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Luckovich-Maybe you should stop talking (Original Post) Gothmog Mar 2020 OP
As God is my witness, I swear I thought bankers could fly! n/t brewens Mar 2020 #1
Lol cate94 Mar 2020 #2
Damn I am squeamish. Reminds me more of 9/11 than 1929 SiliconValley_Dem Mar 2020 #3
It's just the overlay of memories from our own generation... Hekate Mar 2020 #5
Yep SiliconValley_Dem Mar 2020 #6
I get the reference too but my second thought was of 9/11 lunatica Mar 2020 #7
People jumping off buildings in 1929 was a myth AZ8theist Mar 2020 #8
me too MFM008 Mar 2020 #9
My feeling exactly. Horrible 911 flashbacks. Olafjoy Mar 2020 #4

Hekate

(90,556 posts)
5. It's just the overlay of memories from our own generation...
Tue Mar 17, 2020, 01:48 AM
Mar 2020

I grew up reading how a slew of Wall Streeters leapt from skyscrapers the day of the great crash of 1929. So I did get the reference.

9-11 was another catastrophe that played out in NYC in the financial district. So there's an overlay of image and memory.

lunatica

(53,410 posts)
7. I get the reference too but my second thought was of 9/11
Tue Mar 17, 2020, 02:21 AM
Mar 2020

I actually started to laugh but then suddenly it wasn’t funny.

It’s a strange sensation.

AZ8theist

(5,409 posts)
8. People jumping off buildings in 1929 was a myth
Tue Mar 17, 2020, 03:06 AM
Mar 2020

That story became folklore after a while, but wasn't true.
This cartoon did remind me of 9/11, where victims DID jump to escape the flames.
Unimaginable horror..

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