Person Born in the Year 2000 Forgets 9/11 Attacks
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Person Born in the Year 2000 Forgets 9/11 Attacks
by Senior Memory Loss Correspondent
September 11, 2025 — In a development that has historians, conspiracy theorists, and high-school history teachers clutching their red pens, a 25-year-old man born in the year 2000 has officially admitted: “I forgot 9/11.”
The statement, made casually at a family barbecue while reaching for a hot dog, has triggered a nationwide existential crisis. Eyewitnesses claim that after announcing his lapse, the individual returned to his potato salad as though nothing world-shattering had occurred.
Generational Amnesia?
Experts are baffled. “He was literally one year old when it happened,” said Dr. Linda Timekeeper, professor of Historical Memory at Forget-Me-Not University. “We don’t expect toddlers to remember national tragedies. But we absolutely expect adults to pretend they remember them vividly for social credibility. That’s how America works.”
Outrage Across the Internet
Twitter (now rebranded as Xtreme Yelling Platform) erupted with fury:
“How dare you forget the thing I remember watching on a fuzzy CRT in homeroom?” wrote @Patriot2001.
“Same bro, I forgot where I put my vape too,” replied @ZoomerLogic, earning 43k likes.
Meanwhile, TikTok creators have begun a new trend called #9ElevenAmnesiaChallenge, where users film themselves forgetting various historical events to dramatic violin music.
Conspiracy Theories Abound
Former airport security agents insist this is proof of a government memory-erasure campaign. “First they told us to take off our shoes,” muttered one TSA veteran, “now they’re taking off our memories.”
Others claim this is merely the Mandela Effect in action. “In my timeline, the attacks were called 7/11, and they mostly involved discounted Slurpees,” said a man wearing three tinfoil hats stacked like Russian nesting dolls.
What’s Next?
If people born in 2000 are forgetting 9/11, experts warn that by 2050, people born in 2020 may forget the pandemic entirely. “Which honestly might be healthy,” added Dr. Timekeeper. “Nobody needs to relive the sourdough bread phase.”
For now, the nation grapples with a shocking reality: sometimes, history fades… and sometimes, it just scrolls out of the feed.