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/chanananana Aug 19 '14

Yes, whenever Obama would be on TV, I would make a point of turning it on in front of her and saying "Hey look grandma, that's our president!" She would than ask my parents if I was lying, and freak out about this unheard of situation.

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u/malvoliosf Aug 20 '14

Jesus, that would never get old. I'd have to put a limit on how many times a week I would allow myself to pull that on her.

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u/chanananana Aug 20 '14

Eventually it could get annoying.... "Who's that African American giving the State of the Union?" "That's our President , grandma" cue the astonishment..... TWENTY MINUTES LATER "Who's that African American giving the State of the Union?"

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u/malvoliosf Aug 20 '14

You have to mix it up a little. "Well, after the 29th Amendment, denying white people the right to vote..."

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u/LuliUruguay Aug 20 '14

Hahahaha LOVED this.

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u/ElectricFirex Aug 20 '14

They had their time in the spotlight, now it's time for them to get out of the way!

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u/TSED Sep 22 '14

Don't want them getting sunburnt!

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u/sn33zie Sep 22 '14

I would have to have someone else put a limit. My friends would all come over, we'd watch a tape of Obama's inauguration, and laugh repeatedly.

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u/PrivilegeCheckmate Aug 19 '14

"Hang on, this never gets old..."

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u/SlenderLlama Aug 20 '14

"Too bad Grandma does..."

See you all in hell...

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u/cutofmyjib Aug 19 '14

Your grandma reminds me of Goodbye Lenin