WTC Destroyed on Google Trends and by Cookie Monster

The cover of Sesame Street magazine circa October 1976 depicts a giant Cookie Monster putting aside his favorite snack for a few bites of the Twin Towers. Sort of makes you think about how innocent the world seemed before the terrorists started blowing shit up, no?

Meanwhile, over at Google Trends, you may notice a more current depiction of the WTC being destroyed, but this falls under the blatantly insensitive category. Gawker explains that a user on "a site which posts pictures and invites often profane discussion, suggested his peers search on a string of icons — "✈ ▌▌" — and thereby launch it onto Google Trends, the search engine's tracker for swiftly rising Internet phenomena."

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By Jen Carlson in News on January 6, 2009 4:05 PM

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TKaisen

So..... 4chan?

NannyState

"Cookie want 73 virgins!"

Anna_Merkin

Yeah...innocent. Back then, terrorists only held hostages.

gimme

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbOzSeu6sJA

maybe it was really cookie monster's maw coming down to crush and chew kevin cosgrove? bad cookie monster! bad!

babyhitler

Well Cookie Monster's middle name is Islam.

Clarice City

Check out the crescent moon and star in the upper left corner. Coincidence? I smell a conspiracy theroy brewing...

Toby von Meistersinger

Back in 1998 when this American Airlines commercial aired, ending the ad with a plane flying towards the WTC seemed rather innocent.