• TheRealKuni@midwest.social
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    3 days ago

    In Nate Bargatze’s recent standup special he talked about how he, a water meter reader at the time, was tasked with protecting his town’s water tower after 9/11. With a flashlight. He did a much better job making it funny than I can, but I remember that level of fear. “It’s called terrorism because they make you afraid they can hit anywhere!” I remember hearing.

    Which is silly in retrospect, Al Qaeda only hit major, symbolic targets in the US and never did “hit anywhere.”