What a national tragedy looks like after 100 years

dassright · 2012-09-12T02:50:24+00:00

04/15/1912. Never forget.

Garzaster · 2012-09-12T05:06:31+00:00

In class we watched a film of the Hindenburg crashing. The famous line "...oh, the humanity!..." came up and some girl laughed.

chickenkitty · 2012-09-12T04:03:11+00:00

Couldn't... not... make...

RICH_LITTLE · 2012-09-12T03:07:16+00:00

I was at a Disney company picnic once in SoCal where they had one of those. It was not tethered to the ground at all, and a gust of wind blew it over. Several people got hurt. I tried grabbing one of the loose tethers to prevent it from toppling, but wound up with rope burns on my hands instead.

long_time_stalker · 2012-09-12T05:35:32+00:00

In real life. Number 3 in my 'stuff you only see in America' album from a trip last year. Seen at a 4th July party at a church.

spitdragon · 2012-09-12T06:22:00+00:00

On a similar note, i cant wait til 2045 when the Hitler mustache comes back in style.

october23sp · 2012-09-12T06:28:47+00:00

This reminds me of a "Titanic Swim Team" shirt I once saw someone wearing. In about 100 years will there be a "WTC Skydiving Team" shirt or something similar?

tii13 · 2012-09-12T05:33:38+00:00

upvotes for Minneapolis

im_dum · 2012-09-12T05:15:28+00:00

The Twin Towers Slide is gonna be so much longer! Can't wait.

somepretentiousname · 2012-09-12T05:31:52+00:00

Why does Minneapolis look like it's Photoshopped in the background?

cIumsythumbs · 2012-09-12T06:16:44+00:00

Awww Fuck. It's Minneapolis.

roque72 · 2012-09-12T05:35:34+00:00

Someone's birthday party on Sept. 11, 2101 is gonna be a ridiculous

DollyPart-time · 2012-09-12T05:35:51+00:00

national

Give me a fucking break.

white_n_mild · 2012-09-12T06:17:36+00:00

Wasn't that an international tragedy?

seaside_runner · 2012-09-12T07:35:20+00:00

International, if you please.

Minds_i · 2012-09-12T05:43:47+00:00

I can just picture Disney turning the "tower of terror" ride into the "towers of terrorism"

eerbin13 · 2012-09-12T04:23:50+00:00

On the main page...

http://amusementsbyponyexpress.com/

SpinachandSon · 2012-09-12T07:34:40+00:00

Difference is, the Titanic was glamorous, exciting, and attractive. 9/11 is a totally different story.

borny1 · 2012-09-12T08:24:46+00:00

a national tragedy

national

lol wat

westdonkeykong · 2012-09-12T04:18:19+00:00

Holy shit, I went on this as a kid at Niagara Falls.

mwproductions · 2012-09-12T05:02:22+00:00

When I first saw one of those, I couldn't believe it. I took a picture of it. I probably still have the picture somewhere.

MUSKY96 · 2012-09-12T05:05:51+00:00

In all fairness, this was my favorite part of the movie as a kid

evolvish · 2012-09-12T05:18:27+00:00

We used to be able to afford one of these to rent in our town, was my favorite thing ever... They god rid of it because it offended someone or something.

KimJongUnbelievable · 2012-09-12T05:19:21+00:00

i had one of these at my high school grad party.

W360 · 2012-09-12T05:41:55+00:00

Life Sucks

CosmicToaster · 2012-09-12T05:46:40+00:00

The funny part for me is that I actually work for a place than rents these out...

TalkingBackAgain · 2012-09-12T05:55:34+00:00

General rule: everything ever will turn into entertainment at some point.

emko91 · 2012-09-12T05:57:45+00:00

I actually went on one of these in a street festival in Brisbane when I was about 11 (I'm now 21). I remember Dad saying "Is that okay?!" And me just thinking "awww yis. Motherfucking jumping castle/slide"

risklight · 2012-09-12T05:58:18+00:00

so we can expect a twin tower giant slide after 90 years?

NoBullet · 2012-09-12T06:00:12+00:00

it looks like a cgi mock up?

m_bird13 · 2012-09-12T06:00:17+00:00

50 years: six flags twin towers experience

oviedofuntimes · 2012-09-12T06:04:34+00:00

Needs some miniature airfilled lifeboats

rhtiin · 2012-09-12T06:07:03+00:00

I saw one of these that had a ice burg right next to it.

HandeyOJack · 2012-09-12T06:07:11+00:00

They had this set up at a church fund raiser near my house a few years ago. What a great way to celebrate the love of our lord and savior!

JupitersClock · 2012-09-12T06:10:51+00:00

Just wait for a theme park ride like tower of terror.

Epistemology-1 · 2012-09-12T06:11:30+00:00

Not actually a national tragedy.

coelomate · 2012-09-12T06:11:53+00:00

Big difference between a natural disaster and an attack.

sbrelvi · 2012-09-12T06:12:38+00:00

So in about 90 years or so there will be rock climbing twin towers?

ahhh457 · 2012-09-12T06:15:53+00:00

This slide was actually in my hometown in Northern Ireland, about 20 miles away from where titanic was built. It's been there for years but no one gave a slight fuck to this year...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-17756036

go_betty_go · 2012-09-12T06:23:32+00:00

Weeeeeee!

bahaki · 2012-09-12T06:25:01+00:00

My old lady's niece had one of these (bouncer/water slide) for her kid's birthday party. Took us a while to realize what it was.

ForgettableUsername · 2012-09-12T06:25:49+00:00

We're already approaching the point where it would be ok to have a Nazi-themed play structure.

bizarromonkey · 2012-09-12T06:26:48+00:00

At what point did someone sit down and think that was actually acceptable...

emythestrange · 2012-09-12T06:29:33+00:00

They have this at my county fair each year. I mentioned it to some friends recently and they didn't believe it was real.

Cantfindafuckinusern · 2012-09-12T06:30:57+00:00

They need to set it up at the side of a pool and have people slide into the water :D

thefinalfall · 2012-09-12T06:33:14+00:00

European national tragedy.

eddywi11 · 2012-09-12T06:35:58+00:00

I've definitely been on that slide as a kid. My local Dairy Queen pumped that bad boy up for a weekend and it brought in quite the crowd. I never thought anything of it. My parents bought a shat load of ice cream for the whole family during the time too. it's just kind of messed up to think that all things, no matter how tragic, just take time to be desensitized.

ARMIGER1 · 2012-09-12T06:36:58+00:00

Didn't Enron have one of these at their last company party?

SirRonaldofBurgundy · 2012-09-12T06:37:48+00:00

It's not going to happen with 9/11, simply because the Titanic was a great tragedy of human hubris, whereas 9/11 was a tragedy of malice.

im_too_literal · 2012-09-12T06:41:48+00:00

There's a huge difference between the two. The Titanic was not directly caused by a human as a deliberate act of malice; it was caused by an iceberg as an unfortunate act of nature.

rrtaylor · 2012-09-12T06:45:03+00:00

The irony(?) kills me in retrospect but when I was in about the fifth grade somebody's birthday party at a local fun center had one of these: I swear to God it became detached from the air pump keeping it inflated and it actually started rapidly deflating while a bunch of kids were at the top. They all came crashing down screaming and one kid was hurt bad enough that the fun-center gave him some kind of free gift certificates or something as a hush payment/out-of-court settlement. I actually got scolded by one of the chaperones because I kept loudly speculating about a potential lawsuit in the dazed aftermath.

argv_minus_one · 2012-09-12T06:49:53+00:00

Time heals all wounds (except the ones who are dead).

Trinkabell · 2012-09-12T06:50:24+00:00

Too soon.

katsden · 2012-09-12T06:52:10+00:00

Seriously, I've always thought this was horrible.

TheBizkit · 2012-09-12T06:53:06+00:00

I remember there being a South Park episode that talked about tragedies becoming funny after so many years.

codyjoe · 2012-09-12T06:55:44+00:00

I have seen these before and I think its disrespectful especially to the older people who may have lost grandparents in this tragedy.

mercury888 · 2012-09-12T07:03:05+00:00

too soon?

Fgame · 2012-09-12T07:04:58+00:00

Wouldnt it be more of a bungee jumping kind of thing?

Stormagedon44 · 2012-09-12T07:07:19+00:00

wouldn't this actually be an international tragedy?

DarkTwister · 2012-09-12T07:09:48+00:00

Twilight in my heart! <3

liquidflux · 2012-09-12T07:16:48+00:00

Wonder when they're gonna make one with dual slides as the twin towers.

Cafuzzler · 2012-09-12T07:19:34+00:00

I can't tell which nation this was more of a tragedy to but i'm gonna guess Ireland.

LilPepper · 2012-09-12T07:24:38+00:00

Time heals all wounds.

foghunt · 2012-09-12T07:32:27+00:00

When I was a kid I loved this "ride".

bigmike00831 · 2012-09-12T07:35:12+00:00

That one was on the French.

missmaggy2u · 2012-09-12T07:39:12+00:00

o.o I wonder... if bouncy things in the future will look like... I can't even say it. So not funny. Why was I never offended by this before? Now that I look at it, it pisses me off!

Snarfbuckle · 2012-09-12T07:41:46+00:00

So...Twin Towers jumping castle with a before and after they fell in about 2101?

And most likely a rollercoaster somewhere as well...

To soon?

foundation_G · 2012-09-12T07:45:58+00:00

the titanic had nothing to do with america, only that it was coming here. it was built in Ireland and funded by the British.

dismay66 · 2012-09-12T07:59:58+00:00

Ha! I saw this at this year's Los Angeles Gay Pride Parade.

SexualArtillery · 2012-09-12T08:02:05+00:00

need wtc version

Xenocerebral · 2012-09-12T08:03:17+00:00

I'm quite sure that was an INTERnational tragedy.

lydocia · 2012-09-12T08:07:48+00:00

Only ninety years to go, and we'll have twin towers jumping castles!

LetsGetRealWeird · 2012-09-12T08:08:48+00:00

but leo is still alive so it's all good.

DucWolfe · 2012-09-12T08:10:38+00:00

If that guy puffed his chest out any further he'd snap his back.

gloomdoom · 2012-09-12T08:12:15+00:00

There were passengers from 44 different countries, from six different continents. Britain lost the most in terms of nationality but America was only 21 passengers behind. The ship went down closer to north America than it did Europe in international waters so it's safe to say this was an international tragedy. And yes, it's in bad taste.

I guess the general rule is that when all survivors of a tragedy have passed and the. The children of the survivors pass, people think it's fair game in terms of using it as some kind of joking manner?

Way different than 9-11 though. Titanic sank at the hands of nature and fate; the towers went down at the hands of terrorists so maybe it will be granted some kind of respect that the titanic doesn't get.

OMGITEXPLODED · 2012-09-12T08:16:24+00:00

Oh my god I hope my grandchildren get to jump out of inflated World Trade Center bouncey-towers.

nolij420 · 2012-09-12T08:41:50+00:00

REPOST!

Vennificus · 2012-09-12T08:42:03+00:00

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