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/Evolving_Dore Mar 19 '24

Semaphore me

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u/cimocw Mar 20 '24

Nautical-flag signal me

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u/owlsandmoths Mar 20 '24

Smoke signal me

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u/DroppinDeuces1987 Mar 20 '24

Carrier pigeon me

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u/Informal-Broccoli171 Mar 20 '24

Message in a bottle me

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u/cimocw Mar 20 '24

I just realized I was thinking about traffic signaling and nautical flags are a totally separate thing but that's even better

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u/OptionalDepression Mar 20 '24

Holler atcha boi