Osama talks to Bush over AIM.

September 28, 2001 10:02 AM

Osama talks to Bush over AIM. I'm kind of embarassed that I found this so funny.
posted by ookamaka (26 comments total)

Glib. Tactless. Over simplified... all of that. But not funny. At least not to me.
posted by silusGROK at 10:08 AM on September 28, 2001

You should be embarassed. It is not funny. Check the onion for tasteful way of dealing with this.
posted by aj100 at 10:15 AM on September 28, 2001

Hey....relax yall, just have a happy meal!

I vote for funny.
posted by Qambient at 10:19 AM on September 28, 2001

If you didn't find it funny, close the window and move on. I thought it was a hoot.
posted by mathowie at 10:23 AM on September 28, 2001

Another vote for funny
posted by jnthnjng at 10:27 AM on September 28, 2001

a/s/l


jkjkjkjk
posted by the_ill_gino at 10:29 AM on September 28, 2001

I dunno. I got a few chuckles out of it, but it could have been so much better! Nice concept, poorly executed, IMO.
posted by whatnotever at 10:32 AM on September 28, 2001

It didn't quite make me chuckle, but then very little related to the events in question have given me much cause for amusement other than that photo of the cat with the new issue of TIME.
posted by alumshubby at 10:39 AM on September 28, 2001

Y'know, I'm pretty sure this isn't real....
posted by jpoulos at 10:47 AM on September 28, 2001

i vote funny.
posted by o2b at 11:00 AM on September 28, 2001

I'll go with funny. Not very, but still worth a chuckle.
posted by rutgersgrad00 at 11:08 AM on September 28, 2001

Would have been better had we the ability to see their buddy icons....
posted by wklang at 11:22 AM on September 28, 2001

Am I crazy, or is it absurd that Osama Bin Laden is portrayed as been extremely rational and reasonable?
posted by Doug at 11:33 AM on September 28, 2001

Theory: the more time you've spent actually engaged in Internet chat, the funnier this will seem to you...

Myself, I think it's hysterical. :D Thanks for the smile, ooka.
posted by Sapphireblue at 11:52 AM on September 28, 2001

Well, I guess you are crazy. The guy spent years running successful businesses, and organizing his political connections. It's not like he's been sitting in a cave, gibbering wildly, in urine-soaked clothes.

He's a powerful, rich guy who managed to become more powerful and rich. Given his preconceptions about Saudi Arabia and the US, his actions have always been rational and reasonable.
posted by websavvy at 12:12 PM on September 28, 2001

i'm still giggling.
posted by phooey at 12:12 PM on September 28, 2001

That link made my day ;-)

Thank you, ookamaka!
posted by kchristidis at 12:22 PM on September 28, 2001

funny, until you stop to think about real life
posted by computerface at 12:27 PM on September 28, 2001

They brought the funny....
posted by likorish at 4:16 PM on September 28, 2001

It's absurd and funny, but easy targets like AOLers make for cheap laughs. The Onion earns 'em.
posted by Down10 at 4:23 PM on September 28, 2001

It's soooo AOL, it's scary.

hmm... American Osama bin Laden....nah.
posted by rushmc at 5:20 PM on September 28, 2001

LMAO
posted by tsarfan at 5:23 PM on September 28, 2001

chuckle worthy

Sapphireblue is right, the more time you've spent chatting, the funnier this gets. Especially if it wasn't IRC. Especially if it was with high school kids.
posted by mutagen at 5:34 PM on September 28, 2001

this was hysterical, if somewhat historically inaccurate. unless i'm wrong, didn't the US also give money and arms to Bin Laden and the Taliban, not just to other countries?
posted by nyomi at 9:13 PM on September 28, 2001

This is funny because it's so many people really have conversations like that.

And that really isn't so funny.

I hate the internet sometimes LOLOL!! ugh.
posted by dopamine at 10:44 PM on September 28, 2001

I thought it was funny as well, but I suppose I havn't been as affected by the events as other people.

As for the Onion, it was a good issue, but far to 'tasteful' to be really funny.
posted by delmoi at 7:54 AM on September 29, 2001