What did 9/11 do to you kids? (Read beyond thread title and relate to the OP or so help me)

[-Samurai-]

9/11 didn't do much to me for I live in Ohio and not in New York.

I live in Ohio as well, but I can say it has had a drastic effect on me. Looking at your profile, we're about the same age.

9/11 caused the whole "War on Terror", which in turn screwed our economy. Being in the 9th grade, I was just at the point where I should start looking for a job. Our economy went to total crap pretty much over night. It was(and mostly still is) impossible to get a job with the economy in that state.

Being in NW Ohio only made it worse. Around here there aren't a ton of options. We're kinda big in the automotive industry, and they had to almost instantly start laying off workers and close plants.

I'm 23 years old now with a measly 5 months of work experience under my belt, and that's 2 jobs. One of them had to close down after being there for only 3 months, the other had to close after I was there for 2 months. That was 3 years ago and after 1021(yes I kept track) applications and 0 interviews, I'm still jobless. Every day that passes hurts my chances of finding another job. No one wants to hire an adult that has no work experience.

So, what did 9/11 do? It made our retard of a president declare war and screw our economy, which in-turn, screwed me for life.

Don't worry, though. The economy won't be fixed by the time most of you are old enough to feel its effects. In a few years we can bring this up again and you'll have an answer similar to mine. It has effected you. You just don't know it yet.

What we need right now is Bill Clinton. Hell, if he can get us back to the state we were in while he was president, I'd have sex with him in the oval office myself. After what that man did for our economy and with the surplus he left us, a little sex on the side is less than he deserved.

 

[xDarc]

I'm 23 years old now with a measly 5 months of work experience under my belt...

This is the kind of stuff I'm talking about people. I got my first social security statement for 10 years in the work force at 24.

Samurai thanks for relating in your post.

 

[Erja_Perttu]

9/11 has never really affected me, aside from the fact they've rendered airports completely paranoid.

This is also my answer.

The same. 2,995 people died, but how many people have died in the middle east since then, how many have died from natrual disasters and continue to die? The whole '9/11 changed everything' attitude that some americans have kind of irks me sometimes. All it changed for me is that I now have to go through increasingly ludicrous degrees of security at the airport.

"Now take off your shoes, take out the shoelaces, pull out all your pockets, say 'Aaaah', take these laxatives and return the results in this dixie cup. Good, next!"

and that's getting off lightly.

I remember being shaken up for a few weeks because of two things. I was home early from school and saw all the footage on TV, which is pretty horrific when your eleven, and also my school kept having repeated bomb scares because people thought it was hilarious to ring up and insinuate they'd left a bomb on the premises.

Other than that, my life hasn't changed, other than the fact I'm more pessimistic and jaded about politics.

 

[SomeBritishDude]

I meant my mum and dad wanted to watch the stupid news instead of letting me on cartoon network. That's about the worst it effected me. I suppose it was the turning point that allowed Bush to get away with a lot of stupid shit though.

 

[BlumiereBleck]

It fucked me up pretty bad.

 

[SnootyEnglishman]

9/11 didn't do much to me for I live in Ohio and not in New York.

I live in Ohio as well, but I can say it has had a drastic effect on me. Looking at your profile, we're about the same age.

9/11 caused the whole "War on Terror", which in turn screwed our economy. Being in the 9th grade, I was just at the point where I should start looking for a job. Our economy went to total crap pretty much over night. It was(and mostly still is) impossible to get a job with the economy in that state.

Being in NW Ohio only made it worse. Around here there aren't a ton of options. We're kinda big in the automotive industry, and they had to almost instantly start laying off workers and close plants.

I'm 23 years old now with a measly 5 months of work experience under my belt, and that's 2 jobs. One of them had to close down after being there for only 3 months, the other had to close after I was there for 2 months. That was 3 years ago and after 1021(yes I kept track) applications and 0 interviews, I'm still jobless. Every day that passes hurts my chances of finding another job. No one wants to hire an adult that has no work experience.

So, what did 9/11 do? It made our retard of a president declare war and screw our economy, which in-turn, screwed me for life.

Don't worry, though. The economy won't be fixed by the time most of you are old enough to feel its effects. In a few years we can bring this up again and you'll have an answer similar to mine. It has effected you. You just don't know it yet.

What we need right now is Bill Clinton. Hell, if he can get us back to the state we were in while he was president, I'd have sex with him in the oval office myself. After what that man did for our economy and with the surplus he left us, a little sex on the side is less than he deserved.

I miss big daddy bill. Now as for the Ohio part where at in Ohio?

 

[TheRightToArmBears]

Well it equates roughly to "Wow, things in tv land suck".

Obviously I didn't think that literally, but I may as well have because it barely affects day-to-day life.

 

[DocBalance]

It's funny you say that, it's been an awful long time since I've even thought about that day. It did affect me, but mostly because it proved to be one of the shaping points of my philosophy. Long story short, I stopped being an optimist. It's a bit more complicated than that, but nobody wants a wall o' text.

 

[-Samurai-]

I miss big daddy bill. Now as for the Ohio part where at in Ohio?

As do I. While he was making everything great and making money worth the amount printed on the bill, I was playing ninja turtles and running a backyard trampoline wrestling organization that consisted of myself, my friend, and a life-sized stuffed tiger. If only I was old enough to work in the 90's...

Anyway. Toledo.

 

[xDarc]

It's funny you say that, it's been an awful long time since I've even thought about that day. It did affect me, but mostly because it proved to be one of the shaping points of my philosophy. Long story short, I stopped being an optimist. It's a bit more complicated than that, but nobody wants a wall o' text.

Actually I'd read it. I've read every post in this thread.

 

[Instinct Blues]

WBut I only had that fear for a couple of weeks after 9/11 but once I got back into the routine of school,come home hang out with friends, dinner, do homework, watch tv, and go to bed I just kind of forgot about it.

Would you say you tried to ignore everything?

No, because I went to the candlelight vigils and all that stuff. It was more of a time heals all wounds sort of thing since I didn't lose anyone close to me it just went away quicker. I do think it royally fucked the US though I suppose we had it coming because we've been fucking about with other countries governments and leaders for decades before this even happened. I also think that it was George W. Bush capatilizing on America's patriotism because you know after a tragic event such as 9/11 or Pearl Harbor America has this ability to band together in the tough times to kick whoever's ass that needs to be kicked. But unlike Pearl Harbor we weren't banding together to take down part of the most evil alliance in the world. W just wanted a blank check to go beat up Saddam and take his oil just like his daddy tried to do but failed to in the 90s. Of course he got it because everyone was swept up in the heat of the moment to think clearly and actually ask hey who funded those guys? what country were they from? I also believe we should just get our hands off other parts of the world if they want to have a revolution they'll do it they don't need our help. You can't really oppress people for that long before some of them have had enough and go to kick out the corrupt leaders. I mean the US got to have its own revolution I think the citizens in said country whether it be Iraq or any other country should be able to decide what happens there. We have no right messing about in other people's shit because I don't think we have ours all together at the moment.

 

[Darktau]

What I wonder is- what is it like to be a child, to grow up surrounded by so much fear, war, bleak economic prospects and so little hope? Did you see your parents change? Did they argue and fight about what was going around them? Did the kids at school still easily make light of the world erupting into war or did they try their damnedest to ignore it and live in it's shadow?

Im sorry but people in the larger countries, america, the UK, europe etc. can get stuffed for all I care, I feel more sympathy to children who grow up in war torn countries with little water a food, fear will kill you slower than a lack of water. And im sure kids would love school over there aswell .

 

[notyouraveragejoe]

I've lived in Singapore a lot of my life. My Dad was actually flying out of New York on 9/11 so we were terrified. Though I was only 7 so I don't really remember it. The true fear actually came because of disease. Especially SARS. That was very scary. Missed quite a bit of school cuz of it. Fear of terrorism only happened due to the Bali Bombings. Everyone was scared for a while afterwards. There wasn't much lighthearted banter about it or SARS. Hell I've never seen anyone makke a joke about anything similar to them.

 

[SnootyEnglishman]

I miss big daddy bill. Now as for the Ohio part where at in Ohio?

As do I. While he was making everything great and making money worth the amount printed on the bill, I was playing ninja turtles and running a backyard trampoline wrestling organization that consisted of myself, my friend, and a life-sized stuffed tiger. If only I was old enough to work in the 90's...

Anyway. Toledo.

He did many great things for the economy and the US at large but everybody seems to forget that because he got a little extra pussy and didn't want his **** of a wife to know about it.

(Dude i live in fucking Rossford about 5 mins away from toledo. I say we continue this in Pm's so the OP doesn't have a shit fit)

 

[similar.squirrel]

I recall my Dad being quite worried that he would be called back to Hungary for mandatory military service, and an old woman of our acquaintance remarking on Osama Bin Laden's kind, gentle eyes and propensity for evil. That was September 11th.

So far..Well, it has certainly coloured my view of religion as a whole, and travel has become a nuisance [my family didn't fly much when I was a child, so I wasn't exposed to pre-9/11 airports].

 

[TehIrishSoap]

Well, I Was Only 5 When It Happened. Plus I'm Irish, So We Weren't Badly Affected By It, Apart From Having The Country Shut Down On The Friday As A Mark Of Respect

 

[Mimssy]

I grew up annoyed at how paranoid people were as though they were someone so important and so worthy of being targeted. I hated the growing intolerance for others and the increased use of fear to silence the smart and corral the stupid.

 

[Airsoftslayer93]

i was 8 when 9/11 occured, since then britain has entered 2 wars, one of which i would argue was unnecersary. i cant really compare my childhood because its all i know off, but i think there is evidence of much greater americanisation than previosly.

 

[Jamash]

I was 21 at the time, so it didn't really affect me in a direct way, although it did overshadow the Theology degree I went to university to study that year, especially the course on Islam, and it also affected my interaction with the American's I met at university.

Living in the UK, I've grown up with threat of terrorism at the back of my mind. When I was younger I was quite worried about being blown up by the IRA, especially when the army checked my Mum's car for bombs (she was a private tutor and did some work at the local army barracks).

As a child & teenager I've seen the effect of terrorism, both in the bomb damage in Northern Ireland when on holiday, in the streets of Blackpool where all the bins got boarded up whenever there was a political party conference, and also on the news and in the "local atmosphere" when cities close to me like Manchester and Warrington were bombed.

When 9/11 happened, I wasn't surprised or shocked by it at all, I thought it was bound to happen sooner or later, so when it did occur it came as no big surprise. I suppose my detachment from the country where it occurred meant it wasn't as relevant as Britain's own terrorist attacks.

 

[wierdman51]

i was 6 when the 9/11 bombings happened, and i was more intune with the world than everyone else in my classes, i, and the teacher were the only two who cared about what was going on, her for danger, me, for that, and how this would shape the future of the world. it taught me about war. war neednty not a catalyst, nor n offender, jsut two different ways of life, and it may spawn. i was young though, so idt didnt effect me much, but i saw it in my parnets, my dad worked at disney, so they were always scared for a month or two after the bombings, cause he worked at a high value target. i saw that, and i became afraid form it. it changed me in that way.