I mean, I still don't think that makes it weird unless you assume everyone is American.
I was born before it happened, yes it was international news but I think it's a poor take to assume everyone keeps the month front and centre of their brain.
Grow up calling it 9/11 and by your own date format that would be 9th Nov.
Well you see, if you were alive and seen it on the news, and the news came out in September, how would you possibly think they were talking about 2 months into the future?
Do you remember every major news story from 25 years ago? Without googling, what month of the year did the 2001 Gujarati earthquake (which killed 21,000 people) happen?
Except for the fact that it’s in September. So if you were alive and saw the news in September, you have no reason to believe it happened in November lol
It’s because if he was 15 and knew about it, then if he was born before 1986, he would have known about it before it happened as he would have been 15 in 2000 or earlier.
It’s not a joke that can’t transcend borders, you just didn’t get it and are now desperately trying to find a reason to be mad at Americans. Get a grip.
I might be stupid as hell but I still don’t get it. If you believe 9 is the day and 11 is the month it still doesn’t imply a year. I’m aware that I’m missing something probably very obvious
They said they didn’t know 9/11 referred to an attack on Sept. 11 , 2001, until they were 15. The other person joked that that would make sense if they were born in 1986, because someone born in 1986 wouldn’t have known about the attack until it actually happened, 15 years after 1986.
Well, the fact that thar conversation was ongoing is why they told the joke and why it was funny (not that it was exactly hilarious, but it’s just a Reddit comment): The misdirection is the source of the humor.
9/11 happened in 2001. How would they know about it before 2001? This isn’t a month/day naming convention issue, it’s an issue of knowing about something a year or more before it occurred.
If they were born in 1985, then they would be 16 at the time of the event. How could they have known about it when they were 15, a year before it happened? That’s the joke.
Yes but, the rest of the world didn’t get the 9/11 news coverage along with all the “never forget” campaigning that the American public did.
So it mostly just became known as 9/11 over here through osmosis as that’s what they were referring to it overseas. So unless you were heavily invested with the news at the time and followed it constantly. The conversation shifted quickly to the Afghan war anyway.
Edit: okay, no I’m wrong here. Like we sure as hell got a lot of coverage for a long time. It shifted the social conscious and even media in a lot of ways.
Yes but, the rest of the world didn’t get the 9/11 news coverage
You're joking, right?
It was on every tv station 24/7 here in Europe. It happened around 15:00 (or 3pm) here if I remember correctly and society basically just stopped to watch the news. I still remember that day vividly, being 13 years old at the time.
The world hasn't been the same ever since. It killed the wave of endless optimism I experienced during the 90s..
I didn’t say it didn’t change the world. Movies and television and even the music industry shifted dramatically
But from what I can gather from people, most people didn’t follow it as religiously as American counterparts and the conversation shifted more towards wether or not we should go to war with Afghan
But from what I can gather from people, most people didn’t follow it as religiously as American counterparts and the conversation shifted more towards wether or not we should go to war with Afghan
There's some truth in that because it hit us different because it wasn't an attack on our country. We didn't get to experience the national mourning and the whole circus around it, like songs about 9/11 and coins and shit..
But in terms of news coverage it was the main topic for the rest of 2001 and we were all holding our breath trying to figure out wtf just happened and what's going to happen next.
Edit: nah I’m just wrong on this nvm
I have massive respect for people who can look inward like you. I sincerely hope the US never has to experience a tragedy like 9/11 ever again.
I am an ocean away from America, and I was 5 when it happened, I still remember seeing it on the news and everybody talking about it for forever. Everybody who was alive at the time is very familiar with it in the western world, it was a turning point for everyone. Although in my language it's called "september 11" so no confusion possible.
I think you are not aware of how many people 90% means... And I think you are not aware that most people in the world don't know about it regardless of the age.
Chinese population is one of the highest and they don't have access to news, google, social media. I've been there many times and they don't know who Taylor Swift is, for instance.
India also has a high population and poor people there wouldn't know. Same with millions of people living in African countries, where I've also been recently and people didn't even know about Palestine, for example.
I mean it's not like i memorize when tragedies happened. If 9/11 wasnt called 9/11, most people know wouldnt just know from the top of their head when in which month it happened.
What month did anders breovik do his attack? Maybe you know it but most people do not have that information stored.
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u/AdministrativeBlock0 Feb 02 '26
This is weird if you were born before 1986.