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Luckovich-Maybe you should stop talking (Original Post)
Gothmog
Mar 2020
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brewens
(13,538 posts)1. As God is my witness, I swear I thought bankers could fly! n/t
Nice WKRP reference.
SiliconValley_Dem
(1,656 posts)3. Damn I am squeamish. Reminds me more of 9/11 than 1929
Hekate
(90,556 posts)5. It's just the overlay of memories from our own generation...
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.
SiliconValley_Dem
(1,656 posts)6. Yep
lunatica
(53,410 posts)7. I get the reference too but my second thought was of 9/11
I actually started to laugh but then suddenly it wasnt funny.
Its a strange sensation.
AZ8theist
(5,409 posts)8. People jumping off buildings in 1929 was a myth
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..
MFM008
(19,803 posts)9. me too
thats the first thing i thought of...........
Olafjoy
(937 posts)4. My feeling exactly. Horrible 911 flashbacks.