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"i live in the wrong generation" well i live in the right one because i can listen to music from the 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, early 00s, and the 2010s back to back

His kids asking him where he was on 9/11 and he’s like “I was there. One block away. Didn’t see anything because I was delivering a Phantom Menace poster.”

I know I keep mentioning it but the fact the thing he’s delivering is so visibly poster shaped is so hilarious. Like if it was a big box labeled MEDICINE, KEEP REFRIGERATED or something visibly important, this photo would be a famous, used as patriotic propaganda about duty in the face of adversity. But this guy delivering what is almost certainly a poster while the South Tower collapses is almost an act of absurdism.

Unironically I think this is one of the best photos I've ever seen. I'm going wild over it. I want to burn it into my brain forever. This is someone the next town over from Pompeii bringing their brand new toga home while Vesuvius erupts in the distance. This is a Londoner eating dinner while the air raid sirens blast. This is anyone doing anything back in 2020, really. The action of delivering a poster may be hilariously specific but the concept is universal. This expresses some fundamental element of what it is to be human. This is art, straight up. And it's also

I totally agree. It’s really a fascinating photo, down to his expression and the man behind him with a messenger bad staring aghast at the towers. I edited to add a credit to the artist, a NYC street photographer named Melanie Einzig who also photographed the pandemic. Her site is so interesting.

Just gorgeous 😍