I went to a boarding school during 9/11, and a lot of my classmates/upperclassmates were actually personally impacted even though most of us weren’t.

It was quite surreal to be in the middle of that division. I wasn’t impacted and frankly didn’t care about the event, but my best friend there was, and was withdrawn from the school shortly after.

I don’t joke about it, as a result, but I also don’t care if other people do. Nothing is sacred, so have at it.