# What aspects of a mass tragedy are acceptable areas of discussion?

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**Post date:** [October 16, 2021, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-aspects-of-a-mass-tragedy-are-acceptable-areas-of-discussion/952566/7 "2021-10-16T16:32:16Z")

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It took [five](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-onion-headlines-warning-wtc-humor/82091) days before a joke thread appeared when 3,000 people were killed on 9/11.

So, jokes about five people being killed should be okay after about 15 minutes.

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