# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2011, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-meme-pearl-harbor-payback-is-a-bitch/574663/61 "2011-03-15T02:55:06Z")
Don’t forget some of the weirdest porn in the world. (Tentacle rape, anyone?) ---
**Author:** ![Savannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2011, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-meme-pearl-harbor-payback-is-a-bitch/574663/62 "2011-03-15T04:14:23Z")
> [@Prelude\_to\_Fascination](#): > > Shit like that is exactly why I deleted my facebook page. Ditto. No matter how much I’m mildly curious about current events in the lives of friends and co-workers, I won’t have a Facebook page. I deleted mine quite a while ago, and don’t regret it at all. And I am sure that having two atomic bombs dropped on Japan more than makes up for Pearl Harbour. I pit ignorance of history and I pit lack of empathy. I wouldn’t wish that earthquake and tsunami on anyone in the world. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2011, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-meme-pearl-harbor-payback-is-a-bitch/574663/63 "2011-03-15T04:57:53Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > (Tentacle rape, anyone?) No thanks, I’m trying to quit. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2011, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-meme-pearl-harbor-payback-is-a-bitch/574663/64 "2011-03-15T05:22:15Z")
Pop quiz: what is 油菜, aburana, in English? ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/46a35a/32.png) [@Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_T-Bonham.net)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2011, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-meme-pearl-harbor-payback-is-a-bitch/574663/65 "2011-03-15T05:40:08Z")
> [@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, Uhh … the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor was in 1941, Musicat. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2011, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-meme-pearl-harbor-payback-is-a-bitch/574663/66 "2011-03-15T05:50:10Z")
> [@t-bonham@scc.net](#): > > Uhh … the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor was in 1941, Musicat. Musicat was rounding. ---
**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2011, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-meme-pearl-harbor-payback-is-a-bitch/574663/67 "2011-03-15T11:53:34Z")
> [@t-bonham@scc.net](#): > > Uhh … the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor was in 1941, Musicat. Well, yeah, but it was December 7 which is practically 1942. And if you figure all the leap years between now and then, plus the conversion from Julian to Gregorian calendars, PLUS the fact that Japan is on the other side of the dateline… …nope, still in 1941. ---
**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 15, 2011, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-meme-pearl-harbor-payback-is-a-bitch/574663/68 "2011-03-15T12:56:50Z")
> [@Savannah](#): > > \ > And I am sure that having two atomic bombs dropped on Japan more than makes up for Pearl Harbour. \ Psst - it’s spelled “Harbor.” I always have trouble with that too. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2011, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-meme-pearl-harbor-payback-is-a-bitch/574663/69 "2011-03-15T13:06:54Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > (Tentacle rape, anyone?) > [@Miller](#): > > No thanks, I’m trying to quit. How are you doing on the 12-sucker program? Are you making progress, or has something dragged you back lately? ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2011, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-meme-pearl-harbor-payback-is-a-bitch/574663/70 "2011-03-15T13:52:49Z")
> [@t-bonham@scc.net](#): > > Uhh … the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor was in 1941, Musicat. Yeah, but in those days, it took longer for the news to arrive. And since I wasn’t alive in 1941, it took even longer for me to hear about it. ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2011, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-meme-pearl-harbor-payback-is-a-bitch/574663/71 "2011-03-15T13:54:38Z")
My friend put: Some people say the tsunami was the punishment for Pearl Harbor, that’s stupid. Hiroshima and Nagasaki was their punishment for that. The tsunami was their punishment for anime. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2011, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-meme-pearl-harbor-payback-is-a-bitch/574663/72 "2011-03-15T13:56:43Z")
> [@Autolycus](#): > > Pop quiz: what is 油菜, aburana, in English? Oilseed rape! ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2011, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-meme-pearl-harbor-payback-is-a-bitch/574663/73 "2011-03-15T14:13:17Z")
These morons don’t even actually have a grudge about Pearl Harbor, it’s just a convenient justification not to care. There’s no genuine moral feeling in these idiots. They’re sociopaths. ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2011, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-meme-pearl-harbor-payback-is-a-bitch/574663/74 "2011-03-15T14:41:41Z")
My two favorites are **Jack Simmering** , who said Japan “nuked” Pearl Harbor, and this guy: > [@Robert Pitard](#): > > why us lord only in america were uther country’s blow us up and we or our back stabine pres wan’ts to help out the people that blu up pearl harbor. maybe to you to remember, oh thats right he was only what 4 yrs old (Yes, I’m calling them out by name!) If I’m reading that correctly – and lord knows I might not be – Robert is saying that Barack Obama was born in 1937. In Kenya, I suppose. Hahaha these guy’s post somethin stupid an idiotic on facebook and now everone thinks there stupid idiots. Haha karmas a bitch LOL ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2011, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-meme-pearl-harbor-payback-is-a-bitch/574663/75 "2011-03-15T14:48:18Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > (Yes, I’m calling them out by name!) > > Hahaha these guy’s post somethin stupid an idiotic on facebook and now everone thinks there stupid idiots. Haha karmas a bitch LOL That’s what really blows me away about this. I mean, on of the most important aspects of [the G.I.F.T.](http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2004/03/19/) is anonymity. Remove that, and you’re just some guy on the web saying “Look at me, friends and family! I’m a fucking asshole!” ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2011, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-meme-pearl-harbor-payback-is-a-bitch/574663/76 "2011-03-15T14:54:50Z")
Nothing to do with racism. Go visit 4chan for an hour, it’s for the lulz. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2011, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-meme-pearl-harbor-payback-is-a-bitch/574663/77 "2011-03-15T15:27:28Z")
> [@Savannah](#): > > Ditto. No matter how much I’m mildly curious about current events in the lives of friends and co-workers, I won’t have a Facebook page. I deleted mine quite a while ago, and don’t regret it at all. > > And I am sure that having two atomic bombs dropped on Japan more than makes up for Pearl Harbour. > > I pit ignorance of history and I pit lack of empathy. I wouldn’t wish that earthquake and tsunami on anyone in the world. I have never been prouder to not be on Facebook. I should probably be thanking Og that I found an internet community that makes you more intelligent, not less. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2011, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-meme-pearl-harbor-payback-is-a-bitch/574663/78 "2011-03-15T15:57:46Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Oilseed rape! Ding-ding-ding, we have a winner! I was hoping the first word would be left out, but your response is indeed most accurate. I was pondering posting just the latter kanji character, but then the most common meaning is “leaf” instead. In any case, this thread made me curious and I found that there is a word in Japanese for tentacle rape. Yes, a single word. And I’m not telling! Neener neener neener! ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2011, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-meme-pearl-harbor-payback-is-a-bitch/574663/79 "2011-03-15T18:01:42Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > “Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? No! And it’s not over now.” - sigh \* Senator Blutarski makes one inaccurate comment while in college and you people still won’t let it go! Come on, he was just hung over from the previous evening. Everyone drank to excess while in college in the 1960s. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2011, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-meme-pearl-harbor-payback-is-a-bitch/574663/80 "2011-03-15T18:37:33Z")
I’m with the “wasn’t the bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki payback?” group. But if not then I guess we showed all those Japs over 70 years old not to mess with us again! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-meme-pearl-harbor-payback-is-a-bitch/574663.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-meme-pearl-harbor-payback-is-a-bitch/574663.md?page=5)