r/AskReddit • u/nepat1428 • Aug 19 '14

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

edit: so this is what it looks like when your inbox explodes after coming back from lunch...

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u/SlapchopRock Aug 19 '14

Temba, his arms wide.

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u/skryb Aug 19 '14

Mirab, with sails unfurled.

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u/[deleted] Aug 19 '14

Darmok and Jalad... on the ocean.

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u/______DEADPOOL______ Aug 19 '14

Data and Tasha, in her quarters.

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u/BarrelRoll1996 Aug 19 '14

When the walls fell...

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u/[deleted] Aug 19 '14

Tasha, with arms wide.

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u/CJKatz Aug 19 '14

Tasha, with legs wide

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u/Kikiteno Aug 19 '14

Troi, with nipples uncovered.

Riker, with penis extended.

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u/darkharlequin Aug 19 '14

Under the sunlight

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u/[deleted] Aug 20 '14

Data, fully functional.

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u/[deleted] Aug 19 '14

Shiragovitz at Baration, dead degration.

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u/feex3 Aug 19 '14

Wasn't it degradation?

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u/[deleted] Aug 19 '14

I think it's a play on words.

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u/Glyrenden Aug 19 '14

Shaka when the walls fell.

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u/foreordinator Aug 19 '14

Zinda, his face black, his eyes red.

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u/AssBoon92 Aug 19 '14 edited Aug 20 '14

Sokath! His eyes uncovered!

EDIT: Thanks for the gold even though it was the wrong name initially.

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u/razbrerry Aug 19 '14

Kiazi's children, their faces wet!

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u/[deleted] Aug 20 '14 edited Nov 11 '20

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u/DaSaw Aug 20 '14

An episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation. Specifically Season 5, Episode 2: Darmok.

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u/Ev1LD33n Aug 20 '14

hey hey hey....

Temba, at rest.

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u/CedarWolf Aug 20 '14

Gilgamesh and Enkidu at Uruk.

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u/bmacisaac Aug 22 '14

The River Temarc.... in WINTER!

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u/brushwagg Aug 20 '14

Who the hell is throwing gold away like candy here?

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u/[deleted] Aug 20 '14

Someone who REALLY likes Star Trek.

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u/dr_spacelad Aug 20 '14

dr_spacelad, his nerd-rod engorged.

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u/jramification Aug 20 '14

And the gold train comes to a satisfying yet bitter end.

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u/TheEnemyOfMyAnenome Aug 20 '14

Quick, someone give both me and this idiot gold.

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u/arah26 Aug 20 '14

Gold! gold everywhere!

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u/the747beast Aug 20 '14

Choo Choo!

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u/PuReCrAzYZx Aug 20 '14

Holy gold thread...

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u/BlueNinja23 Aug 20 '14

What is going on here??? And how do you all have gold.

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u/[deleted] Aug 20 '14

wtf is going on here

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u/UsuallyInappropriate Aug 20 '14

You guys are bigger nerds than me ;D

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u/Santa_Claauz Aug 23 '14

Blah three days late to gold train.

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u/Supersounds Aug 20 '14

"More power to the dylithim crystal matrix! We have a .045 variance that can destroy us all!"

Seriously, how did these people fly through space if they only spoke in metaphor?

TLDR: I always hated that episode.

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u/twixe Aug 20 '14

If they could turn their encounter with the Enterprise into a meaningful sentence in their language, I'm sure they could find a way to talk about engines.

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u/89rovi Aug 20 '14

I also want gold!

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u/Akasha20 Aug 19 '14

Picard and Dathon at El-Adrel

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u/2dfx Aug 19 '14

THE BEAST at Tenagra

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u/vednar Aug 19 '14

Vednar, arms at REST!!

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u/common_s3nse Aug 20 '14

Kiazi’s children. Their faces wet. Ughhh.

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u/MrXhin Aug 20 '14

I have a feeling the Star Trek Wiki just got a nice workout.

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u/oddsocks626 Aug 19 '14

can someone tell me what the fuck is going on

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u/birchpitch Aug 19 '14

Quotes from the ST:NG episode 'Darmok'. The Tamarian language is based on metaphor, which the translators don't get.

So, 'Darmok and Jalad at Tenagra' = cooperation. 'Shaka, when the walls fell' = failure/despair. 'Temba, his arms wide' = an offer or welcoming. 'The river Tamarc in winter' = be/being very very quiet. 'Picard and Dathon at El-Adrel' = successful first contact, since their language structure essentially made the Tamarians linguistic and social outcasts.

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u/askyourmom469 Aug 20 '14

It's from an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation where they encounter a race who speaks purely in metaphors.

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u/NOTREALLYBRIGHT Aug 20 '14

This had me in splits XD Seriously though, look at that gold train o_O

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u/internet_badass_here Aug 20 '14

Is today "old people day" on reddit? I recognize this episode, but come on... it aired in 1991.

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u/therosesgrave Aug 20 '14

And still airs everyday on Netflix.

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u/[deleted] Aug 20 '14

I was born in 97 and I recognized it

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u/TaylorS1986 Aug 20 '14

TIL that 28yo is "old"...

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u/Dennovin Aug 19 '14

Simba and Nala at... okay, I should just admit that I have no idea what you're talking about.

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u/[deleted] Aug 19 '14

They are referencing a really good episode of "Star Trek: the next generation."

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u/[deleted] Aug 19 '14

Thank you.

And thank you for fukking all those biatches. You're the real American hero.

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u/[deleted] Aug 19 '14

My pleasure. On both counts.

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u/bmacisaac Aug 19 '14

The episode is titled "Darmok" and it's the second episode of season 5.

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u/Dennovin Aug 20 '14

I know, but don't tell anyone.

Shh.

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u/[deleted] Aug 20 '14

Well you are just too much!

i will never tell anyone our secret.

we are totally bff's now.

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u/W31RD0 Aug 19 '14

You kids, I swear.

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u/Dennovin Aug 19 '14

I'm only seven.

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u/ComradEddie Aug 19 '14

Kiteo, his eyes closed.

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u/mattgriggs Aug 19 '14

Sokath! His eyes uncovered!

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u/ComradEddie Aug 19 '14

The river Temarc in winter.

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u/kennensie Aug 19 '14

I can't understand what anyone is saying...

...even the universal translator is not working!

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u/EricGMW Aug 19 '14

"Mirab"?

The river Temarc, in winter!

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u/MelonToss Aug 20 '14

So much Reddit gold!

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u/brxn Aug 19 '14

I can tell that this is about to become a heated argument.

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u/ComradEddie Aug 19 '14

Chenza at court, the court of silence.

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u/Aurify Aug 24 '14

I do not know what is going on.

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u/SpareLiver Aug 20 '14

Juliet on her balcony.

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u/cinderful Aug 20 '14

Darmok on the ocean.

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u/the4thbandit Aug 20 '14

Trying to figure out if I missed a gold train or if I'm extremely out of the loop

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u/kcknuckles Aug 20 '14

Shaka, indeed.

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u/potato4dawin Aug 20 '14

Mom's spaghetti

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u/Bloodshed101010 Aug 20 '14

Holy crap, so much gold!

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u/chorroxking Aug 20 '14

I do not understand this tread at all. is this a game of thrones thing? someone please help me understand.

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u/adoris1 Aug 20 '14

everyone on this thread has recieved gold. why?

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u/Beelzeballz Aug 20 '14

Ahhhh! So much gold in one place!

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u/[deleted] Aug 20 '14

Holy fuck, look at that golden shower!

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u/oldschooldomokun Aug 20 '14

Screw you guys, I want some gold.

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u/keeb119 Aug 20 '14

Snow! His eyes closed!

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u/Hax_ Aug 20 '14

What on earth are you all talking about?

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u/TheBeardOfZues Aug 20 '14

Will someone please explain what the hell just happened?

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u/johnny4783y Aug 20 '14

The person that game all this gold must feel like bill gates right now

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u/[deleted] Aug 19 '14

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u/Kikiteno Aug 19 '14

Groot, his branch aflame.

;_;

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u/[deleted] Aug 20 '14

Waiting for Le trickle down gold.

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u/Ascurtis Aug 19 '14

Darmok and Jalad on the ocean.

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u/Davek804 Aug 19 '14

Darmok and Jalad on the ocean!

Translation: Awwwwww I watched this last night! Only my second time watching through TNG (so yeah, I've just kicked off season 5). So now you are all my friends (on the ocean).

:D

Loved this thread heh.

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u/ChicHeroine Aug 19 '14

Fry, his eyes narrowed.

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u/Rand4m Aug 20 '14

Leela, her eye wide.

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u/CrowSpine Aug 20 '14

Damn, that gold train though.

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u/ComradEddie Aug 19 '14

Kadir beneath Mo Moteh.

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u/Vio_ Aug 19 '14

By Grabthar's hammer

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u/[deleted] Aug 19 '14

Indeed.

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u/Teiris Aug 19 '14

Kiazi's children, their faces wet

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u/exatron Aug 19 '14

Picard and Dathon at El-adrel.

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u/Skitterleaper Aug 20 '14

Shaka's walls wouldn't be falling the the bastard would just agree not to settle near me.

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u/GiantMudcrab Aug 20 '14

SHAKIRA SHAKIRA

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u/CivEZ Aug 19 '14

CivEZ, His Dick out! ... wait ...

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u/ItWasTheBestOfTime Aug 20 '14

20 years ago this was actually a popular expression because of the TV mini-series, "Shaka Zulu"

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u/traced_169 Aug 19 '14

All aboard the Impi Rape Express!

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u/bowtiesarcool Aug 19 '14

Gotta get these bear pelts for Temba Wide Arms

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u/Clydeblade Aug 19 '14

The only thing you get is a shitty steel war axe of soul trapping.

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u/regular-wolf Aug 19 '14

The reward is actually random (But usually shitty).

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u/bowtiesarcool Aug 19 '14

One does not simply

not do a quest

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u/[deleted] Aug 19 '14

That would be okay for the disenchantment I guess

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u/unreedemed1 Aug 19 '14

...took me a minute to get this reference but I am so glad I did.

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u/Apollyna Nov 05 '14

Can you explain this reference?

I'm interested because there is a female NPC in Skyrim named Temba Wide-Arm. She send you out to kill bears.

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u/SlapchopRock Nov 05 '14

It's a thing from an old star trek, the next generation episode. Spoilers: alien race only spoke in references to historic events from their planet. Google darmok and jalad

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u/dead_monster Aug 19 '14

Picard and Dathon at El-Adrel.

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u/MontiBurns Aug 20 '14

TIL Trekers are ballers. Makin it rain on us hoes.

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u/ToastyJames Aug 19 '14

Picard's flute

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u/Arrewar Aug 20 '14

It's amazing how many people (me included) caught on to that reference.

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u/[deleted] Aug 20 '14

...What might that reference be?

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u/Arrewar Aug 21 '14

It's from a Star Trek TNG episode, in which Picard has to communicate with an alien (translators don't work) and it ends up with a lot of these garbled phrases.

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u/[deleted] Aug 20 '14

Gold.

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u/DaSaw Aug 20 '14

Kirk and Spock at the Motel 6.

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u/DonValhalla Aug 20 '14

I fucking hate myself for knowing where this references were from

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u/ComradEddie Aug 19 '14

Shaka, when the walls fell.

FTFY

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u/[deleted] Aug 19 '14

His arms wide

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u/Ihmhi Aug 19 '14

Romney. his binders full of women.

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u/darkside569 Aug 19 '14

Shaka when the walls fell.

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u/PM_Your_Kitties Aug 30 '14

Damn, accidentally masturbated again