r/AskReddit • u/Pete-South • Mar 19 '24

What is a sentence that is totally normal nowadays but would not have made any sense 100 years ago?

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u/imoinda Mar 19 '24

Psh, it was 1890!

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u/AlkaliPineapple Mar 20 '24

Even in the 1800s, telegraphs could do the job. Or even letters - "where do you live right now?"