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Nanomachine Son
Jan 11, 2007

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Tendai posted:

I don't know, I find that interesting as someone who was an adult and who didn't really know anyone that age when it happened. Hearing the different reactions is pretty interesting; I had the luxury of being able to look at it with relatively adult perspective (well, inasmuch as one can be an adult at 18), and put it in context with the USS Cole and the embassy bombings, but younger kids? Yeah I can see where that would have seemed pretty jarring and unexplained.

For what it's worth it felt like it was a pretty big turning point to where my family, and most others I knew, started watching cable news on a pretty regular basis. I also remember it being the time that Fox News became a regular staple on my parent's TV. Before then I pretty much only watched the local news or saw my parents (maybe) watching something like CNN from time to time, but afterwards it felt like something you'd watch at any point in the day. Honestly, the biggest thing I could remember getting a ton of attention before it was the OJ chase and all that drama.

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