# 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:** 5
**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 15, 2011, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-meme-pearl-harbor-payback-is-a-bitch/574663/81 "2011-03-15T19:00:44Z")
Ok so they finally got some payback for Pearl Harbor but how are going to mess their shit up for 9/11. ---
**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, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-meme-pearl-harbor-payback-is-a-bitch/574663/82 "2011-03-15T19:15:48Z")
> [@Tahssa](#): > > Ok so they finally got some payback for Pearl Harbor but how are going to mess their shit up for 9/11. Oh, you’ll find out – in about 60 years. ---
**Author:** ![kushiel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bbce88/32.png) [@kushiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kushiel)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2011, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-meme-pearl-harbor-payback-is-a-bitch/574663/83 "2011-03-15T19:17:36Z")
> [@Autolycus](#): > > Pop quiz: what is 油菜, aburana, in English? I live near a town with the slogan ‘Land of Rape and Honey’! We like making fun of it. Meanwhile, I’m a walking poster for travel insurance, as my flight to Tokyo was scheduled for March 21st. ---
**Author:** ![Gagundathar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gagundathar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gagundathar)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2011, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-meme-pearl-harbor-payback-is-a-bitch/574663/84 "2011-03-15T19:37:25Z")
Weirdly, when I was a Christian way back in the 1960s, I don’t remember anyone blaming natural disasters on the Creator’s unhappiness with some segment of Humanity. As far as I remember, we sent food, medicine and assistance along with Bibles and evangelists. The former was emphasized because these folks (think the Biafra disaster as an example) were DYING. It is hard to ‘save’ someone who doesn’t understand your language and is in the midst of organ failure. I have always wondered what happened to Christianity between the mid 1960s and now. It used to be a gentle and loving religion (at least in my small community). Now, it is synonymous with hatefulness and cruelty. Why? ---
**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, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-meme-pearl-harbor-payback-is-a-bitch/574663/85 "2011-03-15T20:01:06Z")
As the population of the world grows, so does the stupid. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2011, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-meme-pearl-harbor-payback-is-a-bitch/574663/86 "2011-03-15T20:56:13Z")
> [@Gagundathar](#): > > I have always wondered what happened to Christianity between the mid 1960s and now. > It used to be a gentle and loving religion (at least in my small community). > Now, it is synonymous with hatefulness and cruelty. > > Why? I think it’s ridiculous to extrapolate from a bunch of idiot assholes (and trolls) on facebook to “Christians.” I just searched this thread. You are the first person here to use the word “Christian” here. ---
**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 15, 2011, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-meme-pearl-harbor-payback-is-a-bitch/574663/87 "2011-03-15T21:16:15Z")
> [@Gagundathar](#): > > I have always wondered what happened to Christianity between the mid 1960s and now. > It used to be a gentle and loving religion (at least in my small community). > Now, it is synonymous with hatefulness and cruelty. > > Why? I heard an atheist call a woman an ugly bitch. Now, atheism is synonymous with hatefulness and crualty. Why? ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2011, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-meme-pearl-harbor-payback-is-a-bitch/574663/88 "2011-03-15T21:30:49Z")
> [@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. My dad was angry at the British until the day he died about Cromwell. And don’t get me started on Arabs and Jews… ---
**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, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-meme-pearl-harbor-payback-is-a-bitch/574663/89 "2011-03-15T22:14:02Z")
> [@Tahssa](#): > > I heard an atheist call a woman an ugly bitch. Now, atheism is synonymous with hatefulness and crualty. > > Why? Because we know we’re smarter than you. _shrug_ ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2011, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-meme-pearl-harbor-payback-is-a-bitch/574663/90 "2011-03-15T23:36:35Z")
[Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit tentacle rape.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyhaTQseKTQ) ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2011, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-meme-pearl-harbor-payback-is-a-bitch/574663/91 "2011-03-16T01:45:10Z")
> [@Tahssa](#): > > I heard an atheist call a woman an ugly bitch. Now, atheism is synonymous with hatefulness and crualty. > > Why? Let’s not jump to conclusions. Was the woman an ugly bitch? ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Miskatonic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.miskatonic/32/310_2.png) [@Mr.Miskatonic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Miskatonic)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2011, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-meme-pearl-harbor-payback-is-a-bitch/574663/92 "2011-03-16T02:56:18Z")
So then, can I say Katrina was payback for Fort Sumter? ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2011, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-meme-pearl-harbor-payback-is-a-bitch/574663/93 "2011-03-16T04:00:42Z")
I do! Of all the unspeakabe atrocities they commited between 1931-45, the only one they really get remembered for is _Pearl Harbor_. It must be so disappointing for them. They must feel like Jan, and just want to shout, “ **Marcia! Marcia! Marcia**!” ---
**Author:** ![markdash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@markdash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markdash)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2011, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-meme-pearl-harbor-payback-is-a-bitch/574663/94 "2011-03-16T05:11:41Z")
> [@Rex\_Goliath](#): > > Am I am asshole for posting [this joke](http://i.imgur.com/6pfd6.jpg) on my Facebook the morning the news broke? Is my wife an asshole for changing her status to “Surf’s Up!”? ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2011, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-meme-pearl-harbor-payback-is-a-bitch/574663/95 "2011-03-16T14:54:32Z")
> [@Gagundathar](#): > > Weirdly, when I was a Christian way back in the 1960s, I don’t remember anyone blaming natural disasters on the Creator’s unhappiness with some segment of Humanity. As far as I remember, we sent food, medicine and assistance along with Bibles and evangelists. The former was emphasized because these folks (think the Biafra disaster as an example) were DYING. It is hard to ‘save’ someone who doesn’t understand your language and is in the midst of organ failure. > > I have always wondered what happened to Christianity between the mid 1960s and now. > It used to be a gentle and loving religion (at least in my small community). > Now, it is synonymous with hatefulness and cruelty. > > Why? The hateful ones get all the press. The ones you knew are still sending relief but it doesn’t get on CNN. ---
**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 16, 2011, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-meme-pearl-harbor-payback-is-a-bitch/574663/96 "2011-03-16T14:58:06Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Because we know we’re smarter than you. _shrug_ That thar was a joke son. Actually I was the atheist in question. Also you’re a fuck wad and your penis is tiny and woman laugh at it. Especially your wife. Your attitude is why I find most other atheists pieces of shit and now that is what I shall think of you every time I see you post. > [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Let’s not jump to conclusions. Was the woman an ugly bitch? Yes, yes she was. ---
**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 16, 2011, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-meme-pearl-harbor-payback-is-a-bitch/574663/97 "2011-03-16T15:53:08Z")
> [@Tahssa](#): > > That thar was a joke son. Actually I was the atheist in question. Also you’re a fuck wad and your penis is tiny and woman laugh at it. Especially your wife. Your attitude is why I find most other atheists pieces of shit and now that is what I shall think of you every time I see you post. Yes, but I’m _still_ smarter than you. ---
**Author:** ![BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bcef8e/32.png) [@BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2011, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-meme-pearl-harbor-payback-is-a-bitch/574663/98 "2011-03-17T02:15:48Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Yes, but I’m _still_ smarter than you. Yes, but tomorrow you’ll still be smart, and I’ll have a bigger penis! …I think that’s attributed to Churchill, after he bought those pills from that spam. ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2011, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-meme-pearl-harbor-payback-is-a-bitch/574663/99 "2011-03-17T04:59:00Z")
Pearl Harbor has been avenged. Here is the [Pearl Harbor Avenger](http://www.navy.mil/navydata/cno/n87/usw/issue_33/bowfin.html). ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2011, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-meme-pearl-harbor-payback-is-a-bitch/574663/100 "2011-03-17T05:08:34Z")
An Aussie went on a local Thai Web board to say he was happy this was happening to Japan, because of how Aussie and Kiwi POWs were treated in WWII. That explains a lot about why I don’t like to participate on local Web boards. These guys are not uncommon. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-meme-pearl-harbor-payback-is-a-bitch/574663.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-meme-pearl-harbor-payback-is-a-bitch/574663.md?page=6)