Am I the only one scanning the image for a well hidden Saddam?
Ok, I'm a day late but hear me out
Submitted 7 months ago by GrammarPolice@lemmy.world to [deleted]
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Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 7 months ago
Noodle07@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I was disappointed too :(
fross@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Ayyyy Come on guyyyyyy relaaaaax
son_named_bort@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Should’ve used Jared
idegenszavak@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
I was thinking “is this the pedo guy?” so i guess it’s not
modifier@lemmy.ca 7 months ago
It is interesting to experience my own increasing openness to this kind of humor as time passes.
For context, I’m an American, I was an adult when this happened, and have worked for one of the involved airlines since before the attacks, but was nowhere near NYC and didn’t know anyone directly impacted.
But even still, probably 5 years ago I’d have been a little skeeved out my this. Now I chuckle.
Just interesting.
x00za@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 months ago
Most of the countries that were invaded by the Nazis make Hitler jokes except for the Germans.
modifier@lemmy.ca 7 months ago
Yeah but I think I’m okay with Germany’s stance on it, as I understand it at least.
It isn’t avoidance or denial, it seems to me, as much as total repudiation.
It strikes me as an appropriate response for a nation that is host to such an abomination, and worthy of emulation by any other nation that should ahem manage to make any similar mistakes.
GrammarPolice@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Honestly that’s a good thing. People sometimes get too uptight about this stuff. I’m not saying it’s always right to make a 9/11 joke, but context matters
fross@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Different cultures and different people deal with this sort of stuff in different ways.
I wasn’t in NYC at the time, but I had been in the twin towers one month before the attack. I was working in London during the attack, my building for evacuated. Still, when I heard that a radio station had played “it’s raining men” during the attack, it was a big oof but also a very good if tasteless joke. And that was the same year!
The British have a great sense of humour for dealing with tragedy. After the 7/7 bombings, an old chap on the news was saying “I’ve been bombed by a better class of bastard than this”, and the next day office staff across the whole financial centre, at least, all lined the roads at 11am. Both in remembrance, and in defiance of the attackers.
Some people find stuff sacrosanct and feel it can’t be mentioned, let alone be the basis of a joke. And some feel humour is a way to humanise, process and deal with a tragedy. But let it be clear it is never mocking the tragedy or victims, it is usually looking for some funny angle on something inconsequential compared to the tragedy.
(Of course there are examples to the contrary, I’m giving an overall view of the reaction there at the time and since)
billwashere@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I was looking for Saddam Hussein in the tomatoes.
hakunawazo@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Classic rookie mistake. He surely is in the lettuce. It costs only time to find him.
mctoasterson@reddthat.com 7 months ago
I pitched commemorative 9/11 Jenga (comes with 2 block towers) and people didn’t like that idea either.
johannesvanderwhales@lemmy.world 7 months ago
This is ancient.
Blackmist@feddit.uk 7 months ago
The price gives it away
Cort@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Took a second for me to see it was priced for 2 footlongs, I was thinking $9.11 was a decent price for one today
azvasKvklenko@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
Back then it was “too soon”
WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Is it justified?
johannesvanderwhales@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Wow, it’s probably a one in a million chance that you replied that to someone who knows the reference.
trolololol@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Now this is a property shit post, unlike the chipotle thing
GrammarPolice@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I see what you did there
trolololol@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Oooh dang I only saw it now.
My fingers are so used to this shit that they may have gained sentience and are outsmarting my brains.
Draconic_NEO@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I remember a while back when this was new and someone in a video tried to use it as a coupon and they honored it. I can’t find the link to the video though… 🙁
dumbass@leminal.space 7 months ago
Mayo doesn’t melt subway foot long’s!
BowtiesAreCool@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Can you even get a single footling sub for less than $9 now?
Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 months ago
Nah, they’re insanely priced now. I’ll make my own at home but better.
GrammarPolice@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Real question is why would i buy them when i can make my own
xpinchx@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Nah I’ll get like a 6" combo (drink and chips) for like… $12.
Footlongs are probably about the same. They’re not even great sandwiches, idk how they exist when there’s jimmy johns and jersey mikes. Way better for about the same price.
desktop_user@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 months ago
maybe ham or veggie.
bigmclargehuge@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Does it come with a 5 sided cookie with a hole in the middle?
SassyRamen@lemmy.world 7 months ago
“A second sub got eaten for lunch! I repeat second sub has just been eaten for lunch!”
Klear@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Nobody can explain who ate sub #7!
Agent641@lemmy.world 7 months ago
A second footlong has just hit my stomach.
OttoVonNoob@lemmy.ca 7 months ago
This is on brand for Subway, they have a special talent for making terrible decisions.
KingJalopy@lemm.ee 7 months ago
Five
Five point
Five point five five
Foooootlooooongs
wolfpack86@lemmy.world 7 months ago
8.11, never forget
cyborganism@lemmy.ca 7 months ago
Fuuuuuucking hell…
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Actually Jared was fucking little kids. He’s going to hell though, if that exists.
cyborganism@lemmy.ca 7 months ago
Wasn’t that one hell of a plot twist eh? The guy became an icon and we finally find out about this year’s later.
meliante@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I’ll allow it.
Mainly because not American, it’s been 20 years and biggest atrocities have happened and are happening around the world so, yeah. Jokes are funny.
FenrirIII@lemmy.world 7 months ago
When does Palestine get a holiday?
yeather@lemmy.ca 7 months ago
Oct 7, 2043. Following the South Park Rule of Tragic Comedy.