Completely Rational Sentences You Could Say Today That Would Sound Crazy 20 Years Ago


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At Ask Reddit, nepat1248 asks:

What is a completely rational sentence you could speak today, that if you said 20 years ago, people would think you were insane?

This is a fun question! Many people offered references to how technology has changed our daily lives. AI0 writes:

I store my contacts in the cloud.

Saintarium comments on the dystopian horror that we currently live in:

"I can't wait for Disney to finish making the next Avengers and Star Wars movies!"

Who could have predicted that Facebook would exist? Not sp0rk_walker:

All those people from high school you never thought you would see again? Well you still won't talk to them but you will see pictures of their kids every day.

Bkvm96 is ready to lead a cult:

"I have 2000 followers!"

GalaxyAwesome clicked on the wrong button:

Aw man, I accidentally liked her photo.

TheMobHasSpoken points out that, culturally speaking, we've advanced in some ways:

"You know what really transcends the age and gender demographic it was designed for? My Little Pony."

What confusing sentences can you write?


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"I have a device in my pocket smaller than a pack of cigarettes, that can access the entirety of human knowledge. I use it to look at pictures of cats and argue with strangers."
-- I know, it's an old one, but entirely true!
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"Send me a Skype when you've put the docs in the Dropbox."

"Yeah, I've got the latest episode of Game of Thrones on my phone."

Heck, anything that has to do with smartphones or tablets. If you had told me 20 years ago that my phone would be a powerful platform for computing and entertainment, I would have thought you were crazy.
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"I hope the new Star Wars movies aren't as bad as the last ones were." That sentence wouldn't just seem illogical 20 years ago but would actually sound blasphemous to any real Star Wars fan before the prequels came out.
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Cool!

And now, sadly, rather than being inspired to do something similarly creative on their own, thousands of people will copy that exact idea over and over until it becomes trite, annoying, uncool, and counter-productive.
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Um, yeah. This seems like advertising for advertising, and it centers on one advertiser. Those guys that are always calling me and telling me I need to advertise.
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Google will sell anything. They won't put up a nice American flag for the 4th of July, but, man, they will sell you anything they can possibly think of. They sell search results? Incredible.
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Equally successful in getting a job at company you want (especially small to mid size companies) is to search Facebook for employees who work there. Then look through each employee for a mutual connection; employee knows your friend Joe. Connect and get interview.

This got me a job within a week's time. Of course being savvy on the net does not mean your savvy during your interview.
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Hahaha! This is great. I actually did the exact same thing but with targeted Facebook ads. Worked like a charm!

Now, all I do is recommend that people looking for work use social media and whatnot. Way faster and significantly more fun!
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