# Facebook Meme: Pearl Harbor Payback is a Bitch! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 14, 2011, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-meme-pearl-harbor-payback-is-a-bitch/574663 "2011-03-14T15:47:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2011, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-meme-pearl-harbor-payback-is-a-bitch/574663/21 "2011-03-14T17:56:59Z")
One of those morons referred to the Japanese as “krauts”. Am I a bad person for laughing my ass off at that? ---
**Author:** ![margin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/65b543/32.png) [@margin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/margin)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2011, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-meme-pearl-harbor-payback-is-a-bitch/574663/22 "2011-03-14T17:58:55Z")
> [@Drain\_Bead](#): > > One of those morons referred to the Japanese as “krauts”. Am I a bad person for laughing my ass off at that? You have to laugh or you break things. Pearl Harbor is not these peoples’ tragedy. They’re just using it to justify their racism. They think they’re clever. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2011, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-meme-pearl-harbor-payback-is-a-bitch/574663/23 "2011-03-14T18:16:24Z")
I knew giving Admiral Kimmel that earthquake machine was a mistake. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2011, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-meme-pearl-harbor-payback-is-a-bitch/574663/24 "2011-03-14T18:32:27Z")
> [@margin](#): > > YOu’re a lying sack of shit who can’t read, can’t think, and thinks rape is funny, as are people who take it seriously. And you’re a coward. HAR HAR you inbred asshole. Sorry, have we met? ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2011, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-meme-pearl-harbor-payback-is-a-bitch/574663/25 "2011-03-14T18:34:15Z")
God, people are idiots. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2011, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-meme-pearl-harbor-payback-is-a-bitch/574663/26 "2011-03-14T18:35:58Z")
> [@Drain\_Bead](#): > > One of those morons referred to the Japanese as “krauts”. “Krauts”? Good grief. Everybody knows they’re a buncha lousy Hakusais. ---
**Author:** ![kidchameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@kidchameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidchameleon)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2011, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-meme-pearl-harbor-payback-is-a-bitch/574663/27 "2011-03-14T19:02:43Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > Sorry, have we met? I think you raped her once. ---
**Author:** ![kushiel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bbce88/32.png) [@kushiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kushiel)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2011, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-meme-pearl-harbor-payback-is-a-bitch/574663/28 "2011-03-14T19:09:31Z")
I’ve been watching the thread on the disaster here, and then I went over to another board and read their thread. Holy shit people are fucking idiots. I’ll never bitch about the Dope again. One person said we could learn things from the Japanese, as they politely waited for aid instead of raiding stores. Then someone came out of nowhere with a rant about Pearl Harbor and how we don’t need to learn anything from them. After that I just came back here. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2011, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-meme-pearl-harbor-payback-is-a-bitch/574663/29 "2011-03-14T19:10:58Z")
> [@Musicat](#): > > Since very few people alive now in Japan were alive in 1942, and even fewer now alive were involved in planning or executing the Pearl Harbor attack, the only way today’s Japanese citizens’ misfortune could be considered “payback” is if you hold a grudge for a very long time and think that children should be held responsible for parents’ actions. > > And no one does that except the biblical God. The ancient Hebrews were hardly unique in believing in tribal guilt. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2011, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-meme-pearl-harbor-payback-is-a-bitch/574663/30 "2011-03-14T19:19:28Z")
> [@Drain\_Bead](#): > > One of those morons referred to the Japanese as “krauts”. Am I a bad person for laughing my ass off at that? “Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? No! And it’s not over now.” ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2011, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-meme-pearl-harbor-payback-is-a-bitch/574663/31 "2011-03-14T19:39:50Z")
> [@even\_sven](#): > > Wow, I am losing what faith I had in humanity. You have faith in humanity. HA HA HA! You’re silly. > [@margin](#): > > YOu’re a lying sack of shit who can’t read, can’t think, and thinks rape is funny, as are people who take it seriously. And you’re a coward. HAR HAR you inbred asshole. So I’m not the only one who thinks rape is funny. That’s good to know. ---
**Author:** ![Omegaman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e480ec/32.png) [@Omegaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omegaman)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2011, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-meme-pearl-harbor-payback-is-a-bitch/574663/32 "2011-03-14T19:43:11Z")
> [@kidchameleon](#): > > I think you raped her once. Probably shook her hand. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2011, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-meme-pearl-harbor-payback-is-a-bitch/574663/33 "2011-03-14T19:45:23Z")
I’m not entirely clear how I can think rape is funny if I can’t think, or what the point of insulting me in print was when I can’t read, but… well, a topic for another thread, perhaps. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2011, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-meme-pearl-harbor-payback-is-a-bitch/574663/34 "2011-03-14T19:51:17Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > Sorry, have we met? Be gentle with **margin** - I think she’s humour-disabled. (For the record, I laughed long and hard when I read her response to your response to MY response! 😃 ) ---
**Author:** ![saoirse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@saoirse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saoirse)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2011, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-meme-pearl-harbor-payback-is-a-bitch/574663/35 "2011-03-14T19:55:20Z")
> [@faithfool](#): > > God, people are idiots. Little-known-fact: That was originally how the Lord’s Prayer began. It was only changed after Constantine converted. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2011, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-meme-pearl-harbor-payback-is-a-bitch/574663/36 "2011-03-14T20:02:31Z")
I was little offended as CNN had “MONSTER QUAKE HITS JAPAN” up the first day. Really? Monster? Would you use that term if it struck anywhere else? Do they think those movies are documentaries? ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2011, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-meme-pearl-harbor-payback-is-a-bitch/574663/37 "2011-03-14T20:05:31Z")
Heh - “MONSTER QUAKE HITS JAPAN” - that’s pretty funny. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Rex\_Goliath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bcef8e/32.png) [@Rex\_Goliath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rex_Goliath)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2011, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-meme-pearl-harbor-payback-is-a-bitch/574663/38 "2011-03-14T20:10:01Z")
Am I am asshole for posting [this joke](http://i.imgur.com/6pfd6.jpg) on my Facebook the morning the news broke? ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2011, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-meme-pearl-harbor-payback-is-a-bitch/574663/39 "2011-03-14T20:15:28Z")
> [@Rex\_Goliath](#): > > Am I am asshole for posting [this joke](http://i.imgur.com/6pfd6.jpg) on my Facebook the morning the news broke? Insufficient data - it’s possible you’re an asshole irregardless. 😛 But gallows humour is easier to swallow when it’s your _own_ gallows you’re being tasteless about. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2011, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-meme-pearl-harbor-payback-is-a-bitch/574663/40 "2011-03-14T20:21:10Z")
> [@Rex\_Goliath](#): > > Am I am asshole for posting [this joke](http://i.imgur.com/6pfd6.jpg) on my Facebook the morning the news broke? Yes. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-meme-pearl-harbor-payback-is-a-bitch/574663.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-meme-pearl-harbor-payback-is-a-bitch/574663.md?page=3)