"news story" of our lives? (TAKE 3)

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Yesmar_ 09/03/21 2:51:40 PM #1:	What was the biggest/most impactful news story of y(our) lifetime so far? COVID 9/11 What was the biggest/most impactful news story of y(our) lifetime so far? - Results (104 votes) COVID 67.31% (70 votes) 70 9/11 32.69% (34 votes) 34 Interpret the question however you wish. We had one of these polls right when the first shutdowns happened and 9/11 won, then again at the end of 2020/beginning of 2021 and COVID won. Now that vaccines are out, and with the 20th anniversary of 9/11 approaching, will things shift again? --- Congrats on Advokaiser for winning the 2018 Guru Contest! Yesmar <cite>Yesmar_ posted [p:957705874] in What's bee... [t:79644584]...</cite> <quote> What was the biggest/most impactful news story of y(our) lifetime so far? COVID 9/11 Vote View Results What was the biggest/most impactful news story of y(our) lifetime so far? - Results (104 votes) COVID 67.31% (70 votes) 70 9/11 32.69% (34 votes) 34 Show Voting Form Interpret the question however you wish. We had one of these polls right when the first shutdowns happened and 9/11 won, then again at the end of 2020/beginning of 2021 and COVID won. Now that vaccines are out, and with the 20th anniversary of 9/11 approaching, will things shift again? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DeepsPraw 09/03/21 2:52:26 PM #2:	the casual revolution of 2007 --- pepsi for tv-game <cite>DeepsPraw posted [p:957705906] in What's bee... [t:79644584]...</cite> <quote>the casual revolution of 2007 </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
redrocket 09/03/21 4:31:45 PM #3:	Long term, Its 9/11. How many people remembered the Spanish Flu pandemic until COVID made it relevant again? Yeah. --- It's like paying for bubble wrap. -transience on Final Fantasy: All the Bravest <cite>redrocket posted [p:957708395] in What's bee... [t:79644584]...</cite> <quote>Long term, Its 9/11. How many people remembered the Spanish Flu pandemic until COVID made it relevant again? Yeah. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
NFUN 09/03/21 4:33:45 PM #4:	redrocket posted... Long term, Its 9/11. How many people remembered the Spanish Flu pandemic until COVID made it relevant again? Yeah. this is some logic --- Kneel... or you will be knelt <cite>NFUN posted [p:957708453] in What's bee... [t:79644584]...</cite> <quote>redrocket posted... </cite> <quote>Long term, Its 9/11. How many people remembered the Spanish Flu pandemic until COVID made it relevant again? Yeah.</quote>this is some logic </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
linkhatesganon 09/03/21 4:44:26 PM #5:	redrocket posted... Long term, Its 9/11. How many people remembered the Spanish Flu pandemic until COVID made it relevant again? Yeah. Wait until kids are still masked up in 204x --- All hail to azuarc, 2020 Guru and cure against COVID-19 http://letterboxd.com/jesusoni; http://www.backloggery.com/linkhatesganon <cite>linkhatesganon posted [p:957708774] in What's bee... [t:79644584]...</cite> <quote>redrocket posted... </cite> <quote>Long term, Its 9/11. How many people remembered the Spanish Flu pandemic until COVID made it relevant again? Yeah.</quote> Wait until kids are still masked up in 204x </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
XIII_rocks 09/03/21 4:47:40 PM #6:	I think by now it's definitely COVID. --- Not to be confused with XIII_minerals. <cite>XIII_rocks posted [p:957708854] in What's bee... [t:79644584]...</cite> <quote>I think by now it's definitely COVID. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
redrocket 09/03/21 4:48:27 PM #7:	linkhatesganon posted... Wait until kids are still masked up in 204x wait until the geopolitical fallout of 9/11 is still relevant in 24xx we are still fighting the post 9/11 war as we speak, 20 years later. --- It's like paying for bubble wrap. -transience on Final Fantasy: All the Bravest <cite>redrocket posted [p:957708876] in What's bee... [t:79644584]...</cite> <quote>linkhatesganon posted... </cite> <quote>Wait until kids are still masked up in 204x</quote> wait until the geopolitical fallout of 9/11 is still relevant in 24xx we are still fighting the post 9/11 war as we speak, 20 years later. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ChainLTTP 09/03/21 5:19:50 PM #8:	It's really not a fair comparison. 9/11 was a singular event, whereas the pandemic is an ongoing "crisis." It is like asking whether the Cold War was a bigger news story than Pearl Harbor. <cite>ChainLTTP posted [p:957709677] in What's bee... [t:79644584]...</cite> <quote>It's really not a fair comparison. 9/11 was a singular event, whereas the pandemic is an ongoing "crisis." It is like asking whether the Cold War was a bigger news story than Pearl Harbor. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
linkhatesganon 09/03/21 6:44:06 PM #9:	redrocket posted... wait until the geopolitical fallout of 9/11 is still relevant in 24xx we are still fighting the post 9/11 war as we speak, 20 years later. I mean US can argue all they want about 9/11, for Europe this is still COVID very easily --- All hail to azuarc, 2020 Guru and cure against COVID-19 http://letterboxd.com/jesusoni; http://www.backloggery.com/linkhatesganon <cite>linkhatesganon posted [p:957711891] in What's bee... [t:79644584]...</cite> <quote>redrocket posted... </cite> <quote>wait until the geopolitical fallout of 9/11 is still relevant in 24xx we are still fighting the post 9/11 war as we speak, 20 years later.</quote> I mean US can argue all they want about 9/11, for Europe this is still COVID very easily </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Mac Arrowny 09/03/21 6:54:14 PM #10:	linkhatesganon posted... I mean US can argue all they want about 9/11, for Europe this is still COVID very easily Which is the bigger story for Afghanistan and Iraq? --- All the stars in the sky are waiting for you. <cite>Mac Arrowny posted [p:957712165] in What's bee... [t:79644584]...</cite> <quote>linkhatesganon posted...</cite> <quote> I mean US can argue all they want about 9/11, for Europe this is still COVID very easily </quote> Which is the bigger story for Afghanistan and Iraq?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
redrocket 09/03/21 7:36:14 PM #11:	linkhatesganon posted... I mean US can argue all they want about 9/11, for Europe this is still COVID very easily lol when the 800 pound gorilla scratches his butt, everyone in the room feels it --- It's like paying for bubble wrap. -transience on Final Fantasy: All the Bravest <cite>redrocket posted [p:957713174] in What's bee... [t:79644584]...</cite> <quote>linkhatesganon posted... </cite> <quote> I mean US can argue all they want about 9/11, for Europe this is still COVID very easily</quote> lol when the 800 pound gorilla scratches his butt, everyone in the room feels it </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
linkhatesganon 09/03/21 8:13:53 PM #12:	Mac Arrowny posted... Which is the bigger story for Afghanistan and Iraq? Hence Europe, and I doubt anyone here was thinking of them when they answered 9/11 --- All hail to azuarc, 2020 Guru and cure against COVID-19 http://letterboxd.com/jesusoni; http://www.backloggery.com/linkhatesganon <cite>linkhatesganon posted [p:957714142] in What's bee... [t:79644584]...</cite> <quote>Mac Arrowny posted... </cite> <quote>Which is the bigger story for Afghanistan and Iraq?</quote> Hence Europe, and I doubt anyone here was thinking of them when they answered 9/11 </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ZaziGuado 09/03/21 8:18:41 PM #13:	The answer is Covid on a world scale, but I am American and my instinct was only to consider what's going on here and voted 9/11 initially. My thought is that 9/11 ushered in the current era of politics that allowed the pandemic to be an even larger mountain than it would've defaulted to. --- snowpork azuarc is OP. <cite>ZaziGuado posted [p:957714258] in What's bee... [t:79644584]...</cite> <quote>The answer is Covid on a world scale, but I am American and my instinct was only to consider what's going on here and voted 9/11 initially. My thought is that 9/11 ushered in the current era of politics that allowed the pandemic to be an even larger mountain than it would've defaulted to. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
OrangeCrush980 09/03/21 8:22:23 PM #14:	Coronavirus. 9/11 was only a big deal because people couldn't let it go which led to 2 misguided wars. --- "I am so happy to occupy a universe in which Luster Soldier exists" - Yoblazer <cite>OrangeCrush980 posted [p:957714370] in What's bee... [t:79644584]...</cite> <quote>Coronavirus. 9/11 was only a big deal because people couldn't let it go which led to 2 misguided wars.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Jakyl25 09/03/21 8:37:53 PM #15:	Third place: the fall of the Soviet Union --- Thank you, Eddie Guerrero. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DRlKR5nU8AA_v_C?format=jpg&name=large <cite>Jakyl25 posted [p:957714770] in What's bee... [t:79644584]...</cite> <quote>Third place: the fall of the Soviet Union </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
MZero 09/03/21 10:30:23 PM #16:	As someone who voted 9/11 in the first topic, I stand by my answer... in the moment. But it's clearly COVID at this point imo --- MZero, to the extreme I never saw azuarc coming, but he won the Guru! <cite>MZero posted [p:957717635] in What's bee... [t:79644584]...</cite> <quote>As someone who voted 9/11 in the first topic, I stand by my answer... in the moment. But it's clearly COVID at this point imo </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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