 me KNEW. august 2021 redacted KNEW. and it’s like. there’s#no way this wasn’t gonna happen actuallt but ithink no one wanted to admit it and i feel so betrayed. lol. like that WHOLE time. at least a#fourth of it or a fifth of it or whatever. this was in motion and i didn’t even know and it springs out NOW. lol. it just hurts. but itll#be okay somehow. just have to take it day by day i guess. lol#purrs#i love vaguing about irl situations and experiences and predicaments and circumstances and moments between rocks and hard places and i speci#specifically love doing it when i don’t have therapy anymore and my tumblr mutuals are my unwilling audience i am subjecting to this shit 🥰#it’s all this stuff happened (purposely writing in passive voice btw) and…. it means nothing. it didn’t even matter. all of my crying and FR#freaking out etc etc legitimately did not matter or make any difference. none of the other things mattered either. i mean they did but in th#their own ways but none that prevented this outcome. it’s just so shitty. i feel so betrayed and i know it’s unfair but i really do#it’s so shitty too bc it changes EVERYTHING. EVERY SINGLE THING that has ever happened has to be reinterpreted now. and it’s crushing. lol
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anyways quick reminder to always critically think about anything you see. including things that sound “normal” or “correct”
sometimes fear mongering is in fact just fear mongering, even if it’s against something that should be kind of feared.
always be aware of the tendency on the internet to be hyperbolic and extreme.
very few things are 100% good or 100% bad
#this is specifically about ppl on tumblr and their opinions on tiktok#but this also applies to a lot of shit#that one law in kentucky where everyone was like ‘they’re outlawing roommates!!’#they weren’t btw they were trying to prevent exploitation by landlords#but you see fear mongering about a law from kentucky and think ‘yeah that’s probably legit’#but it wasn’t it was the internet stretching things out of proportion#‘teacher fired for forcing gender neutral pronouns on everyone!’#like no actually they were using the pronouns they/them when referring to a theoretical student not the same thing#‘tiktok will only lie to you and you should never trust anything from it ever!’#like no actually that’s not true bc that’s not how anything that involves PEOPLE works#that doctor who actually has a job at a genuine hospital and actual awards in their field probably isn’t lying to you#all of these examples just require you to either double check them or use your critical thinking skills to asses the probability of a lie#almost nothing is 100% good or 100% bad#there are always pros and cons#maybe this is bc i’m neurodivergent and take everything too literally and so i see ppl be hyperbolic and assume they’re being 100% literal#but i don’t think so#i think some of them are just too reactive to things#critical thinking#media literacy#also kinda related kinda not but some of you seem to be /real/ comfortable ignoring marginalized voices#when they are not in your preferred format#just saying…
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#this is gonna be so tmi sorry i’m advance but#how am i supposed to deal with having a body and every mental illness and stomach problems and throat problems and being ugly and having no#hobbies or life skills or a job#i need to find a job but i also have to deal with my stomach and my throat so i can be well enough to actually move my body to find a job#but i don’t have much money left so i can’t focus on those things either so i’m spending literally hours a day in the bathroom and it hurts#to speak#and i don’t want to feed myself i don’t want to take my meds i don’t want to do anything but get high which also physically hurts also bc#throat#and i have to do PT everyday so i can shit better but i also need to find a job so i can’t waste silly energy on things like that but then i#can’t get a job because i feel like shit and am shitting literally all the fucking time#and obviously the logical thing should be to just take care of my health today so i can be good to#tomorrow to find a job right? wrong actually! tomorrow it’ll be something’s#and the day after that#n the day after that#and every day after that one too!#but no one is actually willing to help me with anything because i am a 1 dimensional human being who spawned yesterday who has never heard#of things like “’building tenacity’ and ‘having structure’ there’s actually nothing wrong with me i’m just lazy i guess!#but if i wanna kill myself that’s wrong and bad and needs to be stopped immediately#other people seem to look at suicidal people and go ‘i have no reason to want to kill myself so other people just need to push it through :)#thug it out lol’ and it’s like actually these are very good reasons to want to die#i have spent the last 9 years actively in treatment actively working on myself actively trying to build a better life#it has only gotten worse#don’t talk to me about getting over to the other side. i’m on it. it’s just as bad as every other one of the sides#life doesn’t ever get better for some people and just because that wasn’t true for you and your life did get better doesn’t mean other#peoples lives every will get better. like it is straight up not possible for me to have a better life. and i know this for a fact because if#it was#i would have it now and i would have had it for a while
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no i don’t care that most of my moms commutation to me especially to direct question is just straight up ignoring me or some other form of non verbal communication. like grunting or vague pointing. the glass i broke outside is unrelated
#personal#no i don’t think this affected my siblings either and that they love to ignore direct statements :)#like i’m fine with it most the time#not fine but just used to it#but i asked can you handle dog food tonight i got it this morning#and after realizing we both got it this morning i asked again if she can get it tonight or not#to be clear the understanding we both fed her was her giving me a weird look then goin back to watching tv then i said it’s a yes or no i#can do it can you just answer THEN she said she did it this morning#anyway i ask again and just keeps looking at the tv#and the only time in months she felt like cleaning the kitchen was when i was doing my taxes#so eventually i’m like fine let me go through turbo tax bc im sure im doing it wrong on the irs site#and god. god. the dog pissed on the floor i put a piss towel down so we don’t trip she immediately picks it up to wash it - which would be#fine except it’s soaking wet piss all on the floor and she’s like okay?#also speaking of the floor i deep cleaned it twice spent some of the last of the money i have for cleaners next day all fucked up with shoe#marks and dirt and i’m like mom what happened#she’s watching tv and she’s like dog peed#so from the front of the kitchen to the back door to the fridge the dog pissed all across and might i add dirt black piss with foot marks#cleaned it again but it’s already so fucking dirty#she can’t even put her laundry in the dryer#i asked her to leave so i can focus bc the plates and washing and moving things is too loud and i can’t focus i don’t tell her all that#but she starts laughing at me meanly and doesn’t even go back when i’m done#so it’s like what just bc i needed the kitchen you decided to clean??? for the first time ever???????#i’m always begging her to move her stuff bc i’m not allowed to but we’ve been balancing whatever food items we need just on top of WHATEVER#BUT THIS IS WHEN? and im telling ben im not in a good space between mom and the break in and he’s like sorry :( also you should go into#debt for mom bc i’m not which i’m really happy he’s not but im never getting out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!#and he can’t comfort me about mom and frank won’t comfort me about dad and mom hates me and it just feels like none of them fuck with me at#all whatsoever and that’s so upsetting#this house is so dirty and i’m not doing great at all actually im doing awful and my whole family hates me to some degree and i wish i#wasn’t born bc like. it’s bad enough life is bad can my family like me. and im never getting out so im stuck like this forever
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Look all I’m saying is that if we can get a good Hulk video game then there is not one reason why we can’t get a good Superman video game.
#And don’t try to feed me that “Supes is too strong” bullshit either!#Hulk can get so hilariously worked up that him standing there huffing and puffing is enough to sink a continent into the ocean#I’m not tryna here no one tell he’s a cakewalk to make game for compared to the guy with ACTUAL control over his abilities#seriously how the shit are we getting a Wondy game before a Superman one?#no shade to Diana she deserves a game too but like#she’s generally as strong as Supes on a good day so how is she easier too?#(on that note I hope they just strip her of hee powers and make the game a shitty God of War type third person action game)#in any event Supes needs a game#last one we got was that Superman Returns tie in game#and that wasn’t bad but meh coulda been better too#superman#wonder woman#the incrediable hulk#hulk ultimate destruction#comic books#dc comics
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Post 9/11 Trivia
Most folks on this site were either children on September 11, 2001, or weren’t even born yet. But America went crazy for about a year afterwards. Here’s some highlights that I remember that might not be in your history books:
There was national discussion on whether or not Halloween should be canceled because…fuck if I know why. After planes crashed into buildings in NYC it follows that 6-year-olds in Iowa shouldn’t be allowed to dress up like Batman and ask their neighbors for candy, I guess. (Halloween wasn’t canceled, by the way.)
On a similar note, people asked if comedy - any sort of comedy - was appropriate anymore, ever.
People sold shitty parachutes to suckers “in case your building gets attacked and you have to jump out the window.” There were honest-to-God news reports warning people not to jump out of the window with shitty mail-order parachutes because they wouldn't work.
As a follow-up to the attacks, someone mailed anthrax to some prominent politicians and news anchors - you know, famous people - along with some badly-written notes about “you cannot stop us, death to America, Allah is good” and after that every time some random dumbass found a package in the mail they didn’t recognize they thought that the terrorists were targeting them, too.
Everyone was similarly convinced that their town was going to be the next target, even if they were a little town in the middle of nowhere. "Our town of Bumblefuck, South Dakota (population 690) has the largest styrofoam pig statue west of the Mississippi! Terrorists might fly planes into that too! It's a prime target!"
People started taping up their windows and trying to make their houses or apartments airtight out of fear of chemical and biological attacks. There were news reports warning people that turning your house into an airtight box was a bad idea because, y'know, you need air to breathe.
"[X] supports terrorism!" and “if we do [X], the terrorists win!” were used as arguments for everything. "Some rich Arab you never heard of donated to his organization that backs Hamas which backs al-Queda, and also owns stock in a holding company that has partial ownership of the Pringles company, so if you eat Pringles you're supporting terrorism!" "The terrorists want to tear down our freedoms and our way of life and rule us through fear! Eating what you want is one of our freedoms as Americans! If you're afraid to eat Pringles, the terrorists win!" (I promise you that this sort of argument is in no way hyperbole.)
(This argument is how Halloween was saved, by the way. “If we cancel Halloween, the terrorists win!”)
People worked 9/11 into everything, and I mean everything, whether it was appropriate or not. If you went to the grocery store the tortilla chips would remind you to support the troops on the packaging. Used car sales would be dedicated to our brave first responders. You couldn't wipe your ass without the toilet paper rolls reminding you to never forget the fallen of 9/11, and again, this is not hyperbole.
My uncle, who lived in Ohio and had never been to New York except to visit once in the 70′s, died of a stroke about 8 months after 9/11, and the priest brought up the attacks at the eulogy.
On a similar local note, on the day of 9/11, after the towers went down, gas stations in my home town immediately jacked up gas prices. The mayor had the cops go around and force them to take them back down. I doubt any of that was legal.
Before 9/11, Christianity in America - and religion in general - was on a downward swing, with reddit-tier atheism on the upswing. Religion was outdated superstition from a bygone age. The day after 9/11? Every single church was PACKED. (This wasn't a bad thing, but the power-hungry on the Evangelical Right saw this as a golden opportunity to grab power and influence.)
EDIT: By Popular Demand - Freedom Fries. I initially left these off because they came a couple years after the initial panic and most people thought they were kind of absurd (and I don't recall anyone really going along with it other than maybe some local diners here and there). France didn't want to get involved in our world policing so some folks were like "TRAITORS!" and wanted to call french fries "Freedom Fries" instead, so as to stick it to the French.
Besides dumb shit like that…it’s really hard to overstate how completely the national mood and character changed in the span of a day, or how much of the current culture war is a result of the aftermath. (9/11 was the impetus for the sharp rise in power of the Evangelical Right, who made themselves utterly odious and the following backlash helped the rise of the current Progressive Left, for instance.)
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