Why not have a 911 thread, I suppose

Drew-B

I used to have a yellow pages book that was for web pages.

As in, if you wanted to find a certain web page, you would look it up...in a book.

I was rocking the internet in '95, I think it was.

ASimPerson

YaYa wrote: »

I woke up at 6 am like I always did and went to check Penny Arcade before school

the site was down with links to CNN and I immediately ran up and told my parents

then at school the teacher had to explain to the goddamn australian kids where the WTC was and then why it was so important

As Tycho put it in Vol. 2:

Tycho wrote:

We brought the site down for a couple of days after September 11th. A lot of people yelled at us for it, but nothing seemed particularly funny then.

First comic after was on the 14th:

Vixx

I was in uni in Illinois, and I had woken up late for Political Science 121... like, so late that there was no point in going

I was freaking out about missing class and was about to send an E-mail to my professor right after I'd brushed my teeth

I come out of the bathroom, and my friend from down the hall is all "holy shit did you hear what happened"

and I was all "no what I just woke up"

and she was all "they fucking blew up the world trade centre and the pentagon"

I gave her this look that was basically whaaaaaaaaat no way you're shitting me right

and she gets what I'm thinking and she's all "no seriously come on we're watching the news"

and we basically spent the whole day parked in front of a TV, watching the news and sending E-mails to people we knew were in New York

it was pretty surreal, actually

Lucky Cynic

Were the PA forums around in 2001? I don't think they were...

Raneados

I think so

No Great Name

I think they were called the phorums then

ASimPerson

Lucky Cynic wrote: »

Were the PA forums around in 2001? I don't think they were...

http://web.archive.org/web/20010607160212/www.penny-arcade.com/phorum/

DJ Eebs

maybe not these versions exactly but there are people with 2002 join dates and there were other versions of the forums before this

Volucrisus Aedrius

god the jpeg artifacting on that shit

no john, you are the demons

Blake T

I wonder what Lightriders opinions were when he saw it.

He was all, check out the explosives.

Raneados

m2 and all that jazz

L|ama

Blaket wrote: »

I wonder what Lightriders opinions were when he saw it.

He was all, check out the explosives.

ugh, although of course he didn't say shit at the time, my dad later claimed that "yeah when I first saw it on TV I remember thinking it looked weird just like a controlled demolition"

Vixx

L|ama wrote: »

Blaket wrote: »

I wonder what Lightriders opinions were when he saw it.

He was all, check out the explosives.

ugh, although of course he didn't say shit at the time, my dad later claimed that "yeah when I first saw it on TV I remember thinking it looked weird just like a controlled demolition"

UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGH

Lucky Cynic

I can't find that little news article picture, but you guys remember the guy cheating on his wife. Terrified, she calls him to ask where he is. He says "at the office, (meaning WTC) why?" when in actuality he was at his mistress's place getting his yiff on.

EDIT: Oh and the terrorists almost got Seth.

Wikipedia article on Seth McFarlane wrote:

Experience with September 11, 2001 attacks
On the morning of September 11, 2001, MacFarlane was scheduled to return to Los Angeles on American Airlines Flight 11 from Boston, Massachusetts, after delivering a keynote speech at his alma mater. Suffering from a hangover from the previous night's celebrations,[81] and with an incorrect departure time (8:15 a.m. instead of 7:45 a.m.) from his travel agent,[82] he arrived at Logan International Airport sometime around 7:30 and was unable to board the flight as the gates had been closed.[82] Fifteen minutes after departure, American Airlines Flight 11 was hijacked,[83] and at 8:46 a.m. was flown into the North Tower of the World Trade Center, later destroying the building.[84]
In an interview with TVShowsOnDVD.com, MacFarlane said the following about his close call:
“ "The only reason it hasn’t really affected me as it maybe could have is I didn’t really know that I was in any danger until after it was over, so I never had that panic moment. After the fact, it was sobering, but people have a lot of close calls; you’re crossing the street and you almost get hit by a car… this one just happened to be related to something massive. I really can’t let it affect me because I’m a comedy writer. I have to put that in the back of my head."[85]

Drew-B

Viv, the lack of apathy you had when you realized you were missing a single class really makes me feel bad about the fact that I went many semesters where I'd be surprised if there was a single week where I made it to all of my courses.

Vixx

Drew-B wrote: »

Viv, the lack of apathy you had when you realized you were missing a single class really makes me feel bad about the fact that I went many semesters where I'd be surprised if there was a single week where I made it to all of my courses.

man I was a freshman

it was the first class I ever missed in my LIFE

by my senior year it was a miracle to see me in a classroom more than 4 hours a week

No Great Name

L|ama wrote: »

Blaket wrote: »

I wonder what Lightriders opinions were when he saw it.

He was all, check out the explosives.

ugh, although of course he didn't say shit at the time, my dad later claimed that "yeah when I first saw it on TV I remember thinking it looked weird just like a controlled demolition"

patricide

ASimPerson

Drew-B wrote: »

Viv, the lack of apathy you had when you realized you were missing a single class really makes me feel bad about the fact that I went many semesters where I'd be surprised if there was a single week where I made it to all of my courses.

I usually only missed 1-2 classes a semester.

Yes, I'm weird. But I just couldn't skip!

Raneados

man we could have been rid of seth mcfarlane

Vixx

also Drew I'm pretty sure you linked to the wrong video in your OP there

the Stewart speech comes right before the Doty for President part I think

Drew-B

There were some courses where I'd go maybe five or six times all semester.

I had this one course where I went a few days early on, and then only showed up to take the exam and final after that.

Edit: Shit I probably did link it wrong. It's because they do this thing where when one video ends they load up the next one, and I had let my browser idle for a while

TheStig

Raneados wrote: »

man we could have been rid of seth mcfarlane

9/11 was actually a time traveler's attempt at killing mcfarlane.

Lucky Cynic

Raneados wrote: »

man we could have been rid of seth mcfarlane

He still had a few more good ideas left in him.

honey nut cheerios

Raneados wrote: »

man we could have been rid of seth mcfarlane

One time I killed todd mcfarlane.

but he made a deal with the devil and came back.

Blake T

Jackie Chan was going to start pre-production that day on a new movie based around the world trade center.

Man, when they pulled that spiderman trailer though I was pissed.

Raneados

Lucky Cynic wrote: »

Raneados wrote: »

man we could have been rid of seth mcfarlane

He still had a few more good ideas left in him.

name one

Drew-B

Todd McFarlane. Does he even try anymore?

Any time I see something where they hired him on to design a character or monster, it's usually shit that looks like something a kid would doodle in high school.

Blake T

ASimPerson wrote: »

Drew-B wrote: »

Viv, the lack of apathy you had when you realized you were missing a single class really makes me feel bad about the fact that I went many semesters where I'd be surprised if there was a single week where I made it to all of my courses.

I usually only missed 1-2 classes a semester.

Yes, I'm weird. But I just couldn't skip!

The only time I ever really skipped classes was either when I was working on an assignment or I had two classes on at the same time.

L|ama

Vivixenne wrote: »

L|ama wrote: »

Blaket wrote: »

I wonder what Lightriders opinions were when he saw it.

He was all, check out the explosives.

ugh, although of course he didn't say shit at the time, my dad later claimed that "yeah when I first saw it on TV I remember thinking it looked weird just like a controlled demolition"

UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGH

The history channel played whatever bullshit revision of loose change they're up to now last night, and a counter-documentary tonight. I told him to at least watch the counter if he's going to watch that stupid bullshit again, instead he watched some fucking provincial rugby game that doesn't even involve a team he's interested in.

Fingers in ears, head firmly planted in the sand basically.

YaYa

I hadn't seen the Stewart speech until just now

it really hit me hard, even 8 years after the fact

it might just have been seeing Jon Stewart, the raging ball of comedy, crying on screen

Lucky Cynic

Raneados wrote: »

Lucky Cynic wrote: »

Raneados wrote: »

man we could have been rid of seth mcfarlane

He still had a few more good ideas left in him.

name one

Vixx

L|ama wrote: »

Vivixenne wrote: »

L|ama wrote: »

Blaket wrote: »

I wonder what Lightriders opinions were when he saw it.

He was all, check out the explosives.

ugh, although of course he didn't say shit at the time, my dad later claimed that "yeah when I first saw it on TV I remember thinking it looked weird just like a controlled demolition"

UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGH

The history channel played whatever bullshit revision of loose change they're up to now last night, and a counter-documentary tonight. I told him to at least watch the counter if he's going to watch that stupid bullshit again, instead he watched some fucking provincial rugby game that doesn't even involve a team he's interested in.

Fingers in ears, head firmly planted in the sand basically.

hack the TV

tie your dad to a chair

tape his eyes open

if you do not do these things YOU ARE A BAD BAD CHILD

Blake T

Lucky Cynic wrote: »

Raneados wrote: »

Lucky Cynic wrote: »

Raneados wrote: »

man we could have been rid of seth mcfarlane

He still had a few more good ideas left in him.

name one

I thought we were talking about the dude that created Spawn.

Raneados

Lucky Cynic wrote: »

Raneados wrote: »

Lucky Cynic wrote: »

Raneados wrote: »

man we could have been rid of seth mcfarlane

He still had a few more good ideas left in him.

name one

nope they have pushed that into the dirt as well, try again

Donovan Puppyfucker

It was kind of wierd when this happened. I was up late watching telly with my parents, and the show stopped and the news came on. They're showing the first tower burning, and I'm thinking, what the fuck happened to cause that?

The news guys are saying there are reports of a terrorist attack involving an aircraft, and I'm all like, nah, nobody would be stupid enough to do that.

Then we see the second plane hit on the live feed, and I was all "So, this is how WW3 starts. I hope there aren't very many people in the towers..."

Vixx

can we not have a debate about the quality of Family Guy

pretty please

Lucky Cynic

Nooo. That was Seth McFarlane who was supposed to be on one of the planes.

Todd McFarlane was the spawn guy.

AllHailShake

YaYa wrote: »

I hadn't seen the Stewart speech until just now

it really hit me hard, even 8 years after the fact

it might just have been seeing Jon Stewart, the raging ball of comedy, crying on screen

At the end of the episode he brought a puppy out from under the desk. It was amazing how much that animal kept me from thinking about all the awful events for just a few moments.

Eighth grade English class, left and front of the room. I remember being told what was happening and then watching it for about 45 minutes. Most of us weren't really old enough to grasp what was going on, so for the rest of the day it didn't really seem like anything was happening.

Does anyone else remember early reports that Capitol Hill and been attacked as well, or am I just making it up?

Blake T

Yeah I realised that once I googled spawn.

Lucky Cynic

Raneados wrote: »

Lucky Cynic wrote: »

Raneados wrote: »

Lucky Cynic wrote: »

Raneados wrote: »

man we could have been rid of seth mcfarlane

He still had a few more good ideas left in him.

name one

nope they have pushed that into the dirt as well, try again

Yeah after a certain point. It was good, then great, then awful.